Show I GREAT DRAINAGE PROJECT I Ic c Ono One of ot the most costly anti ami comprehensIve comprehensive compre compre- drainage projects for tor the reclamation reclamation reclamation rec rec- of ot lands un undertaken b by any government In the world and certainly certain I ly the greatest enterprise of ot its kind in tho the Mediterranean countries has Just been begun b by the Egyptian government government government govern govern- ment to make cultivable acres of fertile land In the del delta ta of at Lower Egypt The reclaiming of ot these lands will necessitate an expenditure approachIng approaching ap ap- ap- ap for tor drainage and approximately a like amount for irrl- irrl gation The work as planned will re reQuire require require re- re quire more than four years ears and will willbe willbe willbo be bo brought to completion about the end of 1915 The principal object Is to redeem a tract of ot unproductive land and bring a fertile ferUle but now worthless region of ot the delta under cotton cultivation When this is don done it is roughly rough rough- ly Iv estimated that the increase In value of the reclaimed and Improved land will approximate The land to bo be reclaimed is 90 per cent government owned The two projects known kno as the West and drainage systems while entirely separate and distinct and many miles apart will nevertheless nevertheless less be proceeded with coincidentally A feature of the tho western or Bahora Behora hera plan Is the draining of at Lake 1 out which covers an area of ot more 35 acres This lake an ancient historical historical ical leal site will thus disappear forever I and bo be replaced b by fertile Ie pro cotton fields equal to those found anywhere anywhere any any- wh where re in the tile world Consular Consular I report |