The world: historical and actual . appointed governor ofEgypt, as viceroy of the Sultan at Constantinople,in 1806. His reign as a sovereign began Ave yearslater. Mehemet Ali remained upon the throne whichhe himself reared until 1848. His eldest son, Ibra-him, died the same year, and the crown passed toAbbas, Alis grandson. He wore it until 1854, whenhis uncle. Said, a man nine years his junior, suc-ceeded him. In 1863 Ismail came to the throne, aman of such Oriental extravagance, both in public $500,000,000. The actual control of the nation isin the hands of an International Commission ofLiqui
The world: historical and actual . appointed governor ofEgypt, as viceroy of the Sultan at Constantinople,in 1806. His reign as a sovereign began Ave yearslater. Mehemet Ali remained upon the throne whichhe himself reared until 1848. His eldest son, Ibra-him, died the same year, and the crown passed toAbbas, Alis grandson. He wore it until 1854, whenhis uncle. Said, a man nine years his junior, suc-ceeded him. In 1863 Ismail came to the throne, aman of such Oriental extravagance, both in public $500,000,000. The actual control of the nation isin the hands of an International Commission ofLiquidation, composed of seven members. Thepresent Khedive has an annual allowance of $500,-000 for himself, $200,000 for his deposed father,and $875,000 for other members of the royalfamily. The railroads of that country are the property ofthe state. They extend, all told, about a thousandmiles. The great public work of Egypt, belongingto modern times and practical matters, is the Suezcanal. It has a total length of ninety-two miles,. Cairo. improvements and personal or household habits,that he became a hopeless bankrupt. His abdica-tion was the result brought about by the combinedpressure of British and French creditors. One ofthe prodigalities of the Khedive was an agreementto pay the Sultan an enormous tribute in exchangefor more perfect independence, for the indepen-dence achieved by force in 1811 left some vestiges ofvassalage. In 1866 the almost complete disinthrall-ment was purchased by an agreement to pay a lib-eral annual tribute and furnish Turkey in time ofwar a contingent of Egyptian soldiers. In every-thing else the separation was absolute. The debt of Egypt at the close of 1880 was about and is wide and deep enough for the passage oflarge vessels. The sidings serve the same purposeas switches on single-track railroads. The numberof vessels which passed through it in 1879 was 1,477,with a tonnage of 3,236,943. It was first openedfor business in 1869. The cost, in round
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