ABSTRACT
W h e n once it had been decided to advance, one of the questions which naturally arose was how funds for the expenses of the expedition were to be provided. London considered that the reconquest of the Sudan was an Egyptian interest, and that the Khedivial treasury might justly be called upon to bear the expenses. The possibility of any charge devolving on the British Exchequer had not been adequately considered. It was held not only that the Cairo Government ought to pay but that they would be able to do so. The fact that the key of the Egyptian treasure-house was in international keeping had been insufficiently appreciated, if it had not been entirely forgotten. It was impossible to obtain access to the accumulations of past years without the consent of the Commissioners of the Debt.1
