In January last, the second year of the Assiut Industrial School began, which is similar in its organization to the Boulac School. It is managed by an English director, and a second batch of students has joined, bringing the total number of students and workers to 100. An English "master" is in charge, while the assistants, "masters," and all the craftsmen are Sudanese. Some of the "nafr" from the Boulac School have been appointed to these positions.

Expenditure on Education The funds allocated to the Ministry of Education for the year amounted to £E 100,000, an increase of £E 10,000 over the previous year. This sum includes £E 10,000 for the Boulac and Assiut schools, which were previously part of the Ministry of Public Works budget. The increase in expenditure is covered by an increase in the revenues of the Ministry of Education (including £E 10,000 for tuition fees and a £E 1,000 donation from the Awqaf Department).

An additional £E 10,000 was allocated from the revenues of the "Makwiyah" (likely a revenue-generating entity). If we add this increase in expenditure for the current year to the increase of £E 10,000 in the previous two years, the total increase in expenditure over the past three years amounts to £E 30,000.

The budget for the year was allocated as follows: £E 47,500 for education, £E 10,000 for building new schools, and £E 15,000 for the Zoological Gardens.

The Zoological Gardens Some renovations were carried out inside the buildings last year, but this did not prevent the public from visiting the gardens.

In 1907, 1,107 books were added to the library, compared to 705 in 1906. The previous two years were also productive, with 1,000 books added in 1905 and 1,000 in 1904.

Three collections of honorary books were donated to the library. This year, approximately 1,000 volumes were bound, leaving only a small number of books unbound.

The Reference and Citation section continues to be successful. The number of visitors to the reading rooms reached 18,870, and the number of volumes borrowed by the public was 6,000. The visitors were predominantly Egyptian.