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II. Administrative Methods employed in carrying out Public Works.
The principal administrative method, as regards both works already executed and
works in course of preparation, is that they are carried out on behalf of the central autho¬
rities of the State. Each undertaking is offered for either local or international tender.
The tenders are examined and the work is entrusted to the most competent contractor.
III. Methods for financing Public Works.
The expenditure on these works is met from the ordinary State budget. In time of
prosperity, extraordinary appropriations are made from the State reserve funds.
IV.
Of the expenditure, 75% is for the purchase of the necessary material and 25%
for labour.
V.
The execution of irrigation and drainage schemes has raised the cost of labour, which
had fallen considerably. Had these schemes not been carried out, a large number of
local industries would have come to a standstill.
Telegraphs and Telephones.
I.
Trunk cable Cairo-Alexandria.
Cairo Automatic Telephone Exchange.
System of radiotelegraph stations for internal communications and for communi¬
cation with aircraft.
Direct radiotelephone service from Egypt to England, Germany and France.
Improvements to main trunk telephone service by installation of repeater stations.
Inauguration of a State broadcasting station.
Automatic telephone service for Alexandria and improvements to other exchanges.
Additional broadcasting stations.
II.
All the above works have been carried out by the Government partly directly
and partly by adjudication, with the exception of the radiotelephone service, which is
worked by a private company under agreement.
III.
The expenditure has been covered by the national budget.
IV.
The total expenditure of those of the above works which have been carried out
directly by the Government is approximately £E900,000. This does not include the
salaries and wages of permanently employed Government staff.