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<br />. <br /> <br />, <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />OlJ,,402 <br /> <br />n(ii) Save with the previous agreement of the <br />.Egyptian Government, no irrigation or pavler works <br />or measures are to be constructed cr taken on the <br />River ]Iile and its branches, Or on the lakes from <br />r:hich it flows, so far as all these are in the <br />Sudan or in countries under British administration, <br />which would in such a manner as to entail any preju- <br />dioe to the interests of Egypt, either reduce the <br />quantity of water arriving in Egypt, or modify the <br />date of its arrival, or 10\'ler its level..n <br /> <br />In the reply of the British High Commissioner (Lord Lloyd) of the same date, <br />it was stated, <br /> <br />"2. In oonfirming the arrangel'ents mutually <br />agreed upon as reoited in your Excellenoy's note,' <br />I am to express the gratifioation of His Britannic <br />Hajesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great <br />Britain and Northern Ireland that these disoussions <br />have led to a settlement which cannot fail to faoil- <br />itate development and to promote prosperity in De;ypt <br />and the Sudan. <br /> <br />. ." . .i .. .. <br /> <br />"4. In conclusion, I Vlould renind your Excel- <br />lenoy that His Majesty's Government in the United <br />Kingdom have already acknowledged the natural and <br />historical rights of Egypt in the waters of the File. <br />I am to state that His Majesty's Government in the <br />United Kingdom regard the safeguarding of those <br />rights as a fundamental principle of British polioy <br />, n <br />. . , <br /> <br />It was stated in the Nile Commission's Report, dated March 21, 1926 and <br />enclosed with the Egyptian note, which according to the latter v:as "considered <br />an integral part of the present agreement" ,. that -" <br /> <br />"21. . Precedents in this matter of water allo- <br />oation are rare and practice varied; and the Cm~ission <br />is aware of no generally adopted oode or standard <br />practioe upon which the settlement of a question of <br />inter-omronunal water allocation might be based. More- <br />over, there are in the present case special faotors, <br />historical, political and teohnical, which might render <br />inappropriate too strict an application of principles <br />adopted elsewhere. The Cmronission, having regard t~ <br />the previous history of the question, the present posi- <br />tion as regards development, and the oircumstances <br />attending its own appointment, decided to approaoh <br />its task with the objeot of devising a praotioal working <br />arrangement whioh would respeot the needs .1' established <br /> <br />-8- <br />