But this matter has another aspect, which is that in the special Egyptian circumstances, every available legislative material must be utilized. The Mixed Courts of Appeal judges are now vested with some legislative authority, and they have used this authority in accordance with public desire, so people have confidence in them. Furthermore, many of the issues that will be presented to the Council will be such that their advice and expertise will be of great value in enacting laws for it. Also—and this is a matter of great importance—if what I have heard is true, that the best elements outside the government cannot be utilized in the Egyptian social fabric among the members of the Council, then this is a malady for which the government has no cure, as it has no means of providing men from among them. Unlike the judges, some of their judicial work can be alleviated, and their numbers increased to remedy the backlog of cases in the courts. For these reasons, I believe that service on the Council should be offered to men from the Mixed Courts judges and to a European judge from the Native Courts judges. This solution to one of the knots of this issue will be well-received by those who have the greatest say in it, based on my understanding of their opinions.

In my last annual report (page 8), I suggested that the Council members be between twenty-five and thirty. However, after careful consideration, I concluded that this number is insufficient and that their number should be thirty-six. It would be acceptable to increase them to forty if thirty-six are found to be insufficient, but I do not recommend exceeding forty. My current remarks are based on the assumption that their number will be thirty-six.

Therefore, I propose that four of them be government officials, namely the advisors to the Ministries of Finance, Justice, Interior, and Public Works. I have chosen them because it is almost certain that all matters the Council discusses pertain to those ministries. I have not included the advisor to the Ministry of Public Instruction among them because it is unlikely that this European Council will discuss educational matters, which are the concern of that ministry. However, I suggest that any government official, such as the Director-General of the Health Department, attend the Council's sessions, either by invitation from the Council itself or from the government, to explain the project under consideration by the Council, but that official shall not have a vote in the Council.

I also propose that seven of them be judges, namely the Deputy of the Native Court of Appeal, if he is European, and six judges from the Mixed Courts. Some of these judges will be appointed by virtue of their office, such as the Deputy of the Court of Appeal and the presidents of the primary courts, and the rest will be chosen by the body of Mixed Court judges, or this body will choose all six without distinction.