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British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine, prepared by the British Mandate for UN prior to proposing the 1947 partition plan
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Posted on May 10, 2002

This is the official books produced by Government of Palestinian (British Mandate) for the years of 1944-1945 which was prepared by the British Mandate for the United Nation Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) in 1946. These three volumes contain a wealth of information about Palestine until the end of 1946 (over 1,300 pages all available below) which covers all sectors of life (such as population, land, economy, immigration, ...etc). Since many Zionist Myths about Palestine (most importantly Palestine was an empty country, and Jews made the desert bloom) are still prevalent lies in the West and Israel, we found that it is critical to share with the general public. We hope that our visitors, historians, students, and journalists find it useful. If you are serious about knowing the core issues of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, then this is a must read and have book.

It should be noted that data pertaining to populations, landownership, and land use has been extracted from another important British Mandate publication (which had limited circulation at the time) called Village Statistics, click here to learn more.

Volume I

Preface
Table of contents
Chapter I: The Mandate............................................................................................................ 1
Turkish Rule
Occupation of Palestine by allied forces
The Balfour Declaration
The Covenant of the League of Nations
Convention between Great Britain and the United States
The Mandate over Trans-Jordan
Chapter II: Historical Summary of Principal Events in Palestine ..................................... 15
Since The British Occupation in 1917
Period I. 1917 - 1920 The period of military administration
1918
4th April, 1918
1919
8th June, 1919
28th June, 1919
June-July, 1919
1920
April, 1920 (Eastern Sunday)
25th April, 1920
Period II: 1920 - 1923 Implementation of the Balfour Declaration, Arab reactions .. 17
and attempted constitutional development.
1st July, 1920
26th August, 1920
1921
March, 1921
1st May, 1921
December, 1921. (end of page)
1922. (end of page)
21st February, 1922. (end of page)
3rd June, 1922
30th June, 1922 (end of page)
24th July, 1922 (end of page)
October, 1922 (end of page)
1923 (end of page)
February/March, 1923-May, 1923 -December, 1923 (end of page)
4th October, 1923
29th September, 1923 (end of page)
Period III: A period of consolidation and comparative tranquility ............................ 22
Period IV: September, 1928 - December 1932. Revival of Arab antagonism to the... 23
Jewish National Home. The White paper of 1930
1928
24th September, 1928
December, 1928
1929
August, 1929
October-December, 1929 (end of page)
1930
3rd April, 1930 (end of page)
May, 1930 (end of page)
June, 1930
January-March, 1930
March-May, 1930
May, 1930 (end of page)
June, 1930
6th August, 1930
20th October, 1930
14th November, 1930 (end of page)
1931
14th February 1931
1932
Period V: January, 1933 - March 1936. The swilling of Jewish immigration and ...... 30
crystallization of Arab nationalism in Palestine
1933 (end of page)
March-December, 1933
11th December, 1933
1934
January, 1934
December, 1934
1935 (end of page)
1936
January - April, 1936
Period VI: The disorder of 1936
April-May, 1936
June-July, 1936
August-October, 1936
Period VII: November, 1936-Ausgust, 1939. The Royal Commission, the................ 39
Partition Commission, and the White Paper of May, 1939
November, 1936
1937
January - May, 1937
July, 1937
August, 1937 (end of page)
September - October, 1937
November, 1937
1938
January - August, 1938
November, 1938
December, 1938
1939 (end of page)
January, 1939
February, 1939
March - April, 1939
May, 1939
15th June, 1939
20th July, 1939
August, 1939
Period VIII: September, 1939-October, 1942. The period of political ........................ 56
Dormancy during the Early Years of the World War.
October-November, 1939
1940
January-February, 1940
March-June, 1940
August-December, 1940
1941 (end of page)
April, 1941 (end of page)
May - November, 1941
January - March, 1942
May-June, 1942
Period IX: November, 1942 - December, 1945. The agitation for a ........................... 65
Jewish State and unrestricted immigration
1943
November, 1943
December, 1943
1944
