Its best projects. In this, cooperation between them and the government's educational projects, or between the projects of one council and another, will occur. But immediate production is not measured by the financial return from establishing schools managed by local bodies with local funds. It has been presented that the councils allocated all their revenue in 1910 to education, and did not allocate funds to other matters for improving public health and promoting the welfare of the population. It is pleasing to say that most of the councils have allocated in their budgets for 1911 sections for matters that include the establishment of free hospitals, dispensaries, and baths, and the like.

The new law's provisions are to grant councils freedom in certain matters and to allow them to benefit from the experience of mistakes they make. The government, however, will always be ready to support them with advice and assistance, especially in technical matters, but will refrain from interfering. Among the matters that the councils have taken over is education, including religious education. The government can exert its influence through the Directors, who are the heads of the councils by virtue of their positions. The Directors know that the government's only aim is to deal with the collection of money justly and equitably in this matter and in others. But if the government tries to pressure the councils to support the demands of the Copts in some areas due to their lack of wealth or due to their wealth and the proportion of taxes they pay, which is usually the case, then this will undoubtedly cause resentment, just as it is caused by the attempt of some wealthy Coptic landowners in Upper Egypt to make the councils act according to their wishes, and its evil will be greater than its good. The Copts, it appears, receive in some directorates much that they are entitled to, and they may receive in others less than they are entitled to in terms of consideration according to their status. I am certain that these complaints, whether imaginary or real, will gradually disappear with the spread of knowledge and the rise of religious tolerance between the two groups in the Egyptian country.

Last December, 78 elections for directorate councils took place, and illusions intensified, and debate and competition raged. In almost all directorates, the competition was between large families with influence and vast landholdings, as each nominated its candidate. Politics extended its reach to some of the elections, and some parties, such as the National Party and others, and some newspapers, supported one candidate over another. I have previously stated in some of my reports that the elected representatives expressed their dissatisfaction because their votes were not followed, but I have learned that they no longer have any way to complain about this. ```