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EGYPT.
Provinces
Number of Villages
Rural
Population
Lower Egypt : —
Behereh ......
Rodat-el-Bahrein ....
Dakalijeh .....
Kaljubijeh .....
Gizeh
Total, Lower Egypt
Middle Egypt : —
Minjeh and Beni-Mezar .
Fajum ......
Beni-Suef .....
Total, Middle Egypt .
Upper Egypt : —
Siut '
Girge
Kecne and Esne ....
Total, Upper Egypt
Total of Egypt .
355 843
1,266 574 167
86,545 945,903 413,854 462,418 209,234
3,205
281 104 169
2,117,945
280,791
143,389
95,402
554
234 191 195
519,582
404,064 347,055 417,876
620
1,168,995
4,379
3,806,522
The population of the six towns of Egypt, not included in the above statement, was as follows, according to the enumeration of 1802:—
Towns
Cairo -
Alexandria
Damietta
Population
256,700
161,400
37,100
Towns
Tanta
Bosetta
Suez
Total town population „ village ,,
Population
19,500
18,300
4,160
500,160 3,806,522
Total population 4,306,682
According to consular reports, the total population of Egypt amounted, in May 18CG, to 4,848,500, and had increased in Mav 1867, by 67,000, thus numbering, at the latter date, 4,915,500 souls. Almost the entire rural population is in a state approaching serfdom, holding life and property at the goodwill of the governing class. The inhabitants of the towns comprise 150,000 Copts, reputed descendants of the ancient Egyptians ; 8,000 Jews, 3,000 Armenians, and about 25,000 domiciled Europeans, one-third of them Greeks. At Cairo and Alexandria there are numerous slaves.
The commerce of Egypt is very large, but consists to a great extent of goods carried in transit. To the total value of imports and exports, averaging 35,000,000/. per annum, Great Britain contri-
