§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELLI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if it is true that, notwithstanding the extreme indebtedness of Egypt and the very small taxation paid by Europeans, the present Egyptian Government has again subsidised the Opera started by the late Khedive?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONA subvention of £4,000 is granted to the Opera. It is thought that a moderate expenditure for this purpose is directly remunerative, as making Cairo more attractive to foreigners. This is a question on which the Egyptian Government is the best judge.