1945
January - February, 1945
March, 1945
May, 1945 (end of page)
June-August, 1945
September, 1945
October - November, 1945
December, 1945 (end of page)
1946
January, 1946
Annexure I: The White Paper of June, 1922 (The Churchill Memorandum) ............. 87
British Policy in Palestine
Annexure II: The White Paper of May, 1939.................................................................... 90
Statement of Policy
Annexure III: Statement made in the House of Commons on 13th ............................ 99
November, 1945 By Mr. Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Chapter III: Geographic Summary: Area, Topography and Climate..........................103
Climate
I. Rainfall
II. Temperature
Chapter IV: The Central Government and Its Finances............................................. 108
A. Constitution And Administration
B. Government Finances (end of page)
Revenue
Expenditure
Balances
Railways and Ports (end of page)
Loans
Grants-in-Aid.
Colonial Development Fund (end of page)
Currency
Currency Board
Chapter V: Local Government....................................................................................... 128
(a) Table for Municipal Councils
(b) Table for Local Councils
(c) Table for Village Councils
Table 1: Revenue and Expenditure for Municipal Councils
Table 2: Revenue and Expenditure for Local Councils
Chapter VI: Population....................................................................................................144
A. The Increase in Population
Table 1: Population of Palestine by religion (Excluding His Majesty's Forces)
Table 2: Indices of Population Each Religion At Various Dates
Table 3: Increase of Total Population in Palestine
Table 4: Number of Persons of Each Religion Per 100 Settled Population
Table 5: Estimate of Population of Palestine By Race (end of. 1944) (end of page)
Table 6: Average annual Rates of Natural Increase Per 1000 Inhabitants of Each Religion
B. Geographical Distribution of the Population
Table 7a: Rural Population By Religion and Sub-District (1922 & 1931 Census)
Table 7b: Urban Population By Religion and Sub-District (1922 & 1931 Census)
Table 7c: Total Population By Religion and Sub-District (1922 & 1931 Census)
Table 8a: Rural Settled Population By Religion and Sub-District
Table 8a: Urban Settled Population By Religion and Sub-District
Table 8a: Total Settled Population By Religion and Sub-District
Table 9a: Population Classified by Religion and Type of Locality
Table 9b: Population Classified by Religion and Type of Locality
Table 9c: Population Classified by Religion and Type of Locality
The Moslem Population
The Jewish Population
The Christian Population (end of page)
C. Sources and Reliability of data on population in Palestine
Chapter VII: Immigration ........................................................................................... 165
Section 1: Immigration Legislation And Its Administration Since May, 1939
Section 2 Immigration Statistics
Table 1: Number of Immigrants Annually By Race
Table 2: Principal Sources of Jewish Immigration
Table 3: Country of Previous Abode of Immigration Arriving 1936
Table 4: Country of Previous Abode of Immigration Arriving 1937
Table 5: Country of Previous Abode of Immigration Arriving 1938
Table 6: Country of Previous Abode of Immigration Arriving 1939
Table 7: Country of Previous Abode of Immigration Arriving 1940
Table 8: Country of Previous Abode of Immigration Arriving 1941
Table 9: Country of Previous Abode of Immigration Arriving 1942
Table 10: Country of Previous Abode of Immigration Arriving 1943
Table 11: Country of Previous Abode of Immigration Arriving 1944
Table 12: Total Number of Persons Registered As Classified By Race and By Country of Usual Residence
Immigrants Since The 1st April, 1939, Country of Previous Abode
Section 3: Acquisition of Palestinian Citizenship
Table showing the total number of persons acquired Palestinian Citizenship though Naturalization

Section 4: Illegal Immigration (end of page)

(a) Manner of Volume (end of page)

Jewish Illegal Immigration (end of page)

Arab Illegal Immigration (end of page)

(b) Counter Measures (end of page)

A. Illegal Immigration By Sea

B. Illegal Immigration By Land

Table 1: Persons Deported From Palestine Other Than Jews

Table 2: Jews Deported From Palestine

Section 5: Refugees

Chapter VIII: Land .................................................................................................... 225

Section 1: Land Tenure in Palestine. Legislation and Type of Holding.

