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<br />001386 <br /> <br />"The arrangement contemplated aims at inte~eting <br />in definite and teohnical terms the intentions of the note <br />quoted in the opening paragraph of this Report, wherein <br />it was explained that in authorizing extensions of ir- <br />rigation in the Sudan 'the British Government1 however <br />solioitous for the prosperity of the Sudan, have no in- <br />tention of trespassing upon the natural and iustorio <br />rights of Egypt in the waters of the Nile, whioh they <br />recognize to-day no less than in the past.' ,The Com- <br />mission has every hope that its proposals, framed in this <br />spirit~ and after full study of the technical aspects of <br />the prOblem, may form an acoeptable basis upon which, by , <br />harmonious and cooperative effort, the irrigation develop- <br />ment of the future may be founded, and by whioh all existing <br />rights may be perpetually safeguarded,." (Paragraph 22) <br /> <br />"The Commission's 1Il9.in findings may be summarized as <br />follows,: - <br />(i) 'The natural flow of the river should be <br />reserved for the benefit of Egypt from <br />the 19th January to the 15th July (at <br />Sennar), subjeot to the pumping in the <br />Sudan as defined below," (Paragraph <br />88, i,.) (British Treaty Series No. 17, <br />1929, pp. 2,.3, 10, 11 and 29). <br /> <br />The effeot of the agreement is to recognize and perpetuate the existing <br />uses in both countries, but to subordinate the interests of the Sudan to those <br />of Egypt as regards future development. <br /> <br />~':. <br /> <br />1. The African World, May 21, 1929 <br />2. The Nile Waters Agreement, by Pierre Crabites <br />Foreign Affairs, Vol'" 8 (1929) No.1, <br />pp. 145-149 <br />3. The Economist. May 11, 1929 <br />4. The Near East and India, May 16, 1929 <br /> <br />, <br />, <br />i, <br /> <br />~, <br />.' <br /> <br />~ Other Nile Agreements. <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />There is a group of five treaties and agreements between Great Britain <br />and other powers designed, from the British point of view, to safeguard Egyptian <br />and Sudanese interests in the waters of the Nile. <br /> <br />i <br />~ <br />" <br /> <br />(1) An exchange of notes between Great Britain and Italy, dated March <br />24/April 15. 1891, and for the express purpose of "the demaroation of their <br />respeotive spheres of influenoe in Eastern Afrioa" oontains the engagement of <br />the Italian Government not to cDnstruot on the Atbara, for purposes of <br /> <br />-3- <br />