17 J 1 i Government land rents— Budget estimate Collected Collected in 1917-1918 Price of cotton seed— Amount to be collected...

Collected Arrears Ghafir Cess— Budget estimate Actual revenue to be collected Collected Arrears Excess over Budget £E. 71 £E. 7,973 £E. 11,998 £E. 182,000 209,153 187,916 242,494 242,423 820,000 839,971 831,998 8. Trade and Customs.

Imfort Trade, 1913-1918.

The following figures show the value of imports, excluding tobacco, from 1913 to 1918:— £E. 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 26,782,809 20,807,779 18,474,098 30,072,213 30,134,698 48,054,377 In 1913 Germany, Austria and Turkey supplied Egv.pt with 58-70 and 98 per mille of her imports. These imports, excepting goods \ich were already in bond, were cut off at the outbreak of war. Trade with Belgium and Russia, which provided 42 and 32 per mille of Egypt’s total imports, was also almost entirely suspended. The most important articles affected were wrought iron and steel from Belgium and Germany, machinery and parts from Germany, flour from Germany and Russia, sugar from Austria, timber from Austria, chemical manure from Belgium, dyes from Germany, glassware from Belgium, Germany and Austria, kerosene from Russia, live animals from Turkey, fresh and dried fruits from Turkey, and tobacco from Turkey and Russia.

The imports of wrought iron and steel were far below normal during the war until 1918, when they exceeded in value those of 1913, the United Kingdom, followed at a considerable distance by the United States, being the principal source. Machinery and parts remained very greatly below their pre-war level.

There was an immense decrease in the quantity of flour imported, from 203,546 tons in 1913 to approximately 14,863 tons in 1918; such flour as reached Egypt during the war came almost entireK from Australia and India.

The imports of sugar into Egypt from countries other than Austria was negligible in 1913; in 1918 it was imported entirely from the Ear East, the quantity being 18,463 tons against 32,935 tons in 1913.

The war affected also the source of Egypt’s supplies of coffee, which was sent mainly from British Possessions in the Ear East instead of from Brazil.

There was practically no import of timber into Egypt throughout the war. Ready-made clothing, which was deficient during most of the years of war, showed in 1918 a value slightly exceeding that of 1913, the place of Austria being taken by the United Kingdom and Erance.

The imports of chemical manure, for which Egypt became almost wholly dependent upon Chile, fluctuated considerably, but by 1918 had become totally inadequate to the needs of the country.

The cutting off of supplies of German synthetic indigo led to a remarkable revival in the importation of natural indigo from India, the value of the 1917 imports being over £E. 200,000, or more tha-n ten times that of 1913. In 1918 the United Kingdom began to export synthetic indigo to Egypt, supplying 43,824 kilog., valued at £E. 14,742.

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