1929 Oct 20-1951 Mar 3
Papers relating to the Sudan Irrigation Department:
Office: memorandum on allocation of work, 1949; list of telephone extensions, 1950; distribution sheets
Drawing Office: list of instruments and equipment
Field: levelling instructions, 1929; note on canal sketches, 1930
Equipment: lists of stationery, 1944; lists of furniture and equipment, 1931-1941

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1949 Dec 31-1953 Apr
Papers relating to the Sudan Irrigation Department:
Memorandum by Smith on the origins and development of the Sudan Irrigation Department [S.I.D.], 1950 (SAD.495/2/2-8); memorandum by W.N. Allan on the provision of technical advice on irrigation in the Sudan, 1949 (SAD.495/2/9-17); notes and memoranda by Smith, A.L. Chick, Financial Secretary, and H.A. Morrice on the reorganisation and Sudanisation of the S.I.D., 1950-1953 (SAD.495/2/18-49,53-56,59-63,65,70-71,73-83); memorandum by Smith on retention terms for staff, 1952 (SAD.495/2/50-52); note on proposed engineering staff for maintenance divisions below the rank of Divisional Engineer (SAD.495/2/68-69)

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1928 Apr 28-1947 Nov 24
Paprs relating to the Sudan Irrigation Department:
Duties: letter to Smith from F.M. Chinn on the responsibility for field payments, 1929 (SAD.495/3/2); questionnaire on duties performed in a sub-division works, 1932 (SAD.495/3/4-7); tables for Tabat Sub-Division showing gross cultivable areas, area limits of canals, annual water consumption, weeding, canal lengths, housing, indents, records maintained and water control staff, 1932 (SAD.495/3/8-21); note by A.N.M. Robertson, Director of Irrigation, on the Western Gezira Division (SAD.495/3/22-24); memorandum on S.I.D. Planning Office (SAD.495/3/26-29); note by Smith on duties of Assistant Engineers, Projects Division, 1943 (SAD.495/3/30-32); note by Smith on organisation of Projects and Construction Divisions, 1947 (SAD.495/3/33-35)

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1931 Feb 15-1949 Mar 19
Papers relating to the Sudan Irrigation Department:
Record: indexes of files, Sudan Government (SAD.495/4/2-23); Gash Board (SAD.495/4/24-34), Projects Division, 1925-1931 (SAD.495/4/35-58)
Forms: Projects Division list of printed books and forms (SAD.495/4/60-61); memorandum by Smith about stationery, 1942 (SAD.495/4/62-63)
Sudan Government: circular letter from H.A. MacMichael, Civil Secretary, concerning delegation of routine matters to ma'murs and sub-ma'murs (SAD.495/4/65-66)
Manual of orders: notes on amendments to S.I.D. manual of orders (SAD.495/4/68-70)
Circulars: concerning daily paid labour, local leave, employment of government employees for private purposes and submission of technical proposals (SAD.495/4/72-78)

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1929 Feb 6-1952 May 22
Papers relating to personnel:
Circulars: circular letter from R.G. Howe, Governor-General, to all British officials regarding relations with Sudanese staff, 1947 (SAD.495/5/2-3)
Pay: circular letters regarding pay scales, additional pay and acting pay (SAD.495/5/6-14)
Allowances: circular letters regarding the care of riding animals, travelling allowances, S.I.D. field allowances and cost of living allowances (SAD.495/5/16-45)
Leave: circular letters concerning leave of absence (SAD.495/5/47-51)

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1925 Mar 23-1952 Nov 26
Papers relating to personnel:
Postings: circular letter from C.A.E. Lea, Acting Director of Establishments, on the transfer of officials between departments, 1949 (SAD.495/6/2-3)
Promotions: circular letters concerning promotions, 1946-1949 (SAD.495/6/5-12)
Terms: circular letters concerning terms of service for Sudanese employees and educational requirements (SAD.495/6/14-37); Establishments circular no 1 on non-pensionable terms of service for non-Sudanese officials, 1947 (SAD.495/6/38-40); note by Smith on the technical staff (civil) position of the S.I.D., 1950 (SAD.495/6/41-46); note by I.J. Dunn, Director, S.I.D., on proposals for segmenting the staff of the S.I.D. in accordance with the Mills Report, 1952 (SAD.495/6/47-55)

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1929 Jan 23-1950 Nov 7
Papers relating to personnel:
Cadre: circular letters concerning establishment changes, instructions for the preparation of the 1951/52 budget (SAD.495/7/10-24), implementation of the Mills scaling system, 1953 (SAD.495/7/25-39) and tables showing S.I.D. establishment of posts (SAD.495/7/42-48
Training: circular letters concerning qualifications of boys from the School of Engineering, 1929-1938 (SAD.495/7/51-57), sample questions for departmental exams (SAD.495/7/58-59), memoranda on technical education, training of engineers abroad and Public Works Department Training School (SAD.475/7/61-78)

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1938 Jun 6-1951 Apr 22
Papers relating to personnel:
Recruitment: memoranda and circular letters concerning recruitment of non-Sudanese officials (SAD.495/8/2-21)
Forms: application forms for Sudan Government positions, with general information for candidates, sample contracts and standard letters of appointment (SAD.495/8/23-50)
Mechanical: sample adverts for mechanical engineers (SAD.495/8/52-57)
Civil: sample adverts for civil engineers (SAD.495/8/59-64)

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1927 May 29-1951
Papers relating to labour:
S.I.D. staff lists (no names) (SAD.495/9/1-4)
Saidi labour: rules of employment (SAD.495/9/6-7); notes on Saidi labour, 1937 (SAD.495/9/8-10); copy contract beteen the Gash Board and Mr Y. Stavrakis for supervision of Saidi labour (SAD.495/9/11-13); terms and conditions of employment of labourers engaged in Egypt to work with the Gash Board (SAD.495/9/14-18)
Training: summary of the initial recommendations for the development of technical education in the Sudan (SAD.495/9/20-21)
Terms of service: sample contract for individual employed in the Gezira Irrigation Scheme, leave sheet and record of service (SAD.495/9/9/23-27)
Allowances: S.I.D. lists of staff eligible for clothing, 1949-1953 (SAD.495/9/29-32)

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1939 Dec 31-1952 Jan 5
Papers relating to labour:
Cadre: nominal roles of staff, 1948-1952 (SAD.495/10/2-8)
Pay: S.I.D. scales of pay for unclassified staff (SAD.495/10/10-42); notes by L.J Dunn and Smith on overtime pay (SAD.495/10/43-45); circular letter from J. Carmichael on co-ordination of wage structures (SAD.495/10/49-50)

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1948 Mar 10-1952 Apr
Papers relating to labour:
Trade unions: notes on works committees (SAD.495/11/3-5); S.I.D. constitution of district committees and departmental association (SAD.495/11/6-8); note by L.J. Dunn on workers' representation in the S.I.D. (SAD.495/11/9-13); letters from Smith to the Workers' Affairs Association concerning agreements between the latter and the S.I.D. (SAD.495/11/14-16); Sudan Irrigation Trade Union rules (SAD.495/11/17-22)
Expenditure: Finance Department circular letters concerning control over public expenditure (SAD.495/11/23-25); letter from Smith to A.L. Chick, Financial Secretary on proposed reorganisation of the S.I.D. (SAD.495/11/26-27); Sudan Finance Department: Consolidated loans regulations (Khartoum, April 1952) (SAD.495/11/28)

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1927 Mar 3-1951 Oct 9
Papers relating to accounts and budgets:
Procedure: instructions regarding submission of estimates, 1927 (SAD.495/12/2-6); note on preparation of budget (SAD.495/12/7-15); memorandum on procedure to be adopted for recording expenditure against approvals (SAD.495/12/16-19); Finance Department circular letters on termination of free service system for Stores and Ordnance Department issues and mechanical transport (SAD.495/12/23-29); Finance Department instructions for preparation of the 1951/52 budget and classification of revenue (SAD.495/12/30-42)
Budget and charge heads: list of chargeable headings for allocation of receipts and expenditure (SAD.495/12/44-53); index of S.I.D. free and non-free services (SAD.495/12/54-55)
Development: memorandum on Northern Extension works accounts (SAD.495/12/57-60); memorandum on classification of post war expenditure (SAD.495/12/61-63)
Renewals: notes on plant valuation list and deferred maintenance and renewals (SAD.495/12/65-70)

