Southward so that water may flow into them from high places, and the inundations by which they are irrigated. It then appears that extending the canals is not enough by itself to prevent the canals if the flood is low. Therefore, barrages were built in different places to collect the floodwaters and raise their level above the flood, so that we can take side canals from the flood at a sufficient level. These barrages protect the lands of the country from almost all emergencies, but the northern part of Qena Governorate and the entire Gerga Governorate, and the area of all this is 600.6, and some small inundations in Aswan Governorate and the small islands in the Nile course, all of these may still depend on the height of the flood. Therefore, due to the unusual low flood, the water did not rise sufficiently to flow into the canals from which the mentioned places are irrigated, so 4000.400 without it, and this cannot be prevented from happening again except at a great and considerable expense, and its occurrence is very rare! It happens after long periods. The construction of barrages to raise the Nile waters so that they flow into the Sohag canal, which irrigates most of Gerga Governorate, costs at least one million pounds, and these barrages can be built after the approval of the more important works. The land that remained uncultivated was not cultivated as it used to be, but a large part of it was cultivated with wells and lifting machines, so many people worked on irrigating it, and without that, they would have remained without work. The low flood was another cause for concern because it was followed by a drop in water levels more than usual in the spring, which means that the summer water will be much less than usual. I mentioned in my previous report that it is possible that the country may need to do something to protect itself from this danger, and I pointed to the construction of a dam in the Mediterranean Sea near Jabal Uli, and that the need may arise for this. This dam alone is not enough for all the needs of the Egyptian country if all the cultivable lands of the Delta are utilized and basin irrigation is converted to summer irrigation in the entire Upper Egypt. However, it will suffice for the need from now on for many years. It may not be wise to build this dam if its purpose is merely to increase summer water in the Egyptian country, because the solution to this issue, it appears, lies in managing the Nile where it exits the great lakes so that a sufficient amount of water always flows into it. However, the place chosen for the construction of the dam is suitable for managing the Nile in a way to prevent the very high flood waves from descending into the Nile. Therefore, the possibility of building this dam for two purposes, the first of which is the intended purpose, is to prevent the harm of floods, the second...