48 - lines and station telegraphs, improving the signaling system, building staff housing, purchasing vehicles, and improving the railway housing in Upper Egypt. The amount allocated for new works in the Doman is for extensive repairs in the centers of Baqas and Naja. In a few years, what is spent now will yield a large revenue for the government. Most of the funds for the open credits of the Ministry of the Interior are for lighting, water, drainage, and other improvement projects in the provincial capitals. These credits are provided as loans repaid in installments with interest. The demand for these improvements and repairs is very high, and if the necessary funds were available, the work could proceed at a faster pace than at present. The remaining open credits are for new projects, hospital construction and expansion, new telephone lines, conducting experiments, devising means to control animal and plant pests and diseases, and improving the quality of cotton seeds.

5 - Reserve Fund The unexpended balance of the reserve fund on January 1, 1913, was £612,400. Additions: (1) Increase in the 1913 budget: £1,639,000 (2) Revenue from construction in 1913: £336,000 Total: £1,975,000 Deductions: Amount paid in 1913: £8,099,000 Balance on January 1, 1914: £2,251,000 This amount corresponds to the remaining credits that were approved but not fully disbursed, estimated at £5,848,000. New credits totaling £12,000,000 were opened in the budget for the three months, of which £8,600,000 were for Cairo drainage works and £3,400,000 for irrigation construction works.

6 - Egyptian Debt The total Egyptian debt reached £94,344,668.0 on December 31, 1912. The commander's funds