Basin irrigation in Upper Egypt has become summer irrigation and is now planted with ficus. The Nile and Upper Egypt have become saline to the point where they are planted with ficus. The total area of land that can be planted with cotton is about 560,000 feddans (i.e., the total mentioned above of 6,387,100 feddans minus about 800,000 feddans south of Assiut). If we assume that 40% of these lands are planted with cotton and the average yield per feddan is 4.4 qintars, this area could yield an annual crop of about 1 million qintars. A large part of the lands currently cultivated is improving, which helps increase the average yield per feddan. It is also remembered that last year's crop coincided with a good flood and favorable weather conditions, which increased the average yield per feddan above its average in recent years. As for ten million qintars, at most two million of them would be from the varieties of Ashmuni, Zagora, and Giza, for which the Delta is famous, and the remaining three million would be from the lower varieties planted in Upper Egypt. It is clear that increasing the yield to 10 million qintars cannot be achieved without a significant increase in irrigation water, either by the Aswan Dam project or by other means, and after many lands in Lower Egypt are reached. Sir Garrettson, who is likely the most trusted in these matters, said, "I do not think it is possible to reach the Egyptian cotton yield of ten million qintars, but it will take many years, 10 or 15 years." The Egyptian cotton yield can also be increased in the future from other sources. One is the draining and reclamation of the lakes in Lower Egypt, and the other is the improvement of agriculture in the oases. By the first method, the area of cultivated land would increase by 800,000 feddans and the yield by 15 qintars. As for the second method, its results cannot be estimated at present. (12) The Agricultural Society The work of the Society, through its branches, made considerable progress last year, and its membership increased significantly due to the district committees established in 1905. The number of those who paid their subscriptions was 4,450 in 1906, compared to 3,131 in 1905. The annual subscription fee at that time was 5 Egyptian pounds. Now it is one Egyptian pound.