Land ownership and registration were completed in the Qubayna centre in the Gezira province, and land contracts were also registered in Port Sudan. Land ownership disputes are almost non-existent in the centres where survey and ownership settlement operations have been carried out.

Agriculture The area of cultivated land has increased satisfactorily, and most of this increase is due to the good rainfall in Kordofan. The following table shows the area of land cultivated in 1911, 1912, and 1913.

| 1913 | 1912 | 1911 | |---|---|---| | Feddan | Feddan | Feddan | | 130,000 | 120,000 | 116,000 | ... | Mechanically irrigated land | | | | | From the river | | 123,000 | 107,000 | 129,000 | ... | Naturally irrigated land | | 20,500,000 | 166,000 | 1458,000 | ... | (1) River flood or rise | | | | | (2) By rain | | 23,300,000 | 1937,000 | 1703,000 | ... | Total | The variation was most pronounced in the yields of sorghum, millet, and grains, which Sudanese people rely on for their food. Sources of satisfaction include the expansion of sesame, groundnut, maize, and wheat cultivation. The decrease in the area of land planted with cotton is entirely due to climatic reasons and not to the indifference of the locals, among whom strong interest in all types of agriculture has been evident. The results of the second year's cultivation in the agricultural experimental field at Atbara surpassed the results of the first year. The average yield of cotton per feddan in an area larger than that cultivated in the first year was 5.60 kantars in 1912-1913, while the average was 5.53.