17 JANUARY 1925, Page 3

We greatly regret to record the death of Sir William

Garstin. He was a great Ffritish official ; he perhaps more than anyone was responsible for the physical trans- formation of Egypt that has taken place during the last quarter of a century. Lord Cromer called him " the foiemost hydraulic engineer of the age," and the great Assiut barrage and Assuan reservoir are his monuments. He worked not for gain, but with the ideal of service.