MAPS AND PLANS.

The following is a general list of the maps and plans offered for sale by the Survey Department. A booklet giving details of all sheets printed may be obtained free, on application either personally or by letter at the Headquarters of the Department, Gîza (Mudiria), or at the Geological Museum, Public Works Ministry Gardens, Cairo, where all maps and plans are for sale, or through any bookseller.

Except where specially stated, the price of each map-sheet is 50 milliemes on paper, and 65 milliemes on cloth, and they are sent post free by the Department.

The reference marks denote: (*) map is in Arabic only; (†) map is in English only; (*†) map bears place-names both in Arabic and English; (*) (†) map can be obtained either in Arabic or English.

Town Maps.

The following list gives particulars of the maps published. The map of Alexandria, on the scale of 1:1,000, will be completed during 1913. The survey of Cairo on the scale of 1:1,000 is in progress.

Cairo (*†), 28 sheets, scale 1:1,000 (already printed).
Alexandria (*†), 200 sheets, scale 1:1,000.
Alexandria (*) (†), 15 sheets, scale 1:5,000.
General map of Alexandria Municipality (French and Arabic), 10 sheets scale 1:6,000.
Mit Ghamr (*†), 4 sheets, scale 1:1,000.
Mansûra (*†), 16 sheets, scale 1:1,000.
Suez (*†), 20 sheets, scale 1:1,000.
Suez (*†), 1 sheet, scale 1:2,500.
Sohag (*†), 6 sheets, 1:1,000.
Tanta (*†), 15 sheets, scale 1:1,000.
Girga (*†), 6 sheets, scale 1:1,000.
Aswân (*†), 23 sheets, scale 1:1,000.
Port Said (in French), 1 sheet, scale 1:5,000.
Zagazig (*†), 20 sheets, scale 1:1,000.
Damanhûr (*†), 14 sheets, scale 1:1,000.
Benha (*†), 25 sheets, scale 1:1,000.
Fayûm (*†), 26 sheets in all, of which 8 are printed, scale 1:1,000.

Cadastral Maps.

These are maps of the villages showing each hod and plot of land. They are printed in Arabic only. In ordering, the name of the village and the numbers of hod and plot should be given. The following list gives the particulars of the maps for each mudiria (province):—

Beheira mudiria (*), 3,300 sheets, under survey, scale 1:2,500.
Gharbîa mudiria (*), 3,460 sheets, scale 1:4,000 and 1: 2,500.
Daqahlîa mudiria (*), 2,237 sheets, scale 1:2,500.
Sharqîa mudiria (*), 2,974 sheets, scale 1:2,500.
Menufîa mudiria (*), 2,173 sheets, scale 1:4,000 and 1:2,500.
Qaliubîa mudiria (*), 778 sheets, scale 1:2,500.
Gîza mudiria (*), 766 sheets, scale 1:4,000.
Fayûm mudiria (*), 2,263 sheets, scale 1:2,500.
Beni Suef mudiria (*), 942 sheets, scale 1:2,500.
Minia mudiria (*), 1,635 sheets, scale 1:2,500.
Assiût mudiria, including Kharga Oasis (*), 2,273 sheets, scale 1:2,500.
Girga mudiria (*), 1,313 sheets, scale 1:2,500.
Qena mudiria (*), 1,568 sheets, scale 1:2,500.
Aswân mudiria (*), 1,076 sheets, scale 1:2,500.

Topographical Maps.

Scale 1:10,000 (10 cm. = 1 kilometre; 6·3 inches = 1 mile).—The names on these maps are in most cases in Arabic and English. The following table shows the number of sheets published:—

Beheira mudiria (*), 260 sheets (old series).
Beheira mudiria (*†), 53 sheets already printed, scale 1:10,000 (new series).
Gharbîa mudiria (*†), 157 sheets (old series).
Gharbîa mudiria (*†), 83 sheets already printed, scale 1:10,000 (new series).
Sharqîa mudiria (*†), 53 sheets.
Daqahlîa mudiria (*†), 11 sheets.
Menufîa mudiria (*†), 73 sheets.
Qaliubîa mudiria (*†), 65 sheets.
Gîza mudiria (*†), 90 sheets (first edition).
Gîza mudiria (*†), 13 sheets already printed, scale 1:10,000 (second edition).
Fayûm mudiria (*†), 126 sheets.
Beni Suef mudiria (*†), 21 sheets.
Assiût mudiria, including Kharga Oasis (*†), 72 sheets.
Aswân mudiria (*†), 63 sheets.
Aswân or First Cataract (†), 6 sheets.
The Nile Valley from Aswân to Korosko (†), 36 sheets (paper only, 25 milliemes each).

