Shambe, 120, 126, 194 Sharaki lands, 14, 15, 89, 249 Shilluks: cotton neglected by, 241 King of, tax-collecting emulated by, 193 Omdurman, at, 180 slaves raided from, 140 Sheikh-es-Senussi, 273 Shellal, 174 Shendi: climate and soil of, 188 cotton farm at, 243 Crewe of the Soudan, 177 Ismail murdered at, 143 Sinkat, 164, 230 Slatin, Sir Rudolf von, 164, 181; cited, 167; quoted, 226 Slave-trade: Abyssinian frontier, raiding on, 211 Arabian occupation in, 140, 142; Arabian market for, 212 British measures against, 212, 271 Egyptian responsibility for, 145, 154, 155 Gordon’s suppression of, 150, 151 Ismail’s policy regarding, 149 Khalifa, under, 168 Khartoum a centre of, 144 Soudan, prevalence in, 142, 155; fostered by overtaxation, 250 Wadai, at, 273 Slavery, Arab view of, 213 Small-pox, inoculation for, 272 Soap, manufacture of, 238 Sobat River: Abyssinian agreement regarding, 113 American Medical Mission on, 223 district south of, 189 garrisons on, 151 ‘green’ water from tributaries of, 7 importance of, 5, 119 trade possibilities of, 233 white sediment in, 5 Sobat Valley, rainfall in, 8 Sohagia Canal, 16 Somaliland, 153 Sorghum crops, 41 Soudan (for special towns and districts, see their titles): agriculture in, importance of, 234, 245 loans for, 234 area of, 188 boundaries of, 171, 175, 186-188 British administration of, 186; native attitude towards, 196 capital of, 173 climates of, 188 colonization in, 227 Convention of 1899, 262 Customs receipts. See Soudan, finances depopulation of, 185; increase of population, 227, 230 diseases. See Diseases education— Cromer, Lord, on, 225 Department of, 201, 217 elementary character of, required, 216 English, teaching of, 224 expenditure on, in three years, 218 Gordon College. See Gordon College kuttabs, 221-223 primary schools established, 218, 219; kuttabs, 221-223 technical, 217, 220, 221 training college for Sheikhs, 222, 223 Egypt— army of occupation from, maintenance of, 255, 264 financial relations with. See Soudan, finances importance of Soudan to, 114, 115, 265 rule of, 144-148 evacuation of, contemplated, 163 finances (see also Soudan, taxation)— Budget, 247, 249, 250; for 1902, 253; estimates for 1903, 257 capital, dearth of, 234, 266 Customs duties on land side retained by Egypt, 253, 254, 263 Egyptian control of, 247; contribution, amount of, 259, 260, 266; expenditure, 1899-1903, 263 public works, expenditure on, 258 revenue, sources of, 247, 248 sound condition of, 260 flood-gauges in, 66 gold in, rumours of, 141, 142; undesirability of, 245 government of—