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1938 Jan 17-1939 Mar 6
Papers relating to estimates:
Gezira Western extension: estimate of working expenses (SAD.496/1/2)
Abdel Magid Scheme: analysis and comparison of capital estimates 1936-1937 by W.N. Allan (SAD.496/1/4-15)
Gash bridge: estimate for road bridge over the River Gash at Kassala by Smith, with note on design and erection and summary of tenders (SAD.496/1/17-35)
Umm Gerr [Garr] Pump Scheme: estimate of capital expenditure, 1939 (SAD.496/1/37-56)

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1942 Jan 30-1951 Nov 15
Papers relating to estimates:
White Nile Pump Schemes: estimate of costs (SAD.496/2/2)
Dubasi Supply Channel: notes on costs, 1942, with attached plan showing the location of the preliminary proposal (SAD.496/2/5-15)
Wad en Nau wheat extension: preliminary estimates and introductory note by Smith (SAD.496/2/18-25)
Bergeig Pump Scheme: estimate for canalisation and extension, with introductory note on design, 1943, and attached plan showing the location (SAD.496/2/27-42)
Guneid Pumping Station: estimates, 1951 (SAD.496/2/44-48)

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1948 Jul
Papers relating to estimates:
Project 4C, extension to Gezira canalisation revised estimate

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[1948]
Papers relating to estimates:
Report on extension to Gezira canalisation, appendices I-XI

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[1948]
Papers relating to estimates:
Report on extension to Gezira canalisation, appendices I-V, containing estimates of costs

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[1948]
Papers relating to rates and costs:
Analysis of budget and actual cost per feddan, S.I.D. and White Nile Pump Schemes, 1935-1948

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1926 Dec 28-1950
Papers relating to rates and costs:
Alphabetical index of costings for various parts of irrigation schemes: A - M

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1927 Jan 20-1950
Papers relating to rates and costs:
Alphabetical index of costings for various parts of irrigation schemes: N - Z

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1941 Jul 14-1949
Papers relating to stores:
Memorandum regarding claims in respect of goods (SAD.496/9/1-4); S.I.D. memorandum on stores and finance, 1948 (SAD.496/9/5-6)
Supply: Finance circular No 138 on ordering of stores by departments and provinces (SAD.496/9/8-9)
Disposal: memorandum from A.E. Griffin, Assistant Director of Irrigation, on steel and iron scrap, 1941 (SAD.496/9/11); table showing estimate of ferrous scrap in derelict plant in the Gezira (SAD.496/9/12)
Scales: tables showing S.I.D. unclassified staff eligible for clothing, 1949-1951/52 and clothing scales (SAD.496/9/14-18)
Instruments: list of Drawing Office instruments and equipment (SAD.496/9/20-23)
Office: list of Drawing Office stationery (SAD.496/9/25-28)

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1928-1953
Papers relating to plant:
Notes on token rates for dragline excavation and the use of tractors (SAD.496/10/3-6)
Supply: note on case for additional draglinepower, 1944 (SAD.496/10/8-9); table showing maintenance earthwork, Gezira and White Nile, 1944 (SAD.496/10/10); note on D.V. Middleton's visit to the U.S.A., 1947 (SAD.496/10/11-13); note by Smith on supply of excavators, 1947 (SAD.496/10/14-21); note by Smith to the Financial Secretary on additional dragline excavators, 1950 (SAD.496/10/22-27); list of Sennar plant for disposal (SAD.496/10/30-45)
Dragline: dimensions of dragline excavators, 1928-1951 (SAD.496/10/48-53)

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1932-1952
Papers relating to plant:
Tables showing fuel and lubricants consumption, 1932-1939 (SAD.496/11/2-5); statistical returns on dragline excavators, 1936-1948 (SAD.496/11/7-16); analysis of the estimated performance of dragline excavators, 1949-1952 (SAD.496/11/17-23)
Tractors: tables recording numbers of tractors, 1941-1951 (SAD.496/11/25-30)
Performance: records of work done by tractors, 1937-1940 (SAD.496/11/32-36); statistical returns for tractors, 1938-1948 (SAD.496/11/37-38)
Pumps: statistical returns and estimates for pumps (SAD.496/11/42-50)
Construction: records of portable concrete mixers and other construction equipment (SAD.496/11/52-54)

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1925-1943
Papers relating to materials:
Memorandum by A.A. Fursdon, Divisional Engineer, on materials (SAD.496/12/2-4)
Bricks: Gezira Canalisation Scheme diagram of brickwork, 1925 (SAD.496/12/6)
Cement and lime: some notes on local limes and their use for building, by J.L. Chapman, 1943 (SAD.496/12/9-18)
Concrete: return of gauge boxes for concrete and mortar (SAD.496/12/21); guide to good concreting (SAD.496/12/22-23)
Steel: brochure from H.H. Robertson & Co steelworks (SAD.496/12/25-28); note on the sizes of steel joists, 1937 (SAD.496/12/29)
Timber: note on the design of timber structures by Prem Nath Khanna (SAD.496/12/31-37); extracts from Engineering News, 1939 on the strength of bolted timber joints (SAD.496/12/38-42)
Bitumen: notes on bituminous products (SAD.496/12/45-49)

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1930-1939
Sudan Irrigation Department [S.I.D.] design sheets:

1936-1950
Papers relating to contracts and specifications:
Notes on contracts and caution money, 1936-1945 (SAD.497/1/1-7)
Regulations concerning purchase of stores, 1950 (SAD.497/1/9-17)
General 1927: note on preparation of contract documents (SAD.497/1/19-20); sample contract (SAD.497/1/21-26); memorandum on general conditions of tender and contract (SAD.497/1/27-68)

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1936
Papers relating to contracts and specifications:
1936 General: S.I.D. general specifications for materials (SAD.497/2/1-21)
Housing: General specifications for housing (SAD.497/2/23-27)

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1949
Papers relating to contracts and specifications:
1949 General: note on the procedure for the preparation of major and minor contracts, examples of forms, notes on general and specific conditions and specifications for contracts

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1927-1950
Papers relating to technical notes:
Report of the Ad Hoc Agricultural Publications Committee, Ministry of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication No 1, 1948 (SAD.497/4/2-5); paper read at the Nairobi Conference on Hydrology and Water Resources, 1950 on “Data needed for irrigation projects”, by C.G. Hawes (SAD.497/4/15-24); paper on levelling (Part 1: Field Survey) (SAD.497/4/27-49); Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use: First list of names in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1927 (SAD.497/4/55-60)

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1944-1952
Papers relating to buildings:
S.I.D. Technical Note No 1/45: Housing for staff, by A.A. Middleton (SAD.497/5/1-21); notes on possible housing requirements for Wad Medani and Sennar, 1944-1952 (SAD.497/5/23-58)

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1931-1946
Papers relating to buildings:
Rents: correspondence concerning rent proposals, 1932 (SAD.497/6/2-6); Public Works Department circular on valuations of buildings, 1946 (SAD.497/6/7-9)
Standards: extracts from minutes of meetings of the Public Works Committee on the improvement of native housing (SAD.497/6/11-13,21-23); report of the Special Committee of Enquiry into health requirements of schools in the Sudan, 1942 (SAD.497/6/14-17)
Semi-permanent structures: notes on specifications and construction of tukls (SAD.497/6/24-42)
Permanent structures: note on design of houses to be erected on cotton soil, by J.L. Chapman (SAD.497/6/44-52)

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1931-1949
Papers relating to communications:
H.A. Morrice: “The development of Sudan communications”, repr from Sudan Notes and Records, 30 pts 1 & 2 (1949) (SAD.497/7/1); C.Y. Stevenson: Notes on roadwork, Tanganyika Territory Public Works Department, Dar es Salaam, 1931 (SAD.497/7/3); S.G. Stubbs: “Earth roads”, paper no 137 from Punjab Engineering Congress, 18, 109-135 (SAD.497/7/4); notes on wire roads, roads on banks of canals and unmetalled roads (SAD.497/7/5-8)

