- 89 -Watan and Zagazig, Manuf, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, and Fayoum. And soon it will open in El-Meza and Damanhur. The Fayoum pharmacy was particularly successful, as it opened in July, and the farmers in the neighboring villages wrote to establish branches for it, which are visited by the lady in charge of its administration from time to time. And it compensated no less than 18,000 boys before the end of the year. And provincial schools were established in Mansoura, Tanta, Zagazig, Minya, Shin El-Koma, and similar schools will open in Damanhur and Sohag, and it is likely that others will open in other places during the year. Last year, the eye hospitals that were started in 1912 in Damanhur, El-Khalfa El-Kubra, Zagazig, and Minya were completed, at a cost of 95,000 pounds. A new hospital was completed in Dakahlia and two hospitals in the village. Two hospitals were opened in Zaqqa and Kafr El-Sheikh. Four hospitals for isolating those infected with contagious diseases were completed in El-Mutafiya and Itqai. Similar ones in Fayoum and Minya. In Tih, seven hospitals of this type were established in Dakahlia, 11 in El-Mutafiya, 6 in Minya, and 2 in Assiut during 1914. The provincial councils approved 2,700 Egyptian pounds for training village barbers and providing them with medicine boxes to use in their work. The councils of Qalyubia, Sharqia, Dakahlia, El-Mutafiya, and التربية spent 6,500 Egyptian pounds on filling ponds and preventing their harm to public health. In the course of the year, no less than 109 ponds with an area of 98 feddans were filled, with the help of the engineers. 2,900 Egyptian pounds were spent on establishing agricultural stations in Dakahlia and Assiut. And it bought mills for the villages and gave grants to various associations deserving of aid, such as the treatment of orphans and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Among the grants worthy of mention is the grant of 200 Egyptian pounds to the Tanta Public Library. The councils of Sharqia, Dakahlia, and Manufia, Beni Suef, and Assiut decided to establish nurseries where fruit trees are planted. The councils of Assiut, Fayoum, and Minya brought in benevolent men to cultivate cotton from the Delta to teach the farmers in their provinces how to improve its cultivation. The provincial councils are to be commended for their constant zeal and diligence in matters of education and public benefit works. However, there are still shortcomings in their projects and methods, so they must strive to unify their projects and follow a specific plan.