Section 2: Settlement of Title to Land

Section 3: Land Registration

Table Showing Land Registration Fees Collected from 1920 to 1945

Table 1: Areas Purchased by Jews, 1920 - 1945

Table 2: Holdings of Large Jewish Lands Owners as of December 31st, 1945

Section 4: System of Land Taxation

The House And Land Tax

Tax of Roofed buildings

The Urban Property Tax (end of page)

Rural Property Tax

Schedule Showing Original Tax Land Categories And Basic Rates

Section 5: The Public Lands of Palestine

Table Showing State Lands

Section 6: State Domain and Re-Settlement of Jewish Ex-Servicemen

Section 7: The Land Transfer Regulation

(a) The method of administration

(b) Statistics of Applications Made for Transfer under the Regulations

(c) Applications of Regulations to State Domain

(d) Evasion of Regulations

Section 8: Administrative Problems Regarding to State Holdings

(a) Subsistence Areas

Table 1: Fragmentation of Holdings of Residents of Five Villages

Table 2: Fragmentation of Family Holdings of Residents of Five Villages

Table 3: Fragmentation of Farms of Residents of Five Villages

Table 4: Average Number of Co-Owners Per Parcel and Average "Fractional Shares"

Schedule 'A'. Family Farms in the Hills of Ramallah and Jerusalem Sub-District

Schedule 'B'. None Irrigated Farm in The Jenin Sub-District

Schedule 'C'. Family Farm in Inland Plains

(b) Legislation designed to protect cultivators against eviction

(c) Resettlement of displaced Arab cultivators

The Arabs of Wadi al-Hawarith in Tulkarm Sub-District (end of page)

Arab al-Zubeid of Safad Sub-District (end of page)

Other resettlement Schemes (end of page)

(d) An Illustration of the complexity of the land problem- the case Ma'lul Arabs

Chapter IX: Agriculture............................................................................................... 309

Section 1: Agriculture Production.

(a) Climate and Soils

(b) Crops and Cropping

Table 1: Area And Production of Certain Winter Crops in 1934-1935 and 1944-1945

Table 2: Area And Production of Certain Summer Crops in 1934-1935 and 1944-1945

Table 3: Estimated Areas And Production of Vegetables in 1934-1935 and 1944-1945

Table 4: Irrigated and None Irrigated of Certain Crops in 1934-1935 and 1944-1945

Olives (end of page)

Table 5: Production of Olive Oil in The Last Five Seasons

Table 6: Number of Establishments Involved in Pressing Olive Oil (1944-1945) (end of page)

Almonds And Other Nuts (end of page)

Bananas (end of page)

(c) Statistical Production

Table 1: Areas Under Principal Crops Between 1936 and 1945 With Yields

Table 2: Summary of Crops, 1944 - 45 (Area in dunums)

Table 3: Area in Dunums of Land Under Cultivation During The Season 1944 - 45

Table 4: Area in Dunums of Land Under, And Production From,

Main Groups of Crops in Season 1944 - 45

Table 5a: Area in Dunums of Land Under Winter and Summer Crops in The Season 1944 - 45

Table 5b: Area in Dunums of Land Under Crops Grown in Winter and

Summer and Plantation Crops in The Season

Table 6a: Arab Vegetable Production 1944 - 45

Table 6b: Jewish Vegetable Production 1944 - 45

Table 7: Value of Agricultural Production From Main Group of Crops By Religion 1944 - 45

Section 2: Animal Health and Produce.

(a) Animal Health

Bovine Diseases

Equine Diseases

Sheep And Goat Diseases

Canine Diseases

Poultry Diseases

(b) Animal Industry

(c) Milk Production

Table 1: Comparison of Sources of Income of Jewish Mixed Farms

Table 2: Allocation of Costs of Jewish Milk Production Compared With United Kingdom

Table 3: Milk Production Per Man Year

Table 4: Disposal of Milk on Jewish Farms

Section 3: The Citrus Industry.

