- 57 -guarantee or the period of exile beyond 40 and increased them to more than two.

The number of those sent to the Outer Oasis has reached 275 so far. As for the rest, some of them provided the required financial guarantee or a guarantor, or were placed under observation in reading, and 20 have not yet been apprehended.

tried in absentia.

The sessions of the committees held in the quarter noted a decrease in the number of crimes reported in June, July, and August, as happened in 1909. However, the decrease was not as apparent as in 1909.

But the figures for the last months of the year are not reassuring, as they were before.

Undoubtedly, this law, which targets certain rascals, its effect gradually weakens as the rascals released from prison are deterred.

The organization of the Outer Oasis is almost complete, and when all measures are finalized, the prisoners there will be living in a place thanks to what they are accustomed to in their homelands in terms of housing, clothing, and health measures. They will be engaged in non-arduous agricultural work for which they will be paid sufficient and regular wages. Furthermore, the oasis's location in the heart of the desert, and the presence of patrols of guards and trackers moving around, prevent escape. The prisoners are not exposed to undue violation of their personal dignity, and their health is generally good, except for a severe outbreak of a disease. It was quickly contained and eradicated immediately. It appears that they and their families are managing their fate, and it is not unlikely that some of them will choose to remain in the oasis after their period of exile ends. However, the reality of their situation did not remain hidden for long from the people in the Nile Valley due to correspondence between the exiles and their relatives and friends. It is almost useless to think that exile to the Outer Oasis is not a harsh and strange demand. I believe that the administrative exile law has yielded what was expected of it for now, and although we must remain prepared to use it in any province where crimes are unreasonably high, or in specific incidents where crimes are particularly serious, I do not see the need to generalize its application further. This law has yielded the best results in some Delta provinces, as seen from the following figures, which are about crimes reported to the police in the provinces of MitGhamr, Gharbia, and Beheira in the last two years.