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State Domains: sale; rebellion in the Sudan, Lt. Col. Stewart's report; Suez Canal:...
Catalogue reference: FO 633/50
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- FO 633/50
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1883
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State Domains: sale; rebellion in the Sudan, Lt. Col. Stewart's report; Suez Canal: agreements with Mr de Lesseps, general re-organisation. Possibility of second canal; decree creating new political institutions; Egyptian exiles in Ceylon; Suez Canal Company: conventions, statutes, etc.; house tax on foreigners; constabulary and police rules (Part II)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Cromer Papers
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