ABSTRACT
The committee appointed by Ismail as the result of the pressure put upon him by Europe was composed of MM. Ferdinand de Lesseps, President, Rivers Wilson and Riaz Pasha, Vice-Presidents, and MM. Baravelli, Baring, de Blignières, and von Kremer. Thus in this group of seven there were two Frenchmen, two Englishmen, one Italian, one Austrian, and but one Egyptian. They held their first meeting on 13 th April, 1878.
