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10 GOVERN THE SOUDAN,
An Agreement Between Great Britain
and Egypt as to Control. 80
GOVERNOR GENERAL REAL RULER.

rhe British and Egyptian Flags VIII be
Raised Together In all the Reconquered
Provinces-The Slave Trade IL Abso-
lutely Prohibited-Condition Under
Which Commerce Will be Carried On.
CA1Ro, Egypt (By Cable).-Tho ofacla!
Gazette has published convention be-
tween Great Britain and Egypt relating to
the future government Of the reconquered
soudan provinces.
After reciting that the prov inces were re-
conquered by the Joint military and hnan-
cial efforts Of the British and Khedivial
Governments, and setting forth the desire
to give effect to the claims that have &C.
crued to Her Britannia Majesty's Govern
ment By right Of conquest, the convention
proceeds as follows:
at Is hereby agreed and declared be-
tween the undersigned. duly authorized,
that the word soudan in this agreement
means all the territories south -of the
twenty-second parallel Of latitude which
have never been evacuated blythe Egyptian
troops since 1882, or which, having been ad-
miristered BY the Khedive's Government
prior to the late rebellion, were tempor-
arily lost to Egypt and have been recon-
quered by the British and Egyptian Gov
ernments acting in concert, or which may
hereafter be reconquered by the two Gov
ernments acting IN concert.
"The British and Egyptian fags shall be
used together, on both land and water
throughout the Soudan, except In Suakim,
where the Egyptian flag alone shall be
used.
"The supreme military and civil COM
mand in the Soudan shall be vested In one
officer, termed the Governor-General,a ap-
pointed by Khedivial decree, with the con.
sent OF Great Britain, and to be removed
only by Khedivial decree with the consent
Of Great Britain"
The next clause gives the Governor
General absolute power to make, alter or
abrogate by proclamation laws, orders or
regulations for the good government OF the
Soudan, and for the regulation, holding
and disposal OF property OF every kind sit
uate In the Soudan. But ell such procla-
nations must forthwith be notified to the
Agent Of Her Britannia Majesty at Cairo
and to the President Of the Khedivias
Council.
Regarding the conditions under which
Europeans shall be permitted to trade. re-
cluO 0E AOio PAoPoAsy AA WAN SSAS
convention says:
mo special privileges shall be accorded
the subjects OF any ono or more Powers.
Import duties shall not be levied on goods
from Egyptian territory, but they shall be
leviable on goods from elsewhere. In the
case Of goods entering the Soudan at Sua-
kim, or any other Red Ses port, the duties
must not exceed the amount leviable upon
foreign goods entering Egypt Duties may
be levied upon goods leaving the soudan,
the rates to be prescribed by proclama-
tlon."
No consular agents shall be accredited to
or allowed to reside In the Soudan without
the previous consent Of Great Britain. The
importation or expectation OF slaves Is ab'
solutely prohibited.
The convention, which Is dated at Cairo,
January 1S, 1899. Is signed by the Khedivial
Minister OF Foreign Affairs, Boutros Pacha
Ghali, and by Lord Cromer, British Agens
and Consul-General in Egypt.