- 71 -It is observed from it that civil cases heard by the courts have greatly decreased, except in the district courts and the Court of Appeal. The number of cases brought before the former increased by 6920 cases compared to the previous year. However, a total of 11680 cases were brought before the eleven district courts to which civil cases were referred in 1911. If this number is subtracted from the total cases of these courts, the decrease is actually around 5000 cases. The cases in the subordinate courts have also decreased significantly. The decrease in both instances is almost exclusively in personal cases not exceeding 10 Egyptian Pounds. It is inferred from this that small debts, which are the cause of most of these cases, have decreased due to increased prosperity in the country. 2 - Criminal Justice Last year, the intensity of crime decreased noticeably after a continuous increase in previous years. I regret to say that last year it increased again, becoming more severe than it was in 1910. The following table shows the number of crimes and the distribution of their types over the past three years. * The difference between these figures and the figures mentioned in the chapter (Public Security) on page 54 arises from the fact that the latter figures are based on the date of the commission of the crimes. The figures in this volume, however, are based on the prosecution's classification of crimes, which is often long after they occurred. Measures have been taken to reconcile the statistics of the two departments in the future.