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1928-1953
Papers relating to communications:
Motor transport: statistics, notes of costs, returns, notes on allocation of cars and on termination of free service system, circular letters on hire and maintenance charges for vehicles, 1950 and accidents and damage to government vehicles, 1951

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1938-1950
Papers relating to communications:
Posts and Telegraphs: S.I.D. list of telephone numbers for Wad Medani, 1948 and note of telephone charges (SAD.497/9/2-5)
Air transport: notes on establishment of Sudan Airways, 1947 and on procedure for booking air travel for government officials (SAD.497/9/7-14)
Water transport: note on cost of river transport, 1938; estimates for barges to be built, 1941 (SAD.497/9/17-22)
Rail transport: notes on loading of S.G.R. trucks by contractors and capacity of 50 ton trucks, 1938 (SAD.497/9/25-26)

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1935-1951
Papers relating to canals:
Alphabitical list of canals in the Gezira and on the White Nile, Sudan Irrigation Department, 1951 (SAD.497/10/1); excavation figures, 1948 (SAD.497/10/2); graphs of silt content of canal water and slopes of canals cut (SAD.497/10/3-4)

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1929-1941
Papers relating to canals:
Graphs illustrating canal scouring and discharges, 1932-1934 (SAD.497/11/2-12,22-23); Gerald Lacey: Stable channels in alluvium, from minutes of the proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1929 (SAD.497/11/13); notes on canals, 1933-1941 (SAD.497/11/14-21), S.I.D. Technical Note No 1/52 on “Night storage in minor canals” (SAD.497/11/24-33); papers by I.S.G. Matthews on “Investigation of stable channels in the Gezira canalisation scheme” (SAD.497/11/34-43) and H.A. Morrice on “A note on the practical application of Lacey's silt theory in the Gezira” (SAD.497/11/44-53)

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1927-1952
Papers relating to canals:
Losses: correspondence and data on canal seepage losses (SAD.497/12/2-5)
Layout: notes, diagrams and correspondence on layout of canals; notes on villages within the Gezira scheme, 1934 (SAD.497/12/21-23); notes on expropriation limits in the canalised area, 1932 (SAD.497/12/24-28); note and diagram by A.E. Griffin, the Director of Irrigation, on the future layout in the Gezira, 1944 (SAD.497/12/29-30)
Field channels: diagrams showing layouts for White Nile pump schemes, 1938

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1928-1943
Papers relating to canals:
Upkeep: notes on canal silt clearance, 1932-1943 (SAD.497/13/2-31)
Weeds: notes on clearing of weeds in Gezira canals, 1928-1943, including data on weeding performance, 1932-1933 (SAD.497/13/33-51,57); Research Farm notes on water weeds (SAD.497/13/52-54); abstract of article by C.E. Inglis and V.K. Gokhale on “Water weeds and their eradication from canals”, 1942 (SAD.497/13/55-56); note on mosquitoes in the Gezira scheme (SAD.497/13/58

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1930-1938
Papers relating to drains:
Alphabetical list of Gezira drains (SAD.497/14/1-6)
Country: notes on design and clearance of drains (SAD.497/14/10-26); note on proposed Central Gezira drainage scheme, 1938 (SAD.497/14/27-46)

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1927-1950
Papers relating to structures:
Dams: A.D.D.Butcher and J.D. Atkinson, “The causes and prevention of bed erosion, with special reference to the protection of structures controlling rivers and canals”, from Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (SAD.498/1/2-26)
Regulators: notes on regulators in the Northern Extension (SAD.498/1/28-35); data on regulator gates and pipes, 1948-1950 (SAD.498/1/37-38); H.A.W. Morrice, “The location of head regulators in the Gash Delta”, S.I.D. Technical Note No 1/39 (SAD.498/1/39-49); note on suggested emergency lifting gear for rack gates, by W.N. Allan, 1940 (SAD.498/1/51-52); A.A. Middleton, “Design of regulators on permeable foundations”, S.I.D. Technical Note No 1/44 (SAD.498/1/53-59); H.A.W. Morrice, “A theory for the design of control works on deep permeable foundations”, S.I.D. Technical Note No 2/45 (SAD.498/1/62-103)

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1925-1951
Papers relating to structures:
Pipes: notes on concrete and regulator pipes, 1941-1950 (SAD.498/2/2-4)
Field outlets: note by Smith on casting of F.O.V. bodies and doors, 1942 (SAD.498/2/6-7)
Movable weirs: notes on movable weirs, 1949-1950 (SAD.498/2/10-13)
Flumes: extract from Engineering News Record, 6 June 1940 on “A quarter century of aqueduct maintenance” (SAD.498/2/18-19)
Bridges: notes and diagrams on Gezira bridges, 1925-1946 (SAD.498/2/21-25); note by Smith on “The provision of canal foot-bridges for the Gezira Scheme”, 1951 (SAD.498/2/26-27)

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1926-1951
Papers relating to water duty and measurement:
Note on water duty (SAD.498/3/1-4)
Pumps: tabular statement of approximate working discharges of pumps, 1942 (SAD.498/3/6)
Gezira: note on water consumption and peak demand in the Gezira, related to crop area, 1936 (SAD.498/3/10-25); statistics on water consumption, 1941-1947 (SAD.498/3/26-31); tables showing daily rates of water discharge, 1925-1974/75 (SAD.498/3/32-33)
Water measurement: note by A.E. Griffin on water measurement, 1943 (SAD.498/3/35-37)
Gate: notes on discharge of a Sennar sluice by H.E. Hurst, 1926 and flood regulation of Sennar Dam, by R.M. MacGregor, 1928 (SAD.498/3/40-44); table showing discharge through regulators without gates or timbers, 1941 (SAD.498/3/47)

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1926-1942
Papers relating to water duty and measurement:
Flume: C.C. Inglis, A short note on how to design a standing wave flume, (n.d., Bombay) (SAD.498/4/2-6); notes on rigid flume modules, 1941 (SAD.498/4/7-14)
Weir: tables and diagrams concerning weirs (SAD.498/4/17-20)
Pipes: diagrams, tables and notes concerning discharge of pipes (SAD.498/4/22-42)

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1949-1952
Papers relating to foreign irrigation:
Australia: “Some notes on irrigation in Australia with special reference to the irrigated pastures”, by H.A. Morrice, 1949 (SAD.498/5/2-8)
Ceylon: extracts from a letter from W.M.M. Williams with impressions of the Ceylon Irrigation Department, 1952 (SAD.498/5/10)
Jordan: note about a post of British civil engineer to assist the Jordan Development Board, 1952 (SAD.498/5/12-13)
Palestine: “Note on soil conservation works and hydraulic scheme in Palestine” by Awdoun Vajda (SAD.498/5/15-19)
Syria and Lebanon: “Note on irrigation scheme in Syria and the Lebanon” by Awdoun Vajda, [1945] (SAD.498/5/21-34)

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1927-1950
Papers relating to irrigation in the Sudan:
W.N. Allan and R.J. Smith, “Irrigation in the Sudan”, repr from Agriculture in the Sudan, 1948 (SAD.498/6/1-22); entry by H.E. Hurst from unknown encyclopaedia on irrigation (SAD.498/6/23-24); note by R.M. MacGregor on “Small irrigation and storage schemes”, 1927 (SAD.498/6/25); scripts for broadcasts on irrigation in the Sudan, 1943-1945 (SAD.498/6/26-34); “Note on irrigation in the Sudan”, 1947 (SAD.498/6/35-38); correspondence between the S.I.D. and the Government of India concerning statistics on Sudan irrigation schemes, 1950 (SAD.498/6/42-48); article from The Times on “Irrigating the Sudan”, 1950 (SAD.498/6/49); notes on anti-malarial works, 1941 (SAD.498/6/51-58); preliminary notes by Smith on Jabal Haura water storage project, 1937 (SAD.498/6/61-64); note by W.N. Allan on “Atbara river survey”, 1941 (SAD.498/6/65-66)

