The penalty does not exceed a fine of one Egyptian pound or a week's imprisonment, which is a light punishment for most of the crimes that are intended to be dealt with.

The great challenge is to devise a system that makes all the inhabitants of the country subject to the same laws and regulations equally, and to establish a reasonable method for legislation. Lord Cromer, in his last report, referred to the civilized principles that he considered the basis of this problem, but he noted that the final decision in this regard depends on the acceptance we find among the prominent Egyptians and Europeans residing in Egypt. There is no indication that public opinion, whether European or Egyptian, will accept this matter to some extent. If some of the details and proposals put forward by Lord Cromer are not accepted by those concerned, then other ways must be sought to deal with these matters. However, whatever the final legislation, it must be based on the general principle that underlies the observations made by Lord Cromer, and it must be based on a method that allows for legislation that is acceptable to all segments of the population.

2) The Legislative Council and the General Assembly The elections for the Legislative Council and the General Assembly took place at the end of last year. As attention has recently turned towards introducing some form of representative government into this country, I will narrate what happened in these elections. The method of election was described in the previous report. In general, every Egyptian male has the right to vote. Those registered in the electoral rolls elect delegates, and these delegates elect the members of the General Assembly. The provincial councils elect the members of the Legislative Council. In cities where there are no provincial councils, the delegates elect the members of the Legislative Council. In Cairo, the delegates elected are Egyptian males, but the general voters registered in the electoral rolls are the ones who elect them. The number of those who voted from these was only 100, which is 1% of those who had the right to vote. The number of delegates who voted in the second election was only 11, instead of being proportional to the number of Cairo districts. The election did not take place in one of the districts because no one nominated for election, and on the day of the election, no one from the registered voters attended.