Scale 1:25,000 (4 cm. = 1 kilometre; 2·5 inches = 1 mile).—A provisional map of Northern Gharbîa has been published on this scale, pending the publication of the 1:10,000 sheets of this area. There are 91 sheets.

Scale 1:50,000 (2 cm. = 1 kilometre; 1·3 inches = 1 mile).—These maps are printed in three colours. Names are given in English, and as a rule in Arabic as well. This series is completed for the whole of the cultivated area of the Nile Valley and Delta. There are 164 sheets.

A second and revised edition is being published gradually; it will include the sheets of certain outlying areas such as Lake Menzala, Suez Canal, Wadi Natrun, etc., which, owing to lack of time or opportunity, have either not been published or published from defective data.

Scale 1:250,000 (1 cm. = 5 kilometres; 1 inch = 8 miles).—The preparation of the four sheets of this series, embracing the area of the Delta, is now being proceeded with. The two western sheets are printed in English only and the remaining two eastern sheets will be published by the end of the year (1912). Price, 100 milliemes per sheet.

Scale 1:1,000,000 (1 cm. = 10 kilometres; 1 inch = 16 miles).—The six sheets of this map, covering the whole of Egypt, have now been published. The names are in English. The price of each sheet is 50 and 65 milliemes for paper and cloth editions respectively, or the whole can be obtained mounted on cloth, varnished, and fitted with rollers for 550 milliemes.

Special Maps on Various Scales.

Map of Cairo and Environs (*), 1 sheet, scale 1:100,000. Price, 100 milliemes on ordinary paper or 150 mounted and folded for the use of tourists.
Map of the Delta (*) (†), 4 sheets, scale 1:200,000. Price, 75 milliemes per sheet, or the complete map mounted on cloth, varnished, and fitted with rollers, 700 milliemes.
Map of the Delta (†), 4 sheets, scale 1:200,000, showing telephone lines. Price as the one above.
Lower Egypt and the Fayûm, 1904 (latest edition) (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.
Lower Egypt, showing lines of communication (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.
Map of Menufîa mudiria (*), scale 1:50,000, in two sheets mounted together on cloth and fitted with rollers. Price, 850 milliemes.
Northern Gharbîa (*†), 1 sheet, scale 1:200,000.
Kharga Oasis (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.
Dakhla Oasis (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.
Baharia Oasis (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.
Farafra and Iddalia Oases (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000.
Provisional map of the Eastern Desert of Egypt, East Qena-Aswân to Red Sea (†), 20 sheets, scale 1:100,000.
Provisional map of the Eastern Desert of Egypt, between Qus, Sayala, and Red Sea (†), 2 sheets, scale 1:500,000.
Provisional map of a part of the Eastern Desert Oilfield (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:100,000. Price, 100 milliemes on paper and 150 milliemes on cloth.
Provisional map of a part of the Eastern Desert Oilfield, showing registered prospecting areas (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:100,000. Price, 100 milliemes on paper and 150 milliemes on cloth.
Red Sea and Sinai Oilfield, showing registered prospecting areas (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:316,800. Price, 100 milliemes on paper and 150 milliemes on cloth.
Jemsa Oil Zone (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:75,000 and 1:250,000. Price, 50 milliemes.
Mersa Matruh chart (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:4,500.
Mersa Matruh topographical map (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:10,000.
Mersa Matruh and Ras Allam Rum (†), 2 sheets, scale 1:25,000.
Aqaba-Rafa, 1906 (*†), 3 sheets, scale 1:100,000.
Aqaba-Rafa, 1906 (*) (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:500,000 (paper, 25 milliemes; cloth, 40 milliemes).
The Nile Valley from Aswân to Sudan boundary (†), 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Port d’Alexandrie (French), 3 sheets, scale 1:4,000.