- 49 -and consumption... £355,200. Of the original debt, £147,140 was paid off during the year, making the total debt £94,202,504 on December 31, 1913. Interest and consumption amounted to £355,200.

It should not be overlooked that the government and the Debt Fund hold bonds worth £5,459,920, with an interest of £200,000.

The total debt that the public was trading its repayments for at the end of last year was £88,742,620, and what the government pays for interest and consumption is £330,202.

7. Trade and Customs Customs revenues amounted to £39,398,850 in 1913, an increase of 24.77% over the previous year's revenues, and are composed as follows: | | 1912 | Increase or Decrease % | 1913 | |-------------|------|------------------------|------| | Imports | £1,749,735 | +7.42% | £1,875,977 | | Exports | £335,305 | +8.48% | £363,511 | | Tobacco Duty Revenue | £34,376 | +10.43% | £37,950 | | | £1,714,341 | +0.43% | £1,721,446 | | | ..... | ..... | ..... | | | ..... | ..... | ..... | From this total, £85,000 must be deducted, which is what the Egyptian government agreed to pay the Sudan government in exchange for customs duties collected by Egypt on goods imported into Sudan and for export duties on Sudanese produce exported to foreign countries from Egyptian ports. In the future, the exact amount of this sum will be calculated by estimating the true value of goods entering Sudan via Wadi Halfa or the Red Sea ports and those exported from them. For this purpose, the Egyptian Customs Office was established.