25 — — Revenues returned to increase for the first time after the crisis of 1907. This satisfactory result is evident in the revenues from customs duties and railways, which increased significantly. However, tobacco revenues declined again. The following table compares the revenues from these three sources in the past four years.

| | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1907 | |---|---|---|---|---| | Customs Duties | 342,000 | 214,200 | 179,900 | 19,200 | | Railway Revenues | 3,065,000 | 3,464,000 | 3,349,000 | 3,289,000 | | Tobacco | 168,000 | 1,788,000 | 16,606 | 1,091,000 | | Total | 735,000 | 713,400 | 74,400 | 6,934,000 |

Judicial fees and facilitation fees increased from 1,344,000 Egyptian Pounds in 1909 to 1,380,000 Egyptian Pounds in 1910. Land taxes and other prescribed taxes also increased, reaching 55,053,900 Egyptian Pounds compared to 44,544,448 Egyptian Pounds in the previous year. The following table shows the actual expenditures in the past year and the budgeted estimates.

| | Ordinary Expenditures | Allocated Expenditures | Total Expenditures | |---|---|---|---| | | EGP | EGP | EGP | | | 1,408,800 | 1,062,000 | 140,400 | | | 134,849,000 | 560,000 | 14,414,000 | | | 1,010,000 | 497,000 | 439,000 | | | 736,000 | | | | Surplus | | | |

This impressive result is further evidence of the wisdom and economy with which the country's finances are managed.