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PORTS AND LIGHTHOUSES.
Statement showing Expenditure on New Works during the Years 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933.
Nature of work
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
Total
Enlargement of the port of Montazah
Purchase of new Ughting equipment for the Red
Sea ports, and construction of a signalling
station at Port Tewfik
Replacing and repairing dredgers, dredging opera¬
tions, and purchase of equipment
Purchase of a floating fire-engine for the port of
Suez
Extraordinary expenditure on the upkeep of
floating and fixed equipment and purchase of
floating equipment
Study of harbour schemes
Reconstruction of Abul Kisane lighthouse
Construction and renewal of footbridges at
Alexandria
Purchase of new implements for, and building
repairs to, the workshops
Paving of the port of Alexandria
Construction and equipment of two stores at
Pier E
Construction of oil-tanks and of two wharves for
nitrates and coal at the port of Alexandria .. .
New lifeboat for the port of Alexandria
Completion and strengthening of the foundations
of the Rosetta lighthouse jetty
Construction of a quay 170 metres long in the
port of Suez
Enlargement of the port of Suez
Construction of quays for berthing pilgrim boats
at El Tor
Construction of dwellings at Matruh, of public
conveniences on the timber-wharf at Alexan¬
dria, and of a concrete wall for the quarantine
station at Suez
Construction and repair of floating landing-
stages at Alexandria and Suez
Construction of new wharf-protection works ....
Construction of a landing-stage at Ras el Tin ...
Construction of a quay and dock for sailing-ships
at Port Said, and construction of a wall round
the Mallaha Customs zone at Alexandria
Cost of lighting the port of Alexandria and cost of
administration of the workshops and graving
dock
Construction of a wall round the Customs zone
at Port Tewfik
Extension of the main cable from the power-
station to the oil-reservoir at Suez
Construction of a garage for the mechanical
transport service at Alexandria
Improvement of the road to the store of inflam¬
mables at the port of Suez
Total ...
£E
9,880
11,607
i4,°4i
7,475
21,989
7,i65
23,749
213
2,553
1,966
40,981
7,814
18,196
324
25,350
100,172
1,526
£E
3,5i8
432
I4,OI5
7,245
8,785
16,424
295,OI3
13,681
134
7,280
2,216
16,161
9,445
967
£E
7,363
999
8,764
6,204
2,275
2,252
5,639
7,46i
i,333
i4,55i
5,705
372
100,414
62,918
£E
1,724
5,672
2,924
3,574
1,202
2,480
U9I7
3,76o
9,549
1,849
872
337
£E
5,076
2,400
4,3i6
43,280
3^388
918
6,799
U554
926
2,250
43,248
£E
22,485
13,038
47,568
7,475
40,762
i5,95o
42,448
213
12.695
21,286
48.696
7,814
18,196
8,806
3U379
100,172
32,841
1,526
22,298
967
26,071
1,290
8,648
2,426
926
2,250
337
544,873