As for the new provincial councils, they are still in their infancy, but news of their work is strong, though not entirely successful, as will appear later in this report. The national notables have been very keen to be elected to these councils, and their members have shown the best spirit, remembering and being grateful for the performance of their duties, especially concerning education. They all approved the permissible local taxes, and education was prioritized, so the total amount collected from the entire country reached about £250,000. This greatly increased the funds spent by the government on education. Political incitement has not yet reached these councils, so if they continue in this way, there is hope that they will provide significant assistance in educating the nation for local self-governance.

As for the remaining branch of the aforementioned expressions – which pertains to the Legislative Council and the General Assembly – it must be admitted that our efforts in this regard have not yet achieved the success they deserved. Although the Legislative Council has considered several draft laws that are not subject to dispute and have no political considerations, and has discussed them with the rigor of conducting business and with the aim of completing work, and has also proposed several useful suggestions, it and the General Assembly showed in 1909 and the first half of 1910 AD an increasing tendency to be used by the National Party for its incitement and agitation against the British occupation. Their repeated demands to the government for a full constitutional government, and their requests to the government regarding the budget, Sudan, and the animosity and suspicion they showed in the project of the Souss, exceeding the bounds of moderation – were all essentially demonstrations against the English, driven by the incitement of the National Party. The main idea of this party is to abolish British occupation by all means, as an urgent matter. The greatest means it employs to achieve this goal is to compensate the pillars of British and Egyptian rule by constantly attacking them, and to alienate all Egyptians who do not oppose British supervision, and to incite disorder whenever the opportunity arises. The General Assembly and the Legislative Council, in general, have sought to assist in achieving these goals, with the result that they have taken their new elevated status as a weapon to fight those to whom they owe their establishment.

Neither the ministry of Butros Pasha nor the ministry of Muhammad Said Pasha has been able to lead the council until now, nor to establish a government party within it, even though their men are known to the public as among the most sensible and capable Egyptians. Prince Hussein Pasha also gave up hope and refrained from trying to instill a spirit of order and moderation in the council's deliberations. When he resigned from the presidency of the council, he was not...