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EGYPT.
There passed through the Canal, from the day of opening till the 30th June, 1870, a period of 7£ months, 363 ships. Of this number 130 passed through during the four days of festal inaugu- ration, without paying dues ; leaving 233 ships, of an aggregate burthen of 195,428 tons, who used the Canal for purely commercial purposes. The shipping was distributed as follows : —
Nationalities.
Ships
Tonnage
Turkish
Total
153 35 19 9 7 4 3 1 1 1
134,712
33,804
12,760
5,948
3,717
2,548
732
480
686
37
233
195,428
Exclusive of the Shipping here enumerated, there passed through the Canal small craft of a total tonnage of 6,498 tons, so that dues were paid altogether upon 201,926 tons. The total receipts of the 1\ months amounted to 129,784/., a sum insufficient to discharge the interest on the obligations of the Canal Company.
Money, Weights, and Measures.
The money, weights, and measures of Egypt, are : —
Monet.
The Sequin . . . . . = Average rate of exchange, 5s. 4^. „ Piastre, of 40 paras . . = „ 2%d.
,, Kees, or Purse, of 500 piastres — „ „ £5 is. 2d.
The coins of Turkey are a legal tender in Egypt, but are seldom met with, the usual medium of circulation consisting in piastres, Spanish and Mexican dollars, and British sovereigns.
Weights and Measures The Killuw . „ A/mud . „ Oke, of 400 drams ,, Gasab, of A dirads „ Feddan al risaoh
= 0'9120 imperial bushel.
= 1-151 imperial gallon.
= 2 - 8326 lbs. avoirdupois.
— 3 yards.
=> 3,208 square yards.
