British officials, versatility required of, 195, 196, 198, 199; keenness of, 196; age of, 197; changes among, 275; status of, 275 Egyptian officials, 197, 198, 266 methods of, 190-192 nature of, 261-263 investments in cotton in, prospects for, 244 irrigation. See Irrigation justice, administration of, 201-203, 206-211 kidnapping in, 212 land-measuring, instruction in, 219 land-ownership in, 198, 202; Government the admitted owner, 249 land-tax. See Soudan, taxation legal administration in, 201-203, 206, 207 legal adviser in, 201; cited, 207 manufactures of, 242 Mehemet Ali’s influence on, 139, 141 nomad tribes in, 192, 250, 251 penal code of, 201 petitions to Governor-General in, 211, 249 population of, increasing, 227, 230 post and telegraphs, 254, 256, 257 provinces of, 191 railways in— capital expenditure on, 256, 260, 264 Halfa-Kerma, 229 Halfa-Khartoum, 228 Suakin-Berber, project of, 165, 230, 231, 244, 256, 267-269, 277 takings of, 254, 255 various, suggestion of, 232 skilled labour, dearth of, 220 slave-trade. See Slave-trade Steamer and Boats Department, 255 Stewart’s report on (1883), 159, 171, 237 taxation in— amount raised by, annually, 251 date-tax, 252 gum, etc., on, 253 land-tax— amounts of, 252 assessment of, 219 Dongola, contribution from, 259 proportion of taxation raised by, 252 lightness of, 253, 267 tribute, 192, 250, 251 Ushur, 252 various items in Budget of 1902, 253 telegraphs in, 254, 256, 257 trade in— Greeks engaged in, 245, 246 Indian, former, 231, 237, 238 Nile Valley route for, 231, 237, 254, 268 obstacles to, 226, 227 returns of imports and exports, 237-239 water-ways for, 233 transport in, difficulties of, 227, 228; improvements in, 232 Turk, native attitude towards, 142, 193 war in, cost of, 263 reservoir project affected by, 78 Soudanese: Arab, 189, 190 illiteracy of, 216 negro, 189, 190 women— appearance of, 183 coiffure of, 183 employments of, 178, 180 Mahdi, woman as, 195 military honour regarded by, 176 mutiny at Khartoum concerning, 192 Stewart, Colonel D. H.: report by, on the Soudan, 159, 171, 237; death of, 171; list of tribes by, 185, 186 Suakin: Customs receipts at, decrease in, 254 Ismail’s purchase of, 149 primary school at, 218, 222 railway to Berber from, project of, 165, 230, 231, 244, 256, 267-269, 277 situation of, 191 telegraphs from, 257 trade returns at, 237-239 Sudd: clearing of, 129-132, 233 nature of, 126 obstructions caused by, 127-129, 158 Sueh River, 169 Suez Canal, 62, 149