68 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS No. 88 -El Dueim .to El Obeid, 155 miles, connecting Kordofan with the Nile , but now superseded by the railway El Obeid to El Fasher , 446 miles, connecting Kordofan with Darfur .

El Obeid to Talodi , a Government post at the foot of the Nuba Mountains, 275 miles .

Talodi to Tonga, on the White Nile, 101 miles . This road can be used by motor and wheeled traffic.

Meshra el-Rek to Wau , 107 miles . Shambe to Wau , 262 miles . Both this and the previous route have been improved to admit of wheeled traffic .

Shambe to Yambio (Bahr el-Ghazal) via Mvolo and Meridi. During the dry weather carts drawn by oxen and mules are used along this road. Beyond Yambio , to Tembura, human porterage is the only possible means of transport.

Rejaf to Aba ( Belgian Congo) via Loka and Yei in the old Lado Enclave , 147 miles . This is the main trade route from the Upper Nile to the Belgian Congo, and both motor and ox -cart transport are available along it .

Rejaf to Entebbe (Uganda) via Nimule on the Nile and Butiaba on Lake Albert. From Rejaf to Nimule . 150 miles, is a 5 to 8 days ' march . Thence a small steamer runs to Butiaba, 165 miles , 136 of which are on the Nile and 29 on the lake . From Butiaba to Entebbe, 180 miles, is a 10 days' march . The alternative method of making this journey is by motor road to Lake Kioga, thence by rail , 40 miles , to Jinja , and thence by lake steamer to Entebbe. For various reasons it is easier to travel from Uganda to the Sudan than in the reverse direction. Porters in Uganda are easily obtained, as -the natives , unlike the inhabitants of the Sudan , a re accustomed to carry loads . Unless arrangements are made beforehand, the traveller from the Sudan usually has to remain at Rejaf until porters can arrive from Nimule or even from Entebbe .

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