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Printed papers on the political situation and military policy in Egypt [73v] (146/176)
The record is made up of 1 file (88 folios). It was created in 23 Apr 1923-17 Nov 1923. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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88
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Chapter VIII.—Communications.
85. Railways, Telegraphs and Telephones.
534. 1 he following table shows the general results of the year’s working as
compared with those of 1920-21 :—
1920-21,
actual.
1921-22,
estimated.
Railway receipts—
Coaching ..
Goods
Sundries ..
£E.
3,899,592
3,970,740
178,730
£E.
3,467,000
4,275,000
173,000
Total receipts
Total expenditure
8,049,062
7,891,318
7,915,000
6,500,000
Net receipts
157,744
1,415,000
Upper Egypt auxiliary railways—
Receipts . .
Expenditure
101,349
115,034
90,000
95,000
Expenditure in excess of receipts
13,685
5,000
Western oases railways—
Receipts ..
Expenditure
5,373
8,538
5,000
8,000
Expenditure in excess of receipts
3,165
3,000
Passengers carried—
1st class ..
2nd „ .. ’
3rd „
Tonnage of goods
Train kilometres run ..
Kilometres of line open
N umber.
993,423
3,197,380
26,357,666
3.768,921
12,865,848
2,531
Number.
942,569
2,955,461
23,3*0,398
3,908,332
13,714,490
2,531
Telegraphs—
Receipts ..
Expenditure
£E.
346,396
323,445
£E.
336,000
296,000
Net receipts ..
22,951
40.000
Telephones—
Receipts
Expenditure
310.231
247,713
338,000
225,000
Net receipts ..
62,518
113,000
535. Good progress has been made, in respect of maintenance and renewals,
towards recovering the ground lost during the war; and in particular a considerable
length of permanent way has been renewed, chiefly on the main Cairo to Alexandria
line. Except for telephone extensions, no important capital works have been
undertaken. Available credits have for the most part been utilised for the
completion of works begun in previous years. £E. 15,000 have been spent on the new
railway station at Alexandria and £E. 10,000 on improving the facilities for
handling oil traffic at Suez and Arbein junctions. I may note that before the war all
new railway stock and far the greater proportion of finished spare parts for replace
ment were purchased abroad ; but now a large amount of new stock is built, and many
spare parts made, in the railway workshops.
536. Very large purchases of coal, at high prices, were made in 1920, and the
stock still remaining at the end of 1921 was 700,000 tons, a quantity sufficient to
meet railway requirements for more than two years. Owing particularly to the large
expenditure on this coal, and also to the high cost of labour, the price of stores and
sea freights, both passenger fares and goods rates remain unduly high. A reduction
may, however, be expected if the general recovery in the Government finances which
has occurred in the past year is maintained.
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and newspaper cuttings relating to the political situation in Egypt. The memoranda are written by officials at the War Office, Admiralty, Colonial Office, and Foreign Office and mostly concern military policy in Egypt and the defence of the Suez Canal. The Annual Report on Egypt for the year 1921, written by Field Marshall Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, High Commissioner of Egypt, is also included. The report covers matters such as politics, finance, agriculture, public works, education, justice, and communications. Some correspondence from Ernest Scott, Acting High Commissioner in Egypt, to Lord Curzon can also be found within the file.
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The file is arranged in roughly chronological order, from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 88; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-88; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Printed papers on the political situation and military policy in Egypt
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- 2r:86v
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