— 117 — NOTE B.

ORGANISATION OF THE SUDAN AS PROPOSED BY GENERAL GORDON.

1. His Excellency, Zubeir Pasha, shall be the Governor, (or Ruler) of the Sudan, he shall have the rank of Ferik and the Osmanieh decoration. His pay shall be £e. 6.000 per annum, i.e., .;£e.50o per month.

2. He shall be free to appoint and discharge the Mudirs and Wakils, and all other officials and employees of his own motion, and make regulations for the employees necessary for the administrative and military work in every region, in each Mudirieh and in the central town, and for the finances and arsenal, etc. and also regulations fixing the taxes and all the revenues and the expenses needed yearly.

3. He is permitted to give military and civil grades up to the grade of Miralai, and shall refer to the Khedive's cabinet in Cairo asking for the brevets (or commissions), but above that grade he must refer to the Khedive of Egypt.

4 The regions of Fashoda, the Equator and Bahr cl Ghazal shall be left (or abandoned) and the employees withdrawn from them.