Anglo 151 Sudan-Egyptian ] IMPORTS 32 these goods has been very great, the fall in quantity must have been still more marked . One cause of this has been the strict control exercised on the trade by the Government in order to prevent the traffic in drink among the natives. In 1913 Great Britain supplied (wines, spirits, and beers ) 57 per cent.; Egypt, by_re-exportation, 24 per cent.; Austria, Germany, Belgium , and Holland ( all beers), 7 per cent.; and Greece (wines ) 12 per cent. In 1917 Great Britain furnished 33 per cent. and Egypt re-exported 62 percent., the remaining 5 per cent.being imported from Cyprus, Eritrea, France, Holland, and Italy.

The soap import has increased in value by 33 per cent, and in quantity by 11 per cent. The demand is naturally considerable in a country where the inhabitants wear clothing of cotton or other washable material. In 1913 Egypt supplied 73 per cent. of the needs of the Sudan , partlyby re-exports,France 13 per cent . and Great Britain 10 per cent. In 1917 Egypt supplied 60 per cent . and Great Britain 39 per cent . The trade in empty sacks is increasing and will presumably continue to do so with the development of Sudanese production . Not only the price but the number imported nearly doubled between 1913 and 1917. They came from Egypt and India in about the proportion of two to one before and three to one during the war.

Taking the imports as a whole, it appears that in 1917 Great Britain, her Dominions and Protectorates, furnished 92 per cent ., the Allied countries 4 per cent ., and the neutral countries the same . In 1913 the countries which were subsequently to become enemies of Great Britain contributed only 3 per cent. The war therefore, so far as the origin of goods is con cerned, has not affected the import trade of the Sudan to any extent, and the dearth of commodities from enemy countries has had little, if any, effect. , The following table shows the quantities of the