- 64 -It is now being investigated under the presidency of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior. 40 - Port Said Municipality The mixed municipality recently established in Port Said, whose revenues were estimated in 1912 to be 26,369 Egyptian Pounds, of which 12,364 Egyptian Pounds are granted by the government as aid. Aid is provided. The ongoing project is not approved, and the director is to begin work on it this year. The municipality's expenses are to be proportional to its revenues, and at the end of 1913, it will have a reserve fund of 5,000 Egyptian Pounds to cover depreciation and interest on the loan required for the ongoing works. The city's urgent need for this project was the biggest factor in convincing the residents of Port Said, of all backgrounds and classes, of the necessity of establishing a municipality and accepting the system of voluntary tax payment. 41 - Prisons The total number of prisoners reached 13,486 at the end of the year, compared to 12,449 at the end of 1910. The daily average was 12,955, compared to 12,843 in 1910. Of this total, 404 were sentenced to hard labor (compared to 4,301 in 1910), and 6,974 to imprisonment (compared to 5,763 in 1910), and 11,215 were appealing (compared to 1,220 in 1910), and 12,464 were awaiting trial (compared to 1,165 in 1910). The number of women in this total at the end of the year was 416 (compared to 351 in 1910). Men in this total at the end of the year were 416 (compared to 351 in 1910). During the year, 151 men and 6 women were sentenced to transportation to a reformatory in Yemen for varying periods, in accordance with the High Order issued on July 11, 1908. The number of those in the reformatory at the end of the year was 619. There were 3,458 judgments by order of the Governor (3,631 in 1910). The number of juveniles in the reformatory on December 31 was 715 (in 1910), 531 of whom were boys and 26 were girls. The daily average for the entire year was 642. The total number of deaths in prisons last year was 201, and the average number of deaths per thousand was 15.04 (14.4 in 1910). Of these deaths, 38 were from infectious diseases (16 in 1910). Twenty prisoners were released for medical reasons (26 in 1910). The expenses of the department last year, excluding amounts spent on buildings, amounted to 192,757 Egyptian Pounds, including expenses incurred on prison products (which were 197,025 Egyptian Pounds in