Egyptian Sudan 72 He is undoubtedly its most accurate interpreter because he is the one who drafted it. This is what the reader sees in his report for 1901 and 1903, which states: "Note in the proceedings of the Legislative Council regarding appropriations his statement that 'the Council approves the proposed expenditures for Sudan because Sudan is an inseparable part of Egypt.' This opinion is indeed correct, as the system of political rule in Sudan is, in any case, bound by the agreement concluded between Great Britain and Egypt, signed on January 19, 1899. Since it was likely that some members of the Council were not fully aware of the nature of that agreement, Anteez took this opportunity to explain to them that there was no intention or desire in its drafting to diminish Egypt's legitimate rights. The primary objectives that the drafters of that agreement aimed for were, firstly, to ensure the existence of a good government for the Sudanese nation, and secondly, to eliminate the administrative confusion created by the international system of governance in Egypt in Sudan."

And in the 1903 report, he states: "I have sometimes been asked: why does the British Treasury not bear a portion of the administrative expenses in Sudan, as long as the British flag flies alongside the Egyptian flag over its territories? This is a natural question, but the answer to it is very easy for all those who are familiar with the history of the January 19, 1899 agreement, according to whose provisions Sudan was created with a special political status. This is because its government was formed for an explicit purpose, which was to save Sudan – and consequently to save Egypt – by governing those provinces from all those known international situations that had a significant role in complicating administration in Egypt. Without this consideration, there would have been no reason, from the British perspective, for raising the British flag over the territory, which led to its being raised."