The increase in telegraph revenues reached £11,000. The increase in postal revenues reached £[number missing] The estimated increase from various sources reached £10,000, of which £50,000 was paid by the Egyptian Railways Company. The revenues from the Domain were included in the general budget for the first time in 1912. It is expected that the remainder of the Domain loan will be paid off during the current year, leaving a balance of £60,000 from the Domain profits for 1912 at the disposal of the government. The estimated expenditures for 1912 were increased by £40,000 compared to 1911. Of this increase, £10,000 was only an apparent increase, resulting from a change in accounting methods for the National Printing Press and Mixed Courts to standardize accounts. The actual increase of £30,000 can be divided into the following categories: Subsidies to provincial councils: £10,000 Railways: £67,000 Public Works and Agriculture: £63,000 Education: £3,000 I have previously mentioned the reasons that led the government to subsidize provincial councils with £10,000 to promote local education. I will explain in the chapter on Egyptian Railways the purpose of the increase in railway expenditures and the areas where the increase will be spent. The increase in public works and agriculture expenditures is divided as follows: £40,000 will be spent on developing, renewing, and maintaining existing canals. This amount is separate from the large allocations made from the reserve fund in 1912 for new canal projects in some parts of the Northern Delta. £60,000 will be allocated to the renewed Department of Agriculture, and the remainder is for organizing irrigation staff and other important demands from the Ministry of Public Works. The increase in education expenditures is intended partly for the promotion of public education and partly for...