But this matter has another aspect, which is that in Egyptian circumstances, advantage must be taken of all legislative materials available from the Mixed Courts of Appeal, as they possess some legislative authority. They have used this authority in a way that the public trusts them. Furthermore, many of the issues that will be presented to the Council will be ones for which their advice and expertise are of high value in enacting laws. And, and this is a matter of great importance, if, despite what is desirable, the best elements outside the government cannot be utilized in the Egyptian social body among the members of the Council, this is a malady for which the government has no cure; for it has no means of providing men for it, except for judges. For some judicial work can be relieved from them, and their numbers increased to compensate for the backlog of cases in the judiciary. For these reasons, I believe that service on the Council should be offered to men from the judges of the Mixed Courts and to a European judge from the native courts. This solution to one of the knots of this issue will be well received by those who have the greatest say in it, according to what I know of their opinions. In my last annual report (page 8), I suggested that the Council's 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 is acceptable to increase them to forty if thirty-six are found to be insufficient, but I do not recommend exceeding forty. My current statement is based on the number being thirty-six. I propose that four of them be government officials, namely the advisors to the Ministries of Finance, Justice, Interior, and Public Works. I chose them because it is almost certain that all matters the Council discusses pertain to those ministries. I did not mention the advisor to the Ministry of Public Instruction 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 legislate on the project before the Council, but that this official not have a vote in the Council. I also propose that seven of them be judges, including the Deputy of the Native Court of Appeal, if he is European, and seven judges from the Mixed Courts. These judges include those appointed by virtue of their position, such as the Deputy President of the Court of Appeal and the heads of the primary courts. The rest are chosen by the group of Mixed Court judges, or this group chooses all six without distinction.