| Show EOVPT UNDER UUlTI ill lLII Undoubtedly the events that led la t hu assumption ot control ot Ig > pt by Great lirltaln comprised a disguised testing for tint land so long the scene 01 misrule unit so helrless to redeem Itself by its own rots Upo this ubJct 1Iralo1rceta a sAn 9 s-An Official return furnishing the statistics sta-tistics of Egypt under the British ou I thorlti has lately been Issued at Cain I which Kites In a condensed form the acts and 1 figure that go to show file material lunvnt ef rngllnh sui > ervl > loin In the period since i 12 It seems that the Population 01 Egypt has Increased about 2900009 ur 4J Ir cent It on the other hand while the area 01 cultivated I ated lad has Increased I L000 Ct file agHto land tax Is I 4 125000 less than II was uhion England assumed control 0111 the aerog tax on oh fadden the sjptlan I land measure which was then nearly CO Is I now less I than 14 40 On the other hand tobacco the taxation on hlcb prudulocl less I than 100000 now yields II revenue 01 oVlr 15000000 Arrears 01 land taxes have praellcllllY ceased anti their collection col-lection no longer ocenallima distress it the native uillvato while the general gen-eral policy adopted hs ben to Imlnlh direct taires Orll5 any logs of k revenue hy nn increase In Indirect taxes with I n omIlIng mulO 11 distribution nf the 1iirJc A As rrault file less t Its Per Iwnl 01 Population whlh was IU4 In ISI h low 140 a rrdallon ul 2t pr ont The return furnishes equally Interline Inter-line figures In legard tn tho niaterla development ot Ig > pt About 12 mile ul new railroad have lOn l opened In the post fifteen years and there has been all enormous inerole In railroad traffic id class passengers have Incrcoen from 415000 to JI5JOOO per nnnum pclPennnum I thlrlela passengers from Iaoooo to rgo 041000 r merchandise I fioi 1215000 tons to 279GOOO tons while fhf mini Ir nl tel grnmq has grown from CSS Into a yn tu 2 I snoo As reKoroi Is Uade It 19 shown that tho value of the Imports of ropt Jobs Incr > ased from S39DOOOOO to Iowww and notwithstanding the enormous fall In the 1ler 01 eviction and sugar the exports valued at fcoooaooo last year are about the SlIm us In 1811 As regarils the debt of the country new doimnlnm to the extent ot BOrn Jl nooooo hate been Incurred yet the re demptlon of the old elebt has pone on rn system ntleally that the aggregate outstanding some 190001000 Is I about the same and the Interest and sinking fund charges hnve been reduced from I J21 000 QUO to 119 000 000 per annum Oi thw nnd similar facts the English financial administration I of Tgvpt bws its chlm to have performed n labor I of lecldcd ctonoinlo benefit to tho point atlon of rgjpt When the foregoing facts nnd figures fig-ures are considered In connection with the stupendous Irrigation schemes now materializing In Egypt for the reclamation recla-mation of Us soil It will look ns though the ancient fertility of that part of tho world may at least In some degree be restored during the twentieth century |
