Anglo Sudan 93 -Egyptian] LABOUR latitude are mainly negroid. With few exceptions the rainfall is sufficient,so that cultivation entails but little labour in comparison with what is necessary in districts irrigated by artificial means. In Kordofan province the area cultivated amounts toabout 284 square miles — all dependent upon rain fall . Sixty -three per cent. of the population is engaged in agriculture ( 1.2 persons per acre). The remaining 37 per cent . is occupied in cattle-raising, camel breeding, transport work , or gum -collecting. In Darfurprovince also all the crops depend upon rain fall .

Bordering the Khartum province, and to the south of it, are theBlue Nile province and the White Nile province. With the exception of Khartum these are the most densely populated and best cultivated pro vinces. The Blue Nile province depends almost wholly upon rainfall, while of the White Nile province 21 per cent. is artificially irrigated, and the rest is dependent upon rainfall. The people of the White Nile province are intelligent and by no means un friendly . The province comprises a considerable por tion of the Gezira . Cultivation up till now has been entirely dependent on the rains, or on the Nile flood, which in places has extended (e.g., in 1898 and 1906) from six to ten miles inland from the true banks of the river . At times the crops are excellent , and the people avail themselves of any opportunity to hoard their harvests, local requirements for as much as three years having been supplied by a single harvest. Cattle-raising is a standing industry among the people, but , as the land is subject to long and severe droughts, the revenue derived from this pursuit varies greatly. Horse-breeding, also , is encouraged among the Arabs,, and an annual horse show has been organized.

The conditions in Sennar province, which borders the Blue Nile, are much the same as those in the White Nile province. Only 5 per cent . of the area of cultivation is artificially irrigated. These conditions will change when the Gezira irrigation scheme is fully developed .

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