- 43 -to devise a simple, easy-to-manage system that would satisfy everyone concerned with justice and equality. But I console myself for the inadequacy of this by noting that no country has yet devised a perfect system free from all anomalies. If we assume that the 150 Burunali and the 72 Dunkerka, whose total trade does not amount to a significant sum, are entitled to have 25 elected representatives, a quick calculation shows that this right is greater than granting Great Britain and France the right to nominate, for example, 100 representatives each, given that their populations are 14,000 people each, and the value of the former's trade is over 1.8 million pounds sterling per year, and the value of the latter's trade is over 4 million. Consider also Russia, the United States of America, Belgium, and Switzerland. In large countries, the trade is scarce and the population is very small, as in Egypt. By what system can one expect its representatives to be proportional to its small population and large trade? Furthermore, if we disregard the proportional ratio, selecting 25 individuals meeting the required conditions from the 243,430 citizens of the United States is more difficult than selecting 100 Muslims from the 24,454 citizens of Italy in the country. Moreover, the composition of the citizens of each country must be considered separately. For example, the Russians in Egypt number 1,720, of whom 431 are from Bitarri, Khoy, and other places. Germany, whose trade in Egypt is valued at 0.5 million pounds, has only 1,281 citizens. However, its political representative finds it easy to select 100 individuals from them. The notables who are eligible for election. I invite those who enjoy researching complex issues to consider this matter, acknowledging that I cannot propose anything that conforms to the principles of logic or is based on scientific principles of this kind. I will now present the second proposal, as long as we find no better way, to serve as a basis for further research. I say: If the number of citizens of a country does not exceed one thousand people, male and female, the list containing the names of its notables (elected representatives) shall not be less than 5 and not more than 25. If the number is less than one thousand, the number of its notables shall not be less than 5 and not more than 10. If this proposal is accepted, the number of elected representatives will range from 700 to 800 people, with 600 of them being from Germany, Italy, Great Britain, France, Austria, Greece, and Cyprus. Then I propose that the Egyptian government be granted the right to appoint five members to the council from outside its ranks, at the time of the lists of representatives from countries whose number of elected representatives in the council does not reach four members.