Table 1: Citrus groves according to size in 1942

Table 2: Citrus export to season 1938-39

Table 3: Arab Owned Citrus Lands

Table 4: Jewish Owned Citrus Lands

Section 4: Measures Taken By The Government To Increase Agricultural Productivity

Section 5: Agricultural Credit and Co-operative Societies

(a) Measures Taken to Provide Agricultural Credit

(b) Measures Taken to Encourage The Co-Operative Movement

(c) Rural indebtedness

Section 6: Investigations Affecting Development In the Negeb

Section 7: Jewish Agricultural Settlements

Table 4: Growth of Jewish owned Lands by Year

Table 5: Cultivate Area in Jewish Owned Lands (end of page)

Table 6: Area Under Cultivation (in dunums)

Table 7: Growth of Jewish Livestock industry (end of page)

Table 8: Production of Milk and Eggs by Year

Table 9: Fish pond production

Table 10: Tenuva Sales in Palestine

The Communal Settlement

A financial survey of 16 Jewish communal settlements in the Galilee and Samaria

Districts for Period 1940-43

Section 8: Agricultural Advisory Bodies

Chapter X: Irrigation and Drainage......................................................................... 389

Section 1: Legislation.

Section 2: Measures Taken Since 1937

Section 3: Prospects

Summary of Land, Water, And Cultivation

Chapter XI: Irrigation and Drainage....................................................................... 423

Present Condition of Palestine

Function of the Department of Forests

Forest Reserves (end of page)

Closed forest areas (end of page)

Uncontrolled Grazing

Statistics of forest reserves

Utilization & Plantations

Future Development Soil Conservation, & Soil Conservation Board

Chapter XII: Fisheries............................................................................................. 435

Table 1: Landings of Fish

Table 2: Number of Fishermen And Fishing Boats Engaged in the Industry

Table 3: Quantities And Values of Fish Imported

Chapter XIII: Trade And Industry.......................................................................... 441

Section 1: Trade Agreements, The Customs Tariff and Excise Duties.

A. Trade Agreements (end of page)

B. The Customs Tariffs

C. Excise Duties

Section 2: Foreign Trade of Palestine.

Value of Imports, Exports, Re-Exports, and Transit Trade, 1922-1944

Value of Trade Per Head of Population

Trade Balance, By Principal Countries, 1939 And 1945

Value of Imports For Four Main Classes of Commodities. 1937 to 1944

Distribution of Imports By Classes And Groups, 1940 - 1944

Quantity And Value of Principle Articles Imported, 1942 -1944

Percentage of Imports For Consumption From Certain Countries of Origin, 1935-1939

Value of Imports of Merchandise For Consumption, By Countries of Origins (end of page)

Percentage of Imports From Certain Countries of Origin, 1939-1944

Total Value of Exports of Palestine Produce According to Main Classes of Commodities

Quantities And Values of Palestinian Citrus Fruits Exported in Cases, 1925 - 1945

Distribution of Exports By Classes And Groups, 1940 - 1944

Quantity and Value of Principal of Articles of Palestinian Produce Exported, 1942-1944

Value of Exports of Manufactured Articles Distinguishing Petroleum Products, 1940 - 1944

Value of Exports of Palestinian Merchandise, By Countries of Destination, 1938 - 1944

Value of Exports to Certain Countries and Regions, 1939 - 1944 (end of page)

Percentage of Exports to Certain Countries and Regions, 1939 - 1944

Transit Trade, 1939 - 1944 (end of page)

Section 3: Trade With Middle Eastern Countries

Palestinian Foreign Trade With Egypt, Iraq, and Levant States, 1924 - 1938

Imports to Palestine From Egypt and Other Levant States, 1934, 1936, 1938

Value of Palestinian Exports to Middle East Countries, Excluding Petroleum Products

Principal Commodities Exported to Syria During 1931 and 1933

Principal Commodities Exported to Egypt During 1931 and 1933 (end of page)

Value of Palestinian Exports To Egypt, By Classes and Groups of Commodities, Excluding Petroleum

Value of Palestinian Exports To Syria, By Classes and Groups of Commodities, Excluding Petroleum

Value of Palestinian Exports To Iraq, By Classes and Groups of Commodities, Excluding Petroleum

Value of Palestinian Exports To Iran, By Classes and Groups of Commodities, Excluding Petroleum

Value of Palestinian Exports To Turkey, By Classes and Groups of Commodities, Excluding Petroleum

Value of Palestinian Exports To Arabia