Sir John Monash, Personal Files Book 2, 1 February - 23 February 1915, Part 2

for Mr Bean                2/2/15 
War Correspondent  
  
Heliopolis 
Mena       Citadel 
Maadi (Ryrie) 
  
Helwan 
  
Cooks 
Shepheards 
Continental                 Opera 

Cairo  2/2/15 
CASIN0 KURSAAL 
A. DALBAGNI 
Places Numérotées  P.T.  15 
N^o 04 
Fauteuil N^o 56

What ...... 
Every Tourist....... 
Wishes to Know. 
  
With 
E. HATOUN'S Compliments

E. HATOUN, 
MOUSKY STREET, CAIRO. 
     ____________ 
FINEST ORIENTAL 
SILKS and EMBROIDERIES. 
OLD AND RARE 
CHINA, PORCELAIN & POTTERY. 
     __________ 
MANUFACTORY OF  
Mouchrabea Furniture, 
Finely carved & inlaid with mother of pearl & ivory. 
         __________ 
MARVELLOUS SELECTION OF 
ORIENTAL RUGS and CARPETS 
IN FINE NEW SHOWROOM. 
        ________ 
Old and Modern 
Jewellery and Precious Stones. 
     _________ 
Antiquities, Old Manuscripts & Books. 
        _________ 
EGYPTIAN BRASSWORK, 
Inlaid with Gold, Silver and other Metals. 
      __________ 
MOUSKY STREET, CAIRO. 
  
A corner of Hatoum's Workshops.

WHAT EVERY TOURIST  
WISHES TO KNOW. 
    __________              
IN issuing this little booklet, I do not pretend to 
give anything but a very bare explanation of some 
of the principal sights of Cairo and district, together 
with a few useful notes and addresses. 
I hope that the booklet will prove of use to Cairo's 
winter guests, and that they will carry Hatoun's little 
book away with them on their departure, satisfied 
with the information it gave them, and of their visit 
to the largest and most interesting City in Africa. 
Cairo is a city that is never forgotten by those who 
visit it. There is a certain Oriental charm that 
brings back the same visitors year after year, and 
each year they find something new in this wonderful old city. 
______________________________________________________ 
E. Hatoun, Mousky Street, Cairo.

4. 
MONEY. 
The first article needed on arrival in Egypt. The 
coinage is a simple one, and one easily gets accustomed  
to it. It can be summarised as follows: 
  
Nickel— 
Small piastre or 5                £     s.    d. 
       milliemes    ...    =          0     0    1¼ or 2½  cents. 
Large piastre or 10 
      milliemes     ..    =          0     0     2 ½ ,,  5        " 
  
Silver-- 
Large piastre or 10 
         milliemes    ...   =         0     0      2 ½ ,,  5      " 
Two piastres  ...   ...    =         0     0      5       ,,10     " 
Five        "        ...    ...    =        0     1      0 ¼   ,, 25    " 
Ten        "         ...    ...    =        0     2      0 ½  ,,  50   " 
Twenty  "        ...    ...    =         0     4       1       ,,  $1 
  
Gold— 
English half-sovereign  =   P.T.        48 ½  ,,$2. ₄₄ 
English sovereign           =   P.T.        97 ½  ,,$4 ₈₈ 
  
Paper—                                  £     s.    d. 
Fifty piastres   ...    ...     =      0    10    3   ,,  $2 _5* 
One Egyptian pound  =      1     0     6  ,,   $5 
Five      "            pounds  =    5    2     7  ,,   $25 
Ten      "             pounds =     10   5    2  ,,   $50 
Twenty   "         pounds  =    20   10  3  ,,  $100 
___________________________________________ 
Hatoun's Mouchrabea is the best 
  
A view in Hatoun's Shop

7. 
English gold is current, and, in fact Egyptian gold 
is almost unknown.  French gold is accepted, the 20 
franc piece being taken as 77 piastres, or about $3._90. 
It is advisable to carefully inspect money before 
accepting it, more especially the silver pieces, as there 
are a certain number of bad coins in circulation. 
ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS.- All visitors 
to Cairo wish to see specimens of the famous 
ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS, and there is 
no better selection or finer SHOWROOM to inspect 
them in than at HATOUN'S.  A fine new showroom 
has been opened this Season, the largest pieces can be 
seen to advantage, and as there is no lack of light, 
visitors have ample opportunity of careful examination 
before purchase. 
PORCELAIN VASES & ANTIQUITIES.- On the 
first floor of the same building, Mr. Hatoun has 
arranged a unique collection of porcelain vases and 
genuine antiquities.   This room is a veritable 
MUSEUM, with the advantage that after feasting 
their eyes on the articles displayed, visitors can take 
away what particularly pleases them on payment of 
a reasonable charge. 
_______________________________________________ 
See Hatoun's Oriental Carpets.

