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Talk to any resident of Meadi and you will find that he is equally proud of his home and of the town, for Meadi is a community and life there is veritably laid in green pastures. This does not mean, however, that it is a "bush" town—though

A Garden Home
Residence of Capt. Percy Stout, D. S.O.

there are bushes and trees a-plenty. Far from it, for a more wide-awake up-to-the-minute place could hardly be found. Meadi has its own electric light plant, its own water supply (electrically operated, if you please), its own—well, everything modern ingenuity can furnish.

The North-East Square
Showing the road leading to the main entrance of the camp, which was a few hundred yards to the left.

The very streets of Meadi are gardens. The Delta Land Co. see to it that proper care is given to the trees and lawns and that spraying, pruning and other such necessary operations are done at the right time. They are fortunate in having among the residents of Meadi the state entomologist and other experts from the Egyptian Department of Agriculture and so in these respects the town is pretty well "fathered." There is little in the line of town beautification that is left undone.

The Group of Bungalows
There are six of them, prettily grouped in a compound. The bungalow to the left of the photo was formerly the Australians' Tea Room and Club.

The Delta Land and Investment Company, as its name implies, is a real-estate firm, but the business is far from being merely the selling of land and houses. It is a business founded on constructive imagination— the grasping of opportunity by the Company and the creation of opportunities for others. The selling of a house or a parcel of land to a client is only one item of the business.

Take, for instance, the questions of roads and of irrigation. Without both of these Meadi would have been impossible. The greater part of the glorious motor highway, that runs from Old Cairo along the Nile bank to Meadi, is the work of the company. It was a big job building that road, as anyone who has been along it can testify, and the job has been well done. The irrigation problem was equally big, although not quite so obvious to the casual visitor, who sees only the results an 1 these only partially. He does not realise that the cool shady streets, the pretty gardens and the fertile fields mean irrigation and careful organised plan. The streets and gardens of Meadi are included in the irrigation system.

As a town, Meadi is in its infancy. But it is a pretty healthy and, one might even say, ultra-modern infant although, unlike

The Khashab Canal
The "Main" of the Irrigation System, as seen from one of the bridges.

many youngsters, it always has the look of wearing its Sunday best. Meadi does not look like a "boom" town, with vacant lots and advertising signs galore, and as a matter of fact, although there is a splendid selection of good real-estate property available, one might pass through the town and not suspect a lot for sale. Everything looks spick and span and well cared for, the simple reason being that, until actually-built upon, every lot is kept under cultivation. That is why Meadi always looks like a garden.

The modern methods of the Egyptian Delta Land and Investment Company Ltd., have made modern Meadi a town of opportunity. The very look of Meadi homes and Meadi streets is a convincing argument to an investor. But the town is not a mere place to invest money; it is a place in which to live. Every reader of the Kia-Ora Coo-ee who is stationed in Cairo or who comes here on leave should visit Meadi, "The Town of The Garden Home."

D. D.