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PROBLEMS OF THE NILE.

He paper on " Somo Problem& of the Upper Nile," contributed to the ' " Nineteenth Century " by Sir William , iii. Garetin, G.C.M.G., the eminent engineer of tho Egyptian service, is of : special value. So far as Egypt is concerned all schemes for increasing her water supply turn on the White Nile. Although at tho sources of this river, the far-off lakes Victoria and the Albert Nyanza, nature has provided water in abundance, 6he has tantalisinsly erected an effectual barrier to its being made use of in the shai>o of the vast marshes through which the river struggles for nearly £vo hundred miles, and in which it loses more than half its volume. One means by which this waste may be averted, and by which tho lost river may be enabled to pass through tho swamps in undiminished volume. Sir AYilliani Garstin now favours tho idea of a straight cut between the Hor and Sobat jimctijn, eliminating the enormous licnd in which the marshes lie, and leading tlic river through dry land. Regulating and impounding works at the far-off Albert Nyanzn, which would be a feature oi any scheme, would be comparatively easy, and the Egyptian engineers a'-e now engaged in obtaining data to ascertain whether the " straight cut" project .is really practicable. If not then the two main streams of the Nile thrown the marshes, the Bahr-el-Gebcl and the Bar-cl-Zara., would need to be dealt with—to be canalised and improved and Sj* 0 ™° difficulties, would be enormous. The 'Sudd" would be ono of these obstacles. " I can never forget," writes f u 'W. Garstin, "the sight I saw in IaOO, when strong winds prevailed. At that time hundreds of acres of appar-

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8034, 22 January 1906, Page 3

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PROBLEMS OF THE NILE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8034, 22 January 1906, Page 3

PROBLEMS OF THE NILE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8034, 22 January 1906, Page 3

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