8. 
POSTAL INFORMATION. 
Letter to British Isles, British Colonies, Italy and 
Austria require a 5 millieme stamp. 
The United States and Continent, with exception of 
Italy and Austria, 10 milliemes (P.T. 1). 
A letter inside the city costs 3 milliemes, and to any 
part of Egypt, 5 milliemes. 
English Postal Orders can be obtained in Cairo, and 
are very useful for remitting small sums of money to 
England.  The principal mails reach Cairo from 
Europe and America on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 
and the best outward mails are on Wednesdays and 
Sundays.  The General Post Office is situated to the 
right of the Opera Square; but letters can always be 
despatched from the principal hotels. 
____________________________________________ 
For Ancient Manuscripts call on Hatoun. 
  
9.   
USEFUL ADDRESSES  IN CAIRO. 
Agencies and Consulates— 
American Agency and Consulate- Kasr-el-Doubara. 
Austrian Agency- Chareh Kasr-el-Nil; Consulate— 
Chareh Emad el Din. 
Belgian Agency- Chareh Soliman Pasha; Consulate— 
Chareh Cherifein. 
British Agency- Kasr-el-Doubara; Consulate— 
Chareh Gama Charkass. 
French Agency—6, Chareh-el-Madabegh; Consulate- 
Chareh Emad-el-Din. 
German Agency- Garden City; Consulate- Chareh 
Bulaguieh. 
Italian Agency- Chareh Kasr-el-Nil; Consulate— 
Chareh El Manakh. 
Russian Agency— Rue du Telegraph Egyptien. 
Consulate- 9, Chareh Borsa. 
Clubs- 
Turf Club- Chareh el Maghrabi. 
Automobile Club of Egypt- 27, Chareh Madabegh. 
Khedivial Sporting Club.- Ghezireh. 
____________________________________________ 
The Finest Silks & Embroideries at Hatoun's

10. 
Tourist Agencies- 
Thos. Cook & Son (Egypt) Ltd. Near Shepheard's Hotel. 
Hamburg & Anglo-American Nile Steamer Co.— 
Continental Hotel Building. 
Otto Sterzing- North German Lloyd Agency, 
Opera Square. 
Cairo Express Agency - Chareh Maghrabi, near 
Opera Square. 
American Express Co.'s Correspondents are the  
Cairo Express Agency as above. 
_________________________________________________ 
E. HATOUN'S 
COLLECTION OF 
ORIENTAL GOODS 
IS THE 
FINEST IN CAIRO. 
  
ANYTHING and EVERYTHING in the ORIENTAL 
WORLD can be found. 
  
COURTEOUS ASSISTANTS 
and REASONABLE PRICES. 
________________________________________________ 
E. HATOUN, 
MOUSKY STREET, CAIRO. 
  
A view in Hatoun's Shop

13. 
Banks- 
National Bank of Egypt.— Chareh Kasr-el-Nil. 
Anglo-Egyptian Bank.— Chareh Kasr-el-Nil. 
Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris.- Chareh el  
Maghraby. 
Crédit Foncier Egyptien.— Chareh el Manakh. 
Crédit Lyonnais— Chareh el Bosta. 
Ottoman Bank— Chareh Emad-el-Din. 
Deutsche Orientbank— Chareh el Manhkh. 
Bank of Rome— Chareh Cheikh Aboul Sebaa. 
Bank of Athens— Chareh Kasr-el-Nil. 
Banque d'Orient— 7, Chareh el Manakh. 
  
Churches— 
English Church— Chareh Boulac. 
Scotch Church— Chareh Boulac. 
American Mission Church— Opposite Shepheard's 
Hotel. 
Roman Catholic Church— Chareh Emad-el-Din. 
German Protestant Church— Chareh el Tera el 
Bulakieh. 
DRAGOMAN.— To save trouble and petty annoyances, 
it is advised to take a dragoman when visiting 
Cairo.  A reliable man can be obtained through 
the Hotel. 
__________________________________________________ 
Visit Hatoun's Collection of Brass Work.