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1938-1944
Papers relating to irrigation in the Sudan:
Note by Smith on pumping arrangements at Ed Damer, 1939, with attached sketch map (SAD,498/7/2-3); S.I.D. preliminary report and note on Khor Abu Habl, by F.H.R. Finlay, 1944 (SAD.498/7/5-45)

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1914-1943
Papers relating to the Gezira Scheme:
Copy despatch from Viscount Kitchener to Sir Edward Grey on his visit to the site of the proposed Blue Nile dam and enclosing a report of the Commission appointed to consider the design of the dam, 1914 (SAD.498/8/2-4); letter from Robertson to F.T.C. Young, Governor Blue Nile Province with statistics about the Gezira scheme, 1936 (SAD.498/8/5-9); note by F.M. Chinn, Director of Irrigation, on “Gezira irrigation”, 1939 (SAD.498/8/10-13); article by W.N. Allan, Divisional Engineer, S.I.D., on “The development of irrigation in the Gezira”, 1939 (SAD.498/8/14-25); Financial Secretary's Office confidential note on Sudan cotton in wartime (SAD.498/8/26); text of broadcast by A. Gaitskill on the Gezira Scheme (SAD.498/8/27-29); plan of the Gezira scheme between Kamlin and Sennar (SAD.498/8/30)

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1924-1926
Papers relating to the Gezira Scheme:
“The Sennar Dam and the Gezira Irrigation Scheme”, reprinted from The Engineer, 26 Sep 1924 (SAD.498/9/1); “The Gezira Irrigation Scheme”, reprinted from The Engineer, 28 Aug 1925 (SAD.498/9/2); articles from newspapers and journals, chiefly The Times, the Scotsman, the Glasgow Herald, The British Medical Journal and The Illustrated London News, on the construction of the Sennar Dam, 1926 (SAD.498/9/3-6); Notes on the Gezira Irrigation Project, London : McCorquodale, 1926 (SAD.498/9/7); copy letters from R.M. MacGregor to Schuster describing in some detail progress in the Gezira since the completion of the canal, 1925 (SAD.498/9/8-20)

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1938-1953
Papers relating to the Gezira Scheme:
Concession companies: notes on the Sudan Plantations Syndicate Ltd, Gezira Irrigation Scheme and the Kassala Cotton Company Ltd., 1938 (SAD.498/10/2-19); letters re termination of concessions, 1950 (SAD.498/10/20-22)
Devolution: circular letter issued by the Governor Blue Nile Province, the Sudan Plantations Syndicate and the Kassala Cotton Company Ltd on village councils (SAD.498/10/24-27); notes by J.W. Robertson, Assistant Governor, Gezira Province on devolution in the Gezira Scheme and the hosh experiment, 1941 (SAD.498/10/28-29); note by G.R.F. Bredin on the tenants' reserve fund, 1946 (SAD.498/10/30-32); “A directive on the policy of devolution in the Gezira” issued by the Governor Blue Nile Province and the Manager Sudan Plantations Syndicate, 1947 (SAD.498/10/33-35)
Gezira Board: Finance Department, Note on the future administration of the Gezira Scheme, 1949 (SAD.498/10/38-40); The Gezira Scheme bill, 1950 (SAD.498/10/41-58); Extract from Legislative Supplement to the Sudan Government Gazette No 818 dated 15th July 1950, containing the Gezira Scheme Ordinance, 1950 (SAD.498/10/59-69); Sudan Gezira Board staff list, Sep 1952 (SAD.498/10/70-74)

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1924
Papers relating to the Gezira Scheme:
Water control: “Report on the control of water in the Gezira canalization area”, by A.D. Butcher, Resident Engineer, Delta Barrage

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1928-1944
Papers relating to the Gezira Scheme:
Organisation: report on water control and gauge books, 1928 (SAD.498/12/2-40); irrigation notes by A.E. Griffin, Assistant Director of Irrigation, 1941 (SAD.498/12/41-60)
Agricultural: notes and correspondence on rotations, garden produce and a suggested scheme for the production of sugar from sugar beet in the Sudan by W.M. Williams, Sub Divisional Engineer, 1934 (SAD.498/12/65-72)
Soil: note on contrast between Kassala and Gezira soils and text of a broadcast by G. Andrew, Government Geologist, on soil erosion, 1943 (SAD.498/12/74-79)

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1932-1953
Papers relating to the Gezira Scheme:
Areas: statements of areas in the Gezira scheme cultivated and not under cultivation, 1932-1953 (SAD.498/13/3-25,27,29); diagrams showing areas served at control points of Gezira main canal and branches, 1950-1951, 1951-1952 and 1952-1953 (SAD.498/13/26,28,30)

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1925-1952
Papers relating to the Gezira Scheme:
Discharges: notes on discharges from main canal and branches, 1942-1944 (SAD.498/14/2-13); note by Smith on estimated savings in consumption (SAD.498/14/14); note by Smith on arrangements for irrigation in the Gezira, 1950 (SAD.498/14/15-16); tables showing consumption of water and authorised maximum discharges, 1950-1951 (SAD.498/14/17-19); correspondence concerning allocation of water to the Gezira and authorised maximum discharges, 1951-1952 (SAD.498/14/20-23)
Yields: table showing Sudan Plantations Syndicate cotton yields, 1925-1936 (SAD.498/14/25-26)

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1935-1951
Papers relating to the Gezira Scheme:
Domestic water: notes on use of Hag Abdulla pumps and river levels, Hag Abdulla and Wad El Nau (SAD.498/15/2-11); note by Smith on summer water supply in years of low river, 1942 (SAD.498/15/12-26); note by Smith on domestic water in the Gezira, 1951 (SAD.498/15/27-30)
Continuous watering: note by Smith on the effect of night watering in reduction of existing Gezira canalisation, 1943 (SAD.498/15/33-35)
Statistics: analyses of statements and diagrams, annual statistics of water consumption, 1925-1943 (SAD.498/15/42-44); hand-written notes on areas under irrigation, canal head discharges, crop areas watered, water consumption at distributary heads, volumes abstracted from river and average rainfall (SAD.498/15/45-57)

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1923-1953
Papers relating to the Gash Delta:
Sketch map of the Gash Delta, Aug 1932 (SAD.499/1/1); note by Smith on irrigation at Kassala, 1944, with sketch map of Khatmia canal, Kassala (SAD.499/1/2-5); draft extract from Department of Agriculture and Forests book 1943 on irrigation methods in the Gash Delta (SAD.499/1/6-8); Notes exchanged between the United Kingdom and Italy respecting the regulation of the utilisation of the waters of the River Gash, Rome June 12 and 15, 1925 (Treaty series No 33, 1925. Cmd.2472) (SAD.499/1/10); “Report dated the 27th May 1923 by Mr R.M. MacGregor on the proposed development of the irrigation from the Gash River” (SAD.499/1/11-15); copy letters from R.M. MacGregor concerning Gash River irrigation, 1923-1925 (SAD.499/1/16-21); note by R.M. MacGregor on the Kassala Cotton Company's irrigation development, 1926 (SAD.499/1/22-23); notes by Smith on the Gash Waters Agreement, 1953 (SAD.499/1/24-31)
Protection: sketch maps of river training and protection at Kassala, 1930s (SAD.499/1/33-34); note by Smith on river training at Kassala, with sketch plan of the Tukruf area, 1938 (SAD.499/1/36-39); correspondence concerning the Gash Delta, 1938-1939 (SAD.499/1/40-60)
Water supply: list of well centres and sites in the Gash Delta, 1938 (SAD.499/1/62-65); notes on geology of the Gash area (SAD.499/1/69-74)

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1934-1940
Annual reports of the Gash Board: Engineering

