The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat
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The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Sudan. Wizarat al-Naql wa-al-Muwasalat
Sudan -- Description and travel; Sudan -- History
The chief Government officials, besides the Governor-General, are the
Secretary-General, the Director of Intelligence and Agent-General
(Cairo), the Inspector-General, the Legal Secretary, Financial
Secretary, Director of Surveys, Director of Works, Director of
Education, Director-General of Irrigation,[6] Principal Medical
Officer, Director of Woods and Forests, Director of Agriculture
and Lands, Director of Railways, Director of Steamers and Boats,
Director of Telegraphs and Posts, Director of Customs, Principal
Veterinary Officer, Director of Slavery Repression Department[6],
and Superintendent of Game Preservation Department.
The duties of these officials sufficiently explain themselves by
their titles.
The following are the names, at present (1904), of the chief
officials:—
Governor-General Major-General Sir F. Reginald Wingate,
K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O.
Secretary-General Colonel F. J. Nason, D.S.O.
Inspector-General El Lewa Sir Rudolf von Slatin Pasha,
K.C.M.G, C.V.O., C.B.
Legal Secretary E. Bonham-Carter, Esq.
Agent-General, Cairo Lieut.-Colonel Lord E. Cecil, D.S.O.
Financial Secretary „ „ E. E. Bernard.
All the above (with the exception of the Legal Secretary, the
Directors of Education, Woods and Forests, Superintendent of
Game Preservation, and Director of Agriculture and Lands, who
are civilians) are at present British[7] officers attached to the
Egyptian Army.
In addition to one British battalion, at present furnished by
the British Army of Occupation in Egypt and The Army quartered at
Khartoum, nearly the whole of the Egyptian Army may be said to be
in the Sudan. The normal garrisons of the Sudan are as follows:—
[B.: British.
E.: Egyptian.
S.: Sudanese.
H.B.: Horse Battery.
F.B.: Field Battery.
G.C.: Garrison Company.
Misc.: Miscellaneous]
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