The chief Government officials, besides the Governor-General, are the Secretary-General, the Director of Intelligence and Agent-General (Cairo), the Inspector-General, the Legal Secretary, Financial Secretary, Director of Surveys, Director of Works, Director of Education, Director-General of Irrigation,[6] Principal Medical Officer, Director of Woods and Forests, Director of Agriculture and Lands, Director of Railways, Director of Steamers and Boats, Director of Telegraphs and Posts, Director of Customs, Principal Veterinary Officer, Director of Slavery Repression Department[6], and Superintendent of Game Preservation Department.
The duties of these officials sufficiently explain themselves by their titles.
The following are the names, at present (1904), of the chief officials:—
| Governor-General | Major-General Sir F. Reginald Wingate, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O. |
| Secretary-General | Colonel F. J. Nason, D.S.O. |
| Inspector-General | El Lewa Sir Rudolf von Slatin Pasha, K.C.M.G, C.V.O., C.B. |
| Legal Secretary | E. Bonham-Carter, Esq. |
| Agent-General, Cairo | Lieut.-Colonel Lord E. Cecil, D.S.O. |
| Financial Secretary | „ „ E. E. Bernard. |
All the above (with the exception of the Legal Secretary, the Directors of Education, Woods and Forests, Superintendent of Game Preservation, and Director of Agriculture and Lands, who are civilians) are at present British[7] officers attached to the Egyptian Army.
In addition to one British battalion, at present furnished by the British Army of Occupation in Egypt and The Army quartered at Khartoum, nearly the whole of the Egyptian Army may be said to be in the Sudan. The normal garrisons of the Sudan are as follows:—
| Province. | Battalions. | Squadrons. | Artillery. | Miscellaneous AdditionalTroops.[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British. | Egyptian. | Sudanese. | Egyptian. | Sudanese. | Horse Battery. | Field Battery. | Garrison Company. | ||
| Bahr El Ghazal | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 276 men, Gehadia. |
| Berber | — | ½ | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Dongola | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Halfa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 Railway Battalion. |
| Kassala | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 Battalion Arab Camel Corps. |
| Khartoum | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 (Max.) | 2 | 2 | Hd.-Qrs. A.G.’s Dept. and WorksDept. |
| Kordofan | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 Companies Camel Corps (3 Arab, 1Sudanese). |
| Sennar | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suakin | — | ½ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Nile | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
As a rule, the Governor of the Province, being the senior British officer, is in Military command of the troops in his Province.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
The following gives a table of revenue and expenditure since 1899:—