- 76 -The grants given to municipalities and local councils in the past year reached £104,450 Egyptian Pounds, and £110,390 Egyptian Pounds in 1913. The increase is due to grants for the five new local councils amounting to £3,600 Egyptian Pounds, and to provide funds for the newly established organization in Metoufat and Desouq. These grants are of two types: (1) fixed grants, (2) half the revenue from house taxes. The house tax revenue was estimated in the 1913 budget at over £40,000 Egyptian Pounds. The third source of revenue is slaughterhouse fees, guardianship fees, organization lines, profits from water and light, and the optional tax imposed on the city's imports and exports. The revenues of municipalities and local councils in 1913 were estimated as follows: | Local Revenues | Grants | Municipalities | |---|---|---| | 137,183 | 52,649 | 13 Municipalities | | 41,537 | 57,741 | 32 Local Councils | | 99,278 | -- | -- | The government lent £87,000 Egyptian Pounds from the General Reserve Fund in 1912, in addition to the annual grants for incomplete public works, the most important of which are: (1) Water systems in Mataria El-Manzala, Senoures in Fayoum, and Aswan. (2) Electric light systems for Damietta and Zagazig. (3) Road and street construction in Tanta and Damanhour. £33,000 Egyptian Pounds will be lent in 1913 to complete water or electricity systems, or both, in Mataria El-Manzala, Damietta, and Bilbeis. Projects are underway to install systems in El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Minya, Damanhour, the sewers of Mansoura, road and street construction in Tanta and El-Banader, and the installation of water and electricity systems in El-Fayoum within the year, costing approximately £50,000 Egyptian Pounds. These will provide the city with water and light. The work of the Organization Department has expanded to include organizing existing streets and opening new ones, and has increased significantly in previous years as city dwellers have come to realize that organized streets 11 -