§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state the increased area of land which has been brought into cultivation by means of the Assouan dam; and whether it is proposed to make any alteration in the dam such as will admit of a greater storage of water.
§ THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOE FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Earl PERCY,) Kensington, S.It is understood that up
†See (4) Debates, cxxix., 338.305 to the end of last year 170,000 acres of land had been brought under perennial irrigation as a result of the construction o- the dams at Assouan and Assiout. The Egyptian Government have not at present considered any proposal for making alterations in the Assouan dam.