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Show The arrangement contemplated aims at interpreting in definite and technical terms the intentions of the note quoted in the opening paragraph of this Report, wherein it was explained that in authorizing extensions of ir- rigation in the Sudan the British Government.; however ¦solicitous for the prosperity of the Sudan, have no in- tention of trespassing upon the natural and historic rights of Egypt in the waters of the Nile, which they recognize to-day no less than in the past *r The Com- mission has every hope that its proposals ^ framed.in this spirit, and. after full study of the technical aspects of the problem., may form an acceptable basis upon which, by harmonious and.cooperative effort, the irrigation develop- ment of the future may be founded, and by which all existing rights may be perpetually safeguarded e !t (Paragraph 22) "The Commission's main findings may be summarised as follows - ¦ (i) The natural flow of the river should be ... reserved for the benefit of Egypt from , .'. • the 19th January to the 15th July (at Sennar), subject to the pumping in the Sudan as defined below'1 (Paragraph 88. i) (British Treaty Series No.- 17 1929, pp. 2, 3, 10, 11 and 29). The effect- of the agreement is to recognize and perpetuate the-existing uses in both countries; but to subordinate the interests, of the Sudan to those of Egypt as regards fixture developments . • ¦ lc The African World, May 21, 1929 2', The Nile Waters Agreement, by Pierre Crabites Foreign Affairs, Vol. 8 (192?) No. 1, pp. 1U5-1U9 5" The Economist. May 11, 1929 k" The Near East and India, May 16- I929 - Other Nile Agreements - There is a group of five treaties and agreements between Gre&t,Britain and other powers designed, from the British point of view, to. safeguard Egyptian and Sudanese interests in the waters of the Nile0 • (1) An exchange of notes between Great Britain and Italy,, dated March 2l}./April 15, 189.1, and for the express purpose of "the demarcation of their respective spheres of influence in Eastern Africa" contains the .engagement of the Italian Government not to construct on the Atbara, for .purposes of |