Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 30, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Fair Value Assets Liabilities Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Carrying value of investments	$ 5.4	$ 3.4
Long-term Investments [Member]
Fair Value Assets Liabilities Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Fair value of investments in hedge funds	$ 8.1	$ 9.1

This item represents a financial instrument (as defined) for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value. Such disclosure may be for an individual financial instrument or a class of financial instruments.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 325
-SubTopic 20
-Section 25
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=29638263&loc=d3e39828-111592

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