Rather, what is meant is that there are not a large number of intelligent people in Egypt who can spare the time necessary to properly consider public affairs. Egypt is unlike European countries in this regard. This is correct. Otherwise, it would be easy for me, and for others, given the religious ties, to identify from the Europeans in Egypt a sufficient number for legislative councils, not just one, of educated Egyptian men. However, most of the Europeans who reside in Egypt only stay for eight months of the year, and they are busy with their work, and few of them have the time to spare for public affairs. What further increases the importance of this matter is that much of the work of legislative councils is done by committees, whose sessions require a long time. Therefore, it is feared that the absence of the best European men from the council will inevitably fall upon men who are insufficient to represent the European residents and express their opinions. The importance of this issue requires speaking with complete freedom and frankness. I say that the opinion they held more than others was to exercise greater caution and prudence, so that legislation would not be influenced by a group of greedy politicians and merchants. This is a basis for judging the composition of the council. Therefore, based on the aforementioned facts, there is a need to conclude that the opinion of the European conservatives in Egypt is a project that is not imbued with the spirit of the liberals. Because such a project makes it easy for everyone to find their way, so that they can know what suits them and what does not. If it is proven after experience that it suits them, then other privileges will be granted besides those that have always been allocated to them. This is contrary to what was initially thought. Then, if experience shows that it harms the public and does not benefit them, it will be easy to reclaim them later. Therefore, I believe that the right to subscribe to council members should be limited, and the council should consist of a small number of elite men, not a large number of members. The second conclusion is to benefit from the service of the conservative judges in the council to a limited extent. I do not deny that this is a matter of initial objection. Many told me that it is the duty to separate legislative functions from judicial functions in the Egyptian province, as is the case in other provinces. I agree with this statement in general and prefer that judges not be involved in anything other than judging by law. However, that is... (1) This is what is mentioned in the book "Ghurrat al-Tijarah al-Ingliziyah" (see footnote 1). - 39 -many benefit