A.D.

1856 M. de Lesseps secures second Concession for Suez Canal. Treaty of Paris (Eastern Question).

1858 Land Law secures freehold rights for Felláhin

proprietors.

1863 Death of Said.

of Egypt.

Accession of Ismail to the Pashalik

1866 Firman to Ismail, altering line of Succession. Definitive Convention (Suez Canal) and Sultan's Ratification.

1867 Title of Khedive granted to Ismail by Imperial Firman.

1869 Opening of Suez Canal.

1873 Firman consolidating all previous Firmans.

1876 The Public Debt of Egypt amounts to eighty-nine millions.

1883 Dual Control abolished. Single Control established. 1884 First Sudan Campaign.

1885 Fall of Khartum.

Evacuation of Sudan.

The Convention of London regulates the financial position of Egypt.

Suez Canal Commission, Paris.

1885 Negotiations with the Porte to regularize the position 1887 in Egypt of the Protectoral Power. Abortive

results.

1888 Suez Canal Convention.

A.D.

1889 Abolition of the Corvée.

1890 British undertaking not to again convert the Unified Debt before 1905.

1892 Death of Taufik. Accession of Abbas II.

1896 Expedition to Dongola.

1897 Second Sudan Campaign.

1898 Reconquest of the Sudan.

Reservoir scheme.

1899 Pacification and Delimitation of the Sudan. AngloEgyptian Condominium. Anglo-French Agree

ment.

INDEX

Abbas, Pasha of Egypt, reign of, 57; | Arab, Bahr el-, 9; 422; Empire, and

Departmental Organization and Ad- Ennedi, 396; 422

ministration, 193 seq.
Dervishes, fall of dominion, 384
Digna, Osman, 291; 384
Dinka, Negroes, 371; 374

Discharge of the Nile.-See Nile River
Dispensaries, Government, 268 (foot-
note)

Domains, Administration, 163; Debt, 198
Dongola, re-occupation of, 383; trade
of, 435

Dor Bey, 212

Drainage, Canals, 21; of towns, 269
Dual Alliance, the, 107; 117; 121

Dual Control, the, 64; abolition of, 67
Dufferin, Lord, 68

Dufli, 8; 433

Dunlop, Mr Douglas, 220

Duties, Import and Export, 301

EAST AFRICA, British, Territories of,
407; Slavery in, 432; projected rail-
ways, 433 (foot-note)

Eastern Question, the, and Egypt, 107
seq.; and British Policy, 121; the
Far, 122
Education, Statistics (Census of 1897),
138; Historical Retrospect, 210 seq.;
choice of Language as medium of In-
struction, 214-217; Curriculum, 223;
Syllabus, 224; Certificates, 225; Kut-
tabs, 225; Examinations for Primary
and Secondary Certificates, results
of, 229-230; Extra Government
Agencies, 238 seq.-See also Instruc-
tion (Public), Schools, Colleges
Effendis, in Egypt, 188
Egypt Proper, 17; 19; 26; first British
Expedition to, 45; second British
Expedition to, 47; strategical value
of, 101; Destiny of, 107 seq.; the
Political Situation in, 131 seq.; Popu-
lation of, 135 seq.; Financial freedom
of, 174; Regeneration of, 353 seq.;
boundaries of, 394; Value of, 440;
and Suzerainty, 450 seq.; the Organic
Law of, 457 seq.; and Great Britain
(Agreement of 1899), 423 seq.; and
Italy, 402.-See also Anglo-Egyptian
Administration, 183 seq.
Egyptian Problem, the, 146
Elgon, Mt., 416

Emin Pasha, 382

Empire, the British, as an Ocean Em-
pire, 85 seq.; Unity of, 90 seq.;
Defence of, 101 seq.; The Pathway
of, 442 seq.
Engineering, School of, 236

Equatorial Province, the, 378; 398;
resources of, 435 (foot-note).
Equatorial Regions, Nile Basin, Treaty-

rights in the, 407 seq.-See also Nile.
Equilibrium, factors of, in Egypt, 146
Eritrea, 393 seq.; 402
Ethiopia.-See Abyssinia
Ethiopian tribes of the Sudan, 373
Europe, the Concert of, 113 seq.
Executive, the Government, 193
Expansion of Egypt, and British Im-
perial Policy, 83 seq.; 439 seq.
Expenditure, Administrative, 193; 199;
208; Authorized,' 203; prospective,
209

Exports, Value and Excess of, 307

FAR Eastern Question, the, 122
Fasher, El, 431

Fashoda, 382; French Expedition to,
418 seq.; Anglo-Egyptian post estab-
lished at, 420
Fatimites, the, 40
Fayum, the, 12; 17
Fazokl, Dar, 431

Felláhin, indebtedness of the, 207
Ferkeh, battle of, 383
Fertit, Dar, 422

Fetters, International.-See Interna-
tional fetters
Fezzan, 396; 422

Finance, Department of, 193 seq. —See
Financial

Financial, Adviser, position of the, 193;
stages of progress, 194; statistics of
progress, 196 seq.; the Situation, in
1899, 199; Law of Egypt, the, 360
Firmans, operative at present day, 63;
regarding Boundaries of Egypt, 387
seq.; Consolidation of, 45 seq.;
quoted in Appendix II, 450.-See
also under respective subjects
Fola Rapids, 8

Foreign Affairs, Department of, 287
Foreign elements in Civil Service, 189
Foreigners, in Egypt, 137; 141
France, Opposition of, in Egypt,
170 seq.; and the Egyptian Press,
280; and Tripoli, 396; in Abyssinia,
400; and the Anglo-Congolese Agree-
ment, 414; and Fashoda, 382, 418;
and Great Britain (Agreement of
1899) 420.-See also French, Caisse
de la Dette, Suez Canal, Interna-
tional fetters, Mixed Administrations
French, African Policy, 122
Policy in Egypt, 175 seq.; number

seq.;