45 397 vomen teachers in Kuttabs; botli these ladies are Egyptian Moslems. In addition to these, 18 iLgyptiaii women are at present employed in teaching, after completing their course at the Sanieh Training College.

These appointments are a sign of the growth of the movement for female edueatiou in this country. The first scliools for girls wei'e regarded more as charitahle institutionS(, and in 1899, out of 229 girls in the primary schools eonsiderahly more than 50 per cent, were free pupils. In 1904 free instruction was abolished, in the Sanieh Primary School, and de.spite an increase in the fees, tne school has received the maximum numher which can be accommodated. The same tmulency is to he observed at the Abbas Girls’ School, as may he seen from the following figiuvs :— Year.

1907 1908 1909 Paying- Pupils.

84 114 122 Preo Pupils.

.')2 34 2:') At the present time 420 girls out of the 445 in attendance at the primary schools are paying pupils.

Turning to vernacular education, the numher of girls taught in Kutlahs rose from 17,000 in 1908 to 21,000 in 1900, and during the last five }’ears the numher of girls’ Kuttabs has increased by 44 per cent, and the mnnher of pii})ils by 111 per cent.

At the Bouiak Normal School for women teachers in Knttahs there are now (10 students undergoing training, and 14 passed the final examination last year, all hut one ot whom have received appointments.

51. School of Medicine.

During the year IG .students obtained their diplomas, 1 .student died, and 17 left (lo of their own accord and 4 by su])erannuation) ; in October 50 new students joined. There are at present 20G students in the School of Medicine and one in the School of Pharmacy.

The Anatomical DQ'partment snslained a great loss during the year through the resignation of Profe.ssor Elliot-Smith, F.R.S., on his appointment to the chair of Anatomy at the University of Manchester. Dr. Baiigat "Wahbv, an Egyjjtian, was ap])ninted in Ills place, and tliree demonstrators have lu'en added to the. .staff to assist in getting the collection in the museum into order.

Four medic4il students were sent to England for a ]!OKt-gradnate eonrse of study with a vie\v to joining the teaching .staff on their return. One w.is vmfortnnately obliged to resign on account of ill-health, hut another is being .sent in his place, and two more will follow shortly.

52. School of Law.

The number of students in attendance is 852, of whom 288 belong to the English and 114 to the French socthm. Last year the total was 878 (240 English and 188 Fr»*nch). The diminution on the Fnmch sido is du(‘ to tho n-dneed supply of candidates from the .secondary .schools who take French as tluMr jiriiicipal Europi-an ianguagi'. Jn tho French section applications were iweived from 1« students, and all won admitted; in the English section there were 90 applications for 58 vacancies, as compared with 71 for 49 places in 1908. At the final examination in 1909, 72 candidates obtained tlu*. diploma, 88 in French and 84 in English. Of these, 10 have obtained Government employment, do are working without salary in tho Parquet, and 5 have goiu' to Franco t > contimio their legal education; the remainder are inscrihed as advocates in tlu' Native Courts.

I would again draw attention to the fact tlmt theie is a serious ilanger of the law as a lu'ofe.ssion becoming overstocked, if it is not so already. At the hcgiiming of last year there were 580 practising lawj'ers on the roll of the Native Courts; 70 reeruits a year would probably suffice to fill vacancies and allow for expansion. The Kheilivial School alone could have provided this number in 19U9, without taking into account the numerous Egyptians who study at the French School of Law in Cairo t)r in Franco.

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