Cairo, November 1, 1877.
| £ | s. | d. |
| Sum received from Egyptian Finance | 1977 12 | 0 |
| Amounts Paid out by Order of Captain Burton. | £ | s. | d. |
| Hotel bills for five persons (thirty-six days) | 149 | 6 | 9 |
| Advanced to members of Expedition up to date (May 3rd)245 | 74 12 | 3 | |
| Cost of provisions for journey to Midian, fourteen persons | 314 | 8 | 9 |
| Cost of tools, chemicals, instruments, canteen, etc. | 185 19 | 0 | |
| Medicine chest from Dr. Lowe | 10 10 | 0 |
Journey to Suez from Cairo, December 6th, 1878:—
| Hotel bill for eleven persons (three days) | 33 | 3 | 6 |
| Tobacco for presents to Bedawin | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Sundries | 13 | 10 | 6 |
| Telegrams and post service | 3 | 9 | 0 |
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| £791 | 7 | 9 |
El–Muwaylah, December 16th, to return, February 13th:—
| Journey to north246 | 316 | 14 | 3 |
| Post service | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| Cost of sheep247 | 32 | 14 | 0 |
| Sundries248 | 20 | 7 | 7 |
| Five foot-soldiers’ salaries | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Eastern journey to the Hismá249 | 187 | 6 | 6 |
| Post service | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Cost of sheep250 | 11 | 19 | 0 |
| Sundries | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Sambúk from Suez, as per contract | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Soldiers from fort | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Journey to Shárr251 | 44 | 11 | 6 |
| Cost of sheep252 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Thirty pairs of boots for soldiers253 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sundries | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Journey to south254 | 92 | 13 | 0 |
| Cost of sheep255 | 15 | 16 | 0 |
| Post service | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sundries256 | 18 | 3 | 6 |
| Sayyid ‘Abd el-Rahím Effendi | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Bukhayt | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Husayn | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Shaykh Furayj | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaykh Furayj salary for twenty-five days | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Expenses at Suez, unloading, etc., and hotel bills for ten persons | 39 | 17 | 0 |
| Post and telegrams | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Suez to Cairo | 1 | 12 | 6 |
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| £1658 | 1 | 7 |
Expenses at Cairo up to date May 5, 1878:—
Salaries of persons engaged from Cairo and Muwaylah:—| Unloading, cartage, and preparing for Exhibition 24 | 5 | 5 | |
| Anton Dimitri, Giorgi, and Petro257 | 93 | 17 | 6 |
| Magazine-man at El–Muwaylah258 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Sais from Suez, engaged through governor259 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mr. Clarke’s salary260 | 180 | 0 | 0 |
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| £1971 | 12 | 6 | |
| In hand for small expenses not yet sent in for payment | 5 | 19 | 6 |
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| £1977 | 12 | 0 |
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Sent in May 6, 1878.
| (Signed) | CHAS. CLARKE. |
| (Countersigned) | RICHARD F. BURTON. |
Commanding Expedition.
245 M. Marie, £35 12s.; Haji Wali, £23; M. Philipin, £12 4s.; M. Lacaze, £3 16s.
246 Starting with a hundred camels and three Shaykhs.
247 For all hands.
248 Includes “bakhshísh.”
249 Sixty-one camels, four Shaykhs.
250 For all hands.
251 Fifty camels, three Shaykhs.
252 For all hands.
253 Got from Mukhbir.
254 Fifty-eight camels, three Shaykhs.
255 For all hands.
256 Includes “bakhshísh.”
257 Six months’ pay.
258 Four months.
259 Four months and a half.
260 Employed on special service.
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