ABSTRACT
This constant refrain of Ottoman venality could be kept up almost indefinitely. There is enough additional material in the Royal Egyptian Archives to continue on this same note for chapter after chapter. The end of 1871 has now been reached, and that date is probably as good as any other for ringing down the curtain. But one additional fact will be brought out to complete the picture which has just been presented: namely, that the Egyptian Budget for 1873–4 includes this entry:—
