§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has obtained information from the Egyptian Government as to the number of Europeans and Egyptians released by the capture of Khartoum; and if he can give the same 179 to the House, stating their various nationalities, and the number of men and women respectively.
§ *MR. BRODRICKWe have received the following statement from Lord Cromer of the number of prisoners released subsequently to the Battle of Omdurman:—
| INCLOSURE 1 IN No. 1. | STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF PRISONERS RELEASED AFTER THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN. |
| 1. Government prisoners, military and civilian, in Omdurman, mostly Egyptians and Turks (approximate) | 8,676 |
| 2. Government prisoners, military and civilian, in the Soudan, other than Omdurman, mostly Egyptians and Turks (approximate) | 1,324 |
| 3. Christian prisoners in Omdurman, other than Copts | 213 |
| 4. Coptic prisoners in Omdurman | 562 |
| 5. Abyssinian refugees in Omdurman | 272 |
| Total (approximately) | 11,047 |
| Subtract 193 Copts, who were Government employees, and are included in paragraphs 1 and 2 | 193 |
| Approximate total of Soudan refugees who were released by Government after the Battle of Omdurman | 10,854 |
§ There were 177 Christian and 36 Jew prisoners found in Omdurman after the Battle, who may be divided as follows, according to nationality:—
| Austrians … | 2 women out of total | 4 |
| Greeks | 45 women out of total | 94 |
| Italians | 6 women out of total | 12 |
| Cypriots | 4 women out of total | 10 |
| Armenians | 1 women out of total | 4 |
| Syrians | 23 women out of total | 50 |
| English (Lupton Bey's family) | 3 women out of total | 3 |
| Jews | 18 women out of total | 36 |
| 213 |