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1937-1941
Papers relating to the Gash Board:
War: route report on trip by Smith from Aroma to Sinkat, 1940 (SAD.499/6/1-4,47-48); note by Smith on destruction of stores and plant in the Gash, 1940 (SAD.499/6/5-12); war-time notes of bridges in the Gash Delta, useful staff, danger points and running of canals (SAD.499/6/13-23); annotated plan of the Gash Delta, 1937 (Scale: 1 to 150,000, 49 x 26cm) (SAD.499/6/24); notes on water supply in the Gash, 1940 (SAD.499/6/25-42); note of Gash Board buildings, 1940 (SAD.499/6/43-44); note by Smith on a visit to Tessenei, 1941 (SAD.499/6/49-62); memorandum by Smith on recommendations of allowances to unclassified staff, 1941 (SAD.499/6/65-68)

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1923-1952
Papers relating to Tokar:
Report by R.M. MacGregor, Indian Service of Engineers, on the flood irrigation of the Tokar Delta, 1923 (SAD.499/7/2-5), with letter from Smith to the Director of Agriculture referring to this report, 1953 (SAD.499/7/6)

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1897-1941
Papers relating to basin canals:
Map showing Northern Province basins (S.I.D. 41-1/838, 1941. Scale: 1 to 3,000,000) (SAD.499/8/2); table illustrating Nile floods as shown by Shendi gauge, 1943 (SAD.499/8/3); paper on basin irrigation, 1943 (SAD.499/8/4-6); report by W.E. Garstin, Under Secretary of State for Public Works, on the Province of Dongola, 1897 (SAD.499/8/7-19); “Note on design of basin canals” by J.H. Grieve, S.I.D., 1913 (SAD.499/8/20-30); memoranda on engineering staff for basins, 1939 and proposals for improvement of irrigation in the Dongola and Berber area, 1940 (SAD.499/8/31-34); preliminary note by Smith on proposal to group basins from Guweir to Kumeir in the Shendi District, 1941 (SAD.499/8/36-40); note by Smith on detailed proposals for Guweir and Sufar canal projects as submitted by Nasif Effendi Mansur, 1941 (SAD.499/8/41-44); note on employment of prisoners of war in Shendi District basins, 1941 (SAD.499/8/45-48)

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1934-1947
Papers relating to pumps:
Note by Irrigation Adviser on area under pump irrigation, 1934 (SAD.499/9/3-5); note by D.V. Middleton on small centrifugal low lift pumps (SAD.499/9/7-8)
Low lift: notes on shaduf scheme for White Nile (SAD.499/9/11-13); notes by A.A. Fursdon on White Nile low lift schemes, 1941-1942 (SAD.499/9/14-17)
Wells: Report by A.M.R. Montagu on factors affecting irrigation in the Punjab from tube wells, 1938 (SAD.499/9/22-31); printed copy of instructions for driving tube wells, by Duke & Ockenden Ltd (SAD.499/9/32-33)
Main Nile: note by Smith on private pump schemes, 1943 (SAD.499/9/35-36); Bergeig Pump Scheme, completion report on canalisation, by F.H.R. Finlay, 1944 (SAD.499/9/37-77)

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1942-1952
Papers relating to pumps:
White Nile: rough guide to pump and engine sizes required for average sites in reservoir area, White Nile Pump Schemes, 1942 (SAD.499/10/2); diagram showing pump running costs, 1942 (SAD.499/10/3); index table of costs of pump schemes in the Jabal Aulia Reservoir Area, 1942 (SAD.499/10/6-8); notes on comparative costs of pump schemes working from various reservoir areas, 1945-1949 (SAD.499/10/9-16); estimate for 10,000 feddan low lift pump scheme, 1950 (SAD.499/10/17-19)
Blue Nile: notes by Smith on Soba pump scheme, 1944 (SAD.499/10/21-30); minutes of Guneid Ad Hoc Committee, 1952 (SAD.499/10/36-39); note by Smith on proposed Nur Ed Din pump scheme, 1952 (SAD.499/10/40-42)

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1942-1953
Papers relating to pumps:
Compensation water: notes by A.E. Griffin, Director of Irrigation, on the allocation of stored water from the Sennar Reservoir for pump schemes, 1942 (SAD.499/11/6-13); note on recent decisions of the Sudan Government concerning allotment of Nile waters to pumping schemes, 1942 (SAD.499/11/14-15); notes by Smith and W.M. Williams on the assessment of compensation water for pump schemes, 1944-1947 (SAD.499/11/17-27); correspondence from Smith concerning Nile pumps and compensation water for pumps, 1948-1950 (SAD.499/11/28-47); note by Smith on allotment of water from Sennar Reservoir, 1951 (SAD.499/11/48-53); report by Smith on “Comparison of small and large pump schemes”, 1952 (SAD.499/11/54-62)

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1939-1953
Papers relating to pumps:
Nile Pumps Control Board: abstracts from minutes of meetings arranged under subjects (SAD.499/12/2-30)
Regulations: Extract from Legislative Supplement to Sudan Government Gazette No 829 dated 15th May 1951. The Nile Pumps Control (General) Regulations, 1951 (SAD.499/12/35-48); note by R.C. Wakefield on the survey of pump schemes by persons other than officials of the Survey Department (SAD.499/12/50-51); The Nile Pumps Control Ordinance, 1939 (SAD.499/12/52-54); The Nile Pumps Control (General) Regulations 1939 (SAD.499/12/58-64); model rules for private pump schemes, Blue Nile Province (SAD.499/12/69-71); The Nile Pumps Control (Blue Nile Province Tenancies) Regulations 1947 (SAD.499/12/72-76)

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1950-1953
Papers relating to development:
S.I.D. Paper No 11 by C.G. Hawes on “Data needed for irrigation projects”, 1951 (SAD.499/13/2-11)
Areas: note by J.W. Wright, Inspector of Surveys, on irrigable areas north of Khartoum, 1951 (SAD.499/13/13-17); annexures to report on estimation of irrigation requirements of the Sudan, 1951, with related papers (SAD.499/13/18-27,32-34)
Research: “A note on the urgent need for a hydraulic research station in the Sudan” by H.A. Morrice, 1951 (SAD.499/13/36-42); note by Smith on proposal for a hydrological and/or geological department, 1952 (SAD.499/13/43-44)

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1932-1953
Papers relating to development:
1st Post War Plan: Sudan Government five year plan for post-war development, 1945? (SAD.499/14/2-8); note by W.N. Allan on the first stages of planning and development of Irrigation in the post-war period (SAD.499/14/10-18), with note on statistics and figures by Smith (SAD.499/14/19-22); S.I.D. Notes A-C by Smith on the location of the Gezira extension, the organisation of the extension area and progress of S.I.D. development plans, 1947 (SAD.499/14/23-30); Finance Circular Letter No 30 on the 1951-56 Development Programme, 1950 (SAD.499/14/31-35); progress reports on the 1946/51 and 1951/56 development programmes, 1952 (SAD.499/14/37-40)
2nd Development Plan: note by Smith for the Financial Secretary on the future of development, 1950 (SAD.499/14/42-46); note by Smith for the Commissioner for Development on the development of the Gezira, 1953 (SAD.499/14/47-49)
Pre-war: tables showing S.I.D. works carried out 1926-31 and lengths of channels (SAD.499/14/51-52)

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1952 Dec
Papers relating to development:
“S.I.D. Report on the North-West extension to the Gezira Scheme and the enlargement of the Gezira main canal” for the 1946/51 Development Programme, by P. Hall, Assistant Director (Development)

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1934-1946
Papers relating to development:
Managil Extension: Note by Mr Macgregor on domestic water supply in the Southern Gezira, 1934 (SAD.499/16/2-3); “Note on Managil Branch Development (first stage - 100,000 fedds.)” by H.N. Williams, 1946 (SAD.499/16/4-30)

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1929-1945
Papers relating to dams:
Diagrams showing normal reservoir operation, 1943 (SID/43-1/883), discharges of the Nile and its main tributaries, 1912-1937 (SID/43-1/884) and normal time of travel of fluctuation along the Nile between various sites and Aswan, 1943 (SID/43-1/885) (SAD.499/17/1-3)
Aswan Dam: Note by R.M. Macgregor on the raising of the Aswan Dam as affecting the Sudan, 1929 (SAD.499/17/4-9); report of W.N. Allan on the third heightening of the Aswan Dam, 1945 (SAD.499/17/10-14)
Reservoir: notes by A.B. Miskin on Level datums and reservoir limit - Halfa region, 1939 and by Smith on reduced levels at Halfa, 1944 (SAD.499/17/17-18)
Compensation: Note by Smith on employment of prisoners of war quarrying at Halfa, 1941 (SAD.499/17/20-25); notes by Smith on Halfa Reach protection 1941/42 season (SAD.499/17/26-33,38-54); note of meeting at Wadi Halfa on 5th March 1942 between Assad Bey Rizk, Resident Engineer, Aswan and R.J. Smith for discussion of Halfa Reach protection (SAD.499/17/34-37)

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1926-1951
Papers relating to dams:
Sennar Dam: notes on Sennar Dam, 1926-1949 (SAD.499/18/1-29); S.I.D. notes for August 1946 by Smith (SAD.499/18/30-32)
Operation: tables on Sennar reservoir water consumption, 1944-1951 (SAD.499/18/34-37); note on admission of water and opening up programme in July 1936 (SAD.499/18/38-39); Sudan Railways Appendix Circular No 137 on Sennar Dam control of rail and road traffic, by G. Bramall, 1935 (SAD.499/18/43-47)
Reservoir: Report by A.D. Butcher on “Determination of Sennar Reservoir contents”, July 1926 (SAD.499/18/49-83)
Head regulator: preliminary note by J.L. Chapman, Asst Divisional Engineer, on improvement of conditions at main canal head regulator, 1941 (SAD.499/18/87-94)

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1936-1943
Papers relating to dams:
Jabal Auliya Dam: note by A. Kawi, Resident Engineer, on the construction of Jabal Auliya Dam, 1936 (SAD.499/19/1-2); note by W.D. McFadyean on the construction of Jabal Auliya Dam, 1936 (SAD.499/19/3-13)
Operation: note by Smith on the effect of the Blue Nile flush and Jabal Auliya release, October 1942 (SAD.499/19/16-18); note by Smith on the “Effect of Jebel Auliya on main Nile in January”, 1944 (SAD.499/19/19-29)
Reservoir: notes on forecast of levels in Jabal Auliya reservoir, 1938 and estimates of losses by evaporation and absorption, 1939 (SAD.499/19/33-38)
Banks: note by W.N. Allan on Kosti Town protection and drainage, 1937 (SAD.499/19/45-46); note by W.N. Allan on Jabal Auliya compensation: basin and Dueim Town protection, 1937 (SAD.499/19/47-51), with supplementary note, 1938 (SAD.499/19/52-53); Dueim Town protection bank report and estimate by W.N. Allan, 1938 (SAD.499/19/56-60); notes on construction programme, White Nile protection banks, 1938-39, by W.N. Allan (SAD.499/19/62-67)

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1937-1943
Papers relating to dams:
Jabal Auliya Dam, alternative livelihood and compensation: Explanatory note. Jebel Auliya Dam compensation ordinance 1937 [and] The Jebel Auliya Dam compensation ordinance 1937 (SAD.499/20/2-8); note by N.M. Robertson, Chairman White Nile Alternative Livelihood Board of Management, on definition of the duties of management in the Abdel Magid area, 1938 (SAD.499/20/14-15), with conditions of tenancy for the scheme (SAD.499/20/16-17); “The White Nile Alternative Livelihood Schemes”, a talk given by G.R.F. Bredin, Governor Blue Nile Province from the Omdurman Broadcasting station, March 1943 (SAD.499/20/18-21); report on “Alternative Livelihood Schemes and protection works of Gebel Aulia reservoir” (SAD.499/20/22-55)

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1925-1952
Papers relating to Nile waters:
Main Nile: correspondence about changing the course of the Nile, 1952 (SAD.500/1/3-5); notes by Smith for August 1946 on the Nile (SAD.500/1/7-9); table showing Wad Medani Nile gauge high flood levels, 1906-1947 (SAD.500/1/10-11)
White Nile: note by Smith on maximum and minimum Nile discharges, 1943 (SAD.500/1/13-14); Convention relative to the development of hydraulic power affecting more than one state and protocol of signature. Treaty Series No 26 (1925) CMD.2421 (SAD.500/1/17-21); R.M. MacGregor, “The waters of the Nile”, reprinted from The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from within, pt 4 (SAD.500/1/22-29); Punjab Engineering Congress, 29th Session 1942: Presidential address by A. St G. Lyster (SAD.500/1/30-33); map of the Nile from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean showing dams and barrages. Scale: 1 to 40,234, 26 x 20.5 cms (SAD.500/1/34)

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1929-1945
Papers relating to Nile waters:
General: Exchange of notes between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Egyptian Government in regard to the use of the waters of the River Nile for irrigation purposes. Treaty series No 17 (1929), Cmd.3348 (SAD.500/2/2-33); note by R.M. MacGregor on irrigation agreements, 1937 (SAD.500/2/34-38); “Note on the ultimate requirements of the Sudan in Nile waters”, by W.N. Allan, Director of Irrigation, 1945 (SAD.500/2/40-60)

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1947-1949
Papers relating to Nile waters:
First and second drafts of paper on the Nile waters (SAD.500/3/1-7); note by Smith for the Financial Secretary on the position vis-à-vis Egyptian Irrigation authorities, 1947 (SAD.500/3/8-15); note by Smith on the use of Nile waters in the Sudan, 1947 (SAD.500/3/16-17); copy articles extracted from Nature, by C.E.P. Brooks and by H.E. Hurst, R.P. Black and Y.M. Simaika, both on “A long-term plan for the Nile Basin”, 1947 (SAD.500/3/18-22); note by W.N. Allan on the interests of the Sudan in Nile waters, 1949 (SAD.500/3/23-51)

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1949-1952
Papers relating to Nile waters:
“Memorandum on the requirements in Nile waters of Egypt and the Sudan” by W.N. Allan, 1949 (SAD.500/4/2-11); letter from Smith to the Financial Secretary on Nile waters, 1949 (SAD.500/4/12-18); “Technical memorandum on the needs of the Sudan in water from the Nile for irrigation”, forwarded by the Financial Secretary to the Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Public Works, 1949 (SAD.500/4/19-23); notes on studies and investigations into Nile waters, 1950 (SAD.500/4/24-25); Public Relations Office newsletter containing the statement on Nile waters by Sayyid `Abd al-Rahman Abdun, Under Secretary for Irrigation, to the Legislative Assembly, 1951 (SAD.500/4/26-27); note by Smith on the Sudan's water account, 1951 (SAD.500/4/28-30); note by Smith on conversations in Alexandria relating to Nile waters, 21 July 1951 (SAD.500/4/31-34); note by H.A. Morrice on irrigation water used by the Sudan in the year 1950 (SAD.500/4/35-36); note by Smith on the allocation of water for pumps, 1951 (SAD.500/4/39-40); “Notes on Nile waters policy for the Sudan”, by W.N. Allan, 1951 (SAD.500/4/41-46); note by Smith on the allotment of water for irrigation in the restricted period, 1952 (SAD.500/4/47-55); note by Smith on the Sudan's resources in Nile waters during the restricted period, 1952 (SAD.500/4/56-62)

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1952-1955
Papers relating to Nile waters:
Cuttings from The Times on Nile waters, 1952 (SAD.500/5/1); note on “The Sudan's resources in Nile waters during the restricted period and the request for their increase”, 1952 (SAD.500/5/2-6); note on Nile control (SAD.500/5/7-9,22-27); note by Smith on Nile waters agreements, 1952 (SAD.500/5/10-12); correspondence relating to Nile waters, 1952-1953 (SAD.500/5/13-21,28); P.R.O. memoranda on the dispute about Nile waters between Egypt and the Sudan, 1955 (SAD.500/5/29-38); cutting from The Economist on “High hopes for a High Dam”, 1955 (SAD.500/5/39), with draft reply from Smith to the Editor (SAD.500/5/40-44)

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1955
Papers relating to Nile waters:
Sudan, Ministry of Irrigation & Hydro-Electric Power: The Nile waters question : the case for the Sudan, the case for Egypt, and the Sudan's reply. Khartoum, 1955.

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1955-1963
Papers relating to Nile waters:
Press cuttings from a variety of publications, including the Daily Telegraph, The Times and The Economist, on the Nile waters dispute between Egypt and the Sudan, the relocation of the temple of Abu Simbel and other steps to protect the antiquities of Lower Nubia against the effects of the High Dam and the regime of General Abboud (SAD.500/7/1-3,14-27,32-35); draft article by W.N. Allan entitled “Note on the ultimate sharing of Nile waters between Egypt and the Sudan”, Feb 1957 (SAD.500/7/4-13); article by Gordon Gaskill from The Reader's Digest on “The troubled waters of the Nile” (SAD.500/7/28-31)

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1941-1953
Papers relating to projects:
Aswan High Dam: notes by Smith on the Greater Aswan Project, 1952-1953 (SAD.500/8/4-8,11-14,16-17); copy article from the Sudan Star entitled “Dam south of Aswan projected”, 1952 (SAD.500/8/9); copy letter from W.N. Allan to Smith concerning the Greater Aswan proposal, 1953 (SAD.500/8/18-21); note on proposed High Dam for over year storage at Aswan, 1953 (SAD.500/8/23-31); correspondence relating to the proposed High Dam above Aswan, 1953 (SAD.500/8/32-36,39-45); note by H.E. Hurst on “The High Dam Aswan reservoir project”, 1953 (SAD.500/8/37-38)
4th Cataract: note by H. Suleiman on the fourth cataract reservoir, 1950 (SAD.500/8/47-48); letters from Smith concerning the fourth cataract dam, 1953 (SAD.500/8/49-52)
Atbara: note by W.N. Allan on the Atbara River survey, 1941 (SAD.500/8/54-55)

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1951-1953
Papers relating to projects:
Sennar: “Note on the provision of additional supplies of Nile water for the Sudan by the raising of Sennar reservoir”, by W.N. Allan, 1950 (SAD.500/9/2-5); draft amendments to the working arrangements for raising the level in Sennar reservoir, by Smith, 1951 (SAD.500/9/6-11), with copy of the agreed amendments (SAD.500/9/14-16)
Roseires: correspondence relating to a dam on the Blue Nile near Roseires, with terms of reference, 1951-1953 (SAD.500/9/18-38)

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1932
Papers relating to projects:
Lake Tsana: note by R.M. MacGregor and A.D. Butcher, with four appendices, on the Lake Tsana reservoir scheme proposed joint operation, 1932

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1938-1952
Papers relating to projects:
Lake Tsana: Lake Tsana Agreement of 20 May 1935, draft by W.N. Allan of modifications and additions proposed, 1938 (SAD.500/11/1-3); notes on papers and despatches since June 1942 relating to Lake Tsana, 1945 (SAD.500/11/4-6); memorandum by W.N. Allan on the position of Sudan with regard to Lake Tsana, 1945 (SAD.500/11/7); “Report on utilisation of Lake Tsana” by E.R. Wilkinson, October 1946, with covering letter to Rt Hon Ernest Bevin, S/S for Foreign Affairs (SAD.500/11/8-35); note by H.A. Morrice on “The control of water stored in Lake Tana”, 1950 (SAD.500/11/36-44); notes for file by Smith on Lake Tsana, 1952 (SAD.500/11/45-51)

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1953
Papers relating to projects:
Jabal Auliya: notes for file and correspondence by Smith on operation and regulation of the Jabal Auliya reservoir, 1953

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1932-1953
Papers relating to projects:
Equatorial Nile Project: letters to the Egyptian Irrigation Department and the Financial Secretary on the Jonglei Scheme, 1932-1940 (SAD.500/13/2-13); substance of a note on the Jonglei Scheme by the Assistant Director of Irrigation, 1940 (SAD.500/13/14-15); note by the Director of Irrigation on the Jonglei Scheme, 1940 (SAD.500/13/16-18); note on technical procedure for scrutinising the Jonglei canal scheme in relation to its physical effects in the Sudan, by A.E. Griffin, Assistant Director, 1940 (SAD.500/13/19-21); note on the Equatorial Nile Project dated 1 July 1948 by W.N. Allan, Irrigation Consultant (SAD.500/13/25-42); note by J.F. Glennie, 1952, on Ministry of Public Works publication The modified Jonglei canal and overyear storage schemes, by Dr Amin Bey and H.G. Bainbridge, 1949 (SAD.500/13/44-58); report by the Jonglei Investigation Team on “The Equatorial Nile Project and its effects in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan” (SAD.500/13/59-68); “The Equatorial Nile Project”, reprinted from Sudan Monthly Record, Feb-Mar 1952, with draft copy (SAD.500/13/69-75); notes for file by Smith on the Equatorial Nile Project, 1952-1953 (SAD.500/13/76-81)

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1939-1953
Papers relating to projects:
Jonglei: sketch map of Jonglei canal area to illustrate parts III and V, 1946 (Scale: 1 to 3,000,000, 33 x 20.5cm, SAD.500/14/2); sketch map of the canal area to illustrate part IV, 1946 (Scale: 1 to 1,100,000, 33 x 20.5cm, SAD.500/14/3); annexe A to Jonglei Scheme report on investigation of proposals by the Sudan (SAD.500/14/6-7); report by the Jonglei Investigation Team on “The Equatorial Nile Project and its effects in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan” (SAD.500/14/8-17); note by Smith on “Development in Upper Nile Province and the future of the Jonglei Investigation Team”, 1952 (SAD.500/14/18-19); notes by Smith on the Jonglei Investigation Team (SAD.500/14/20-23); diagrams of Nile discharges and filling of storage, mean 1912-1937, W.N. Allan, 1939 (SAD.500/14/26); diagrams of normal reservoir operation, discharges of the Nile and its main tributaries and normal time of travel of fluctuation along the Nile between various sites and Aswan, 1943, SID/43-1/883-885 (SAD.500/14/27-29); diagram showing discharges of the Nile and its main tributaries in the irrigation year, mean 1912-1937, SID/45-1/1027, 1945 (SAD.500/14/30)

[Removed from R.J. Smith folder 17]

1929-1938
Handing-over notes:
Zenanda Extension, by R.J. Smith to G.A. Robinson, 1938 (SAD.500/15/2-25); Abu Ushar sub-division, 1929 (SAD.500/15/26-40); Tabat sub-division, by R.J. Smith to N. Simansky, 1930 (SAD.500/15/41-62)

[Removed from R.J. Smith folder 18]

1931-1933
Handing-over notes:
Tabat sub-division by R.J. Smith to G. McIntosh, 1931 (SAD.500/16/1-38); Tabat sub-division by R.J. Smith to N. Simansky, 1932 (SAD.500/16/39-52); Tabat sub-division by R.J. Smith to A.E. Gattley, 1933 (SAD.500/16/53-67)

[Removed from R.J. Smith folder 18]

1933-1936
Handing-over notes:
Sennar Dam division by R.J. Smith to H.L. Torr, 1933 (SAD.500/17/1-10); Wad El Nau sub-division by R.J. Smith to A.A. Fursdon, 1934 (SAD.500/17/11-26); Gash Board (Engineering) by R.J. Smith to P. Hall, 1935 (SAD.500/17/27-49); Gash Board (Engineering) by R.J. Smith to R.B.W. Bannerman, 1936 (SAD.500/17/50-85)

[Removed from R.J. Smith folder 18]

1937-1939
Handing-over notes:
Gash Board (Engineering) by R.J. Smith to H.A.W. Morrice, 1937 (SAD.500/18/1-22); Gash Board 1937 flood, watering instructions, general and special (SAD.500/18/23-35); Gash Board (Engineering) by R.J. Smith to H.A.W. Morrice, 1938 (SAD.500/18/36-46); Gash Board 1938 flood, watering instructions, general and special (SAD.500/18/47-59); Gash Board (Engineering) by R.J. Smith to H.A.W. Morrice, 1939 (SAD.500/18/60-83)

[Removed from R.J. Smith folder 18]

1941-1944
Handing-over notes:
White Nile Alternative Livelihood Board, Acting Secretary's handing-over note from J.L. Chapman to R.J. Smith, 1941 (SAD.500/19/1-5); White Nile Alternative Livelihood Board, Acting Secretary's handing-over note from R.J. Smith to W.N. Allan, 1941 (SAD.500/19/6-10); reports of transfer of projects by R.J. Smith to L.J. Chapman and G.G.D. La Touche to R.J. Smith, 1941 (SAD.500/9/11-12); Wad Medani Division from R.J. Smith to H.L. Torr, 1941 (SAD.500/19/13-19); Wad Medani Division from H.L. Torr to R.J. Smith, 1942 (SAD.500/19/21-26); Wad Medani Division from R.J. Smith to H.L. Torr, 1942 (SAD.500/19/27-33); Projects Division from R.J. Smith to J.L. Chapman, 1942 (SAD.500/19/34-38); Projects Division from J.L. Chapman to R.J. Smith, 1942 (SAD.500/19/39-43); Projects Division from R.J. Smith to A.A. Middleton, 1943 (SAD.500/19/44-52); Projects Division from A.A. Middleton to R.J. Smith, 1943 (SAD.500/19/53-57); Projects Division from R.J. Smith to H.A.W. Morrice, 1944 (SAD.500/19/58-64)

[Removed from R.J. Smith folder 18]

1927-1945
Annual reports:
Irrigation Department (part), 1927 (SAD.501/1/2-4); Projects Division by R.J. Smith, 1941-1944 (SAD.501/1/5-26)

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1939-1947
Annual reports:
Draft paragraphs on the Sudan Irrigation Department [S.I.D.] for the Governor-General's annual report, 1939-1944, 1945, 1946 (SAD.501/2/1-4,15-17,31-33); S.I.D. annual report for 1944 by W.N. Allan (SAD.501/2/5-14); S.I.D. annual report for 1945 by R.J. Smith (SAD.501/2/19-30); S.I.D. annual report for 1946 by R.J. Smith (SAD.501/2/34-45)

[Removed from R.J. Smith folder 19]

1948-1949
Annual reports:
Draft paragraphs on the Sudan Irrigation Department for the Governor-General's annual report, 1947 (SAD.501/3/1-3); S.I.D. annual report for 1947 by R.J. Smith (SAD.501/3/4-18); draft paragraphs by Smith on the S.I.D. for the Governor-General's annual report, 1948 (SAD.501/3/19-21); S.I.D. annual report for 1948, by Smith (SAD.501/3/22-38)

[Removed from R.J. Smith folder 19]

1950-1952
Draft paragraphs on the Sudan Irrigation Department for the Governor-General's annual report, 1949 (SAD.501/4/1-3); S.I.D. annual report for 1949 by R.J. Smith (SAD.501/4/4-18); draft paragraphs by Smith on the S.I.D. for the Governor-General's annual report, 1950-1951 (SAD.501/4/19-21); S.I.D. annual report for 1950-1951, by Smith (SAD.501/3/22-38); draft paragraphs by Smith on the S.I.D. for the Governor-General's annual report, 1951-1952 (SAD.501/4/39-41)

[Removed from R.J. Smith folder 19]

1955
Annual reports:
Annual report (Sudan: Ministry of Irrigation & H.E.P.). [Khartoum] : 1954/55

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1946-1952
Hydro-electric power:
Letters from G.F. Foley, J.W. Cummins and Smith on hydro-electric power, 1946 (SAD.501/6/1-5)
Broadcasts:
Scripts for broadcasts by E.J.N. Wallis, Assistant Civil Secretary, on local government (SAD.501/6/7-12)
Rural Water Supplies and Soil Conservation Board:
Terms of reference of the Rural Water Supplies and Soil Conservation Board, 1952 (SAD.501/6/13-20); report of a committee appointed to consider the composition and terms of reference of the Rural Water Supplies and Soil Conservation Board, 1952 (SAD.501/6/21-26)

[Removed from R.J. Smith folder 19]

1925 Jul 1
Gezira canalisation scheme general plan, showing arrangements for water control. G.D.I.6164. Printed on linen.
scale:   1:100,000
Size: 38 x 99 cm

1932 Jan 19
Map of Gezira canalisation scheme, by H.V.C. Johnstone, Chief Engineer, S.I.D. Reproduced by the Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum, Feb 1932.
scale:   1:150,000
Size: 35 x 157 cm

1934 Jan 4
Gezira canalisation scheme administration plan (vide Regulation Handbook 1934). Drawn and traced by N. Papayannou.
scale:   1:150,000
Size: 34 x 145 cm

1942 Dec
Channel discharge diagram for the solution of Manning's formula, by J.L. Chapman, Divisional Engineer, Projects. SID 42-10,400
Size: 76 x 120 cm

1943 Apr 20
Channel discharge diagram for the solution of Lacey's formulae for regime flow in alluvium, by A.E. Griffin, Director of Irrigation. SID 43-10,431A
Size: 79 x 123 cm

1943 Jul 3
Gezira canalisation scheme development key plan. [s.l.] : [s.n.], [1943]. Map of the Gezira scheme area between Khartoum and Sennar, showing layout of irrigation system. Signed by R.J. Smith. SAD.430/22/39: marked with names of areas and concessionaries. Copy SAD.430/22/40: coloured to indicate land quality. SID 43-10,447
scale:   1:250,000
Size: 134 x 75 cm

1945 Nov 1
M.E.S.C. [Middle East Supply Corporation] irrigation pump reference chart (taken from blue print of M.E.S.C.) by Prof H. Addison and Maj G. Spencer, R.E. SID/45-10,619
Size: 52 x 58 cm

1946 Oct
Map of southern Sudan. Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum. Topo no.; S 741-46
scale:   1:2,000,000
Size: 46 x 73 cm

1950 Jan
Map of north eastern Sudan. Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum. Topo no.; S 832-50
scale:   1:2,000,000
Size: 63 x 50 cm

1951
Map of Sudan Northern Gezira board blocks. Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
scale:   1:250,000
Size: 61 x 92 cm

1951
Map of Sudan Southern Gezira board blocks. Sudan Survey Department, Khartoum
scale:   1:250,000
Size: 61 x 92 cm

[195-]
Khartoum street plan. Single sheet from a larger map of Khartoum, showing the centre of the city on the south bank of the Nile, probably produced by the Sudan Survey.
scale:   1:5,000
Size: 58 x 88 cm

1939
Sudan Government, Nile Pumps Control Ordinance 1939. Ordinary pumping licence, interfiled with preliminary application form and note of the particulars to be shown on maps and plans required with final application for a pump licence

1928
Gibb's module for irrigation canals, etc. [Lahore] : Punjab Irrigation Dept., 1928. Series Technical paper (Punjab (India). Irrigation Department) ; no.13-A

1933
Lacey, G., Notes on the determination of velocity-rod coefficients / by G. Lacey and M.L. Garga. Allahabad : Superintendent, Printing and Stationery, United Provinces, 1933. Series Technical paper (United Provinces (India). Public Works Department. Irrigation Branch) ; no.3 Note At head of title: United Provinces, P.W.D., Irrigation Branch.

1933
Lacey, G., The distribution of velocity in an open channel / by G. Lacey and M.L. Garga. Allahabad : Superintendent, Printing and Stationery, United Provinces, 1933. Series Technical paper (United Provinces (India). Public Works Department. Irrigation Branch) ; no.4 Note At head of title: United Provinces, P.W.D., Irrigation Branch.

Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue


Butler, A.L., Brief notes for identifying the game animals of the Sudan (Game Preservation Department, Sudan Government, [Khartoum?], [1908])
Garstin, Sir William, Despatch from His Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Cairo : inclosing a report as to irrigation projects on the Upper Nile, &c. Egypt no. 2, (HMSO, London, 1901)
Irrigation Department (Sudan), Gezira Canal : memorandum on working arrangements, July 1925 (McCorquodale, Khartoum, 1925)
Irrigation Department (Sudan), Gezira Canal regulation handbook, January 1934 (McCorquodale, [Khartoum], 1934)
Irrigation Department (Sudan), Sennar Dam : regulation rules (McCorquodale, [Khartoum], [1933?])