SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.]
Statistical Returns of the Egyptian Government, 1880-1899 (National Printing Department, Cairo.)—Some of the figures may be conveniently exhibited side by side :—
Population
Census of 1882.
6,813,919
1880. Census of 1897.
9,734,403
1899.
Revenue 4'9,584,430 £12,674,901 Expenditure 7,691,424 9,929,442 (Surplus 1,893,006 2,745,459) Imports (value) 6,549,933
11,441,800
Exports (value) 12,983,203 15,350,908 Total Debt 98,685,940 ...... 103,049,040
(We may remark that the last item is stated in pounds sterling, the other in Egyptian pounds.) The proportion of Debt to population has diminished from E14 10s. (nearly) to a little over .210. The imports are not far from being doubled ; the exports, though much larger in bulk, have been affected by the fall of prices, and show, therefore, a Smaller proportional increase. Sugar has increased from 33 to 64 millions (kilos), and cotton from 2,276,679 to 6,001,222. The Civil List, we may observe, has been diminished from £E355,907 to .CE250,177.
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