Appendix Ii.

EXPENSES OF THE EXPEDITION TO MIDIAN, commanded by Captain R. F. Burton, H.B.M. Consul, Trieste.

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)[EN#87] 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 __________________ £791 7 9

El-Muwaylah, December 16th, to return, February 13th:-- Journey to north[EN#88] 316 14 3 Post service 14 8 0 Cost of sheep[EN#89] 32 14 0 Sundries[EN#90] 20 7 7 Five foot-soldiers' salaries 7 4 0

Eastern journey to the Hismá[EN#91] 187 6 6 Post service 3 8 0 Cost of sheep[EN#92] 11 19 0 Sundries 5 11 0 Sambúk from Suez, as per contract 9 4 0 Soldiers from fort 3 0 0

Journey to Shárr[EN#93] 44 11 6 Cost of sheep[EN#94] 3 4 0 Thirty pairs of boots for soldiers[EN#95] 6 0 0 Sundries 1 0 0 Journey to south[EN#96] 92 13 0 Cost of sheep[EN#97] 15 16 0 Post service 2 0 0 Sundries[EN#98] 18 3 6 Special payments:-- 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 _________________ £1658 1 7

Expenses at Cairo up to date May 5, 1878:-- Unloading, cartage, and preparing for Exhibition 24 5 5 Salaries of persons engaged from Cairo and Muwaylah:-- Anton Dimitri, Giorgi, and Petro[EN#99] 93 17 6 Magazine-man at El-Muwaylah[EN#100] 6 8 0 Sais from Suez, engaged through governor[EN#101] 9 0 0 Mr. Clarke's salary[EN#102] 180 0 0 ________________ £1971 12 6 In hand for small expenses not yet sent in for payment 5 19 6 _______________ £1977 12 0 ________________ Sent in May 6, 1878.

(Signed) CHAS. CLARKE. (Countersigned) RICHARD F. BURTON. Commanding Expedition.