60 ( No. 08 PRESENT CONDITIONS : Provincial Governors have great latitude of action , and possess the widest powers. The annual reports from the Governor-General incorporate those fromthe various departments of administration and from the Provincial Governors, and are forwarded to the British High Commissioner in Egypt, who then sends them , with a covering note of hisown, to the Foreign Office in London .

The higher officials ( the Governor-General himself, theheads of departments, and the Provincial Governors and Inspectors ) are British , and the majority have been Army officers. The Civil Service is recruited (up to 1914 ) by nomination of candidates from the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland. The choice of these rests ultimately with the Governor -General, who also nominates the Provincial Governors and the Provincial Inspectors ( the latter from the ranks of the Civil Service ).

The Mamurs ( police officers and magistrates of districts into which the provinces are divided) are Egyptian or Sudanese officers. Their employment in these responsible positions has been generally justified. Increasing use is made of Sudanese for minor administrative and clerical posts under Government.

There is a comprehensive system of jurisdiction based on the Sudan Penal Code ( 1899 ), the Code of - Criminal Procedure ( 1899 ) , and the Civil Justice Ordi pance ( 1900 ) . By the provisions of the last -named Ordinance Mohammedan law (Mekhema Sharia ) is applied in many cases where the parties concerned are Moslems. The higher judges and magistrates are British , but Mohammedan law is administered by kadis in special Courts ( Appeal, Provincial, and Dis trict ) , who are paid by Government and are under the supervision of a Grand Kadi . It is one of the most important branches of the work of Gordon College to educate young natives for the position of local kadi. The work of the Mohammedan law courts is con stantly increasing , as is the confidence reposed in their decisions by the Moslem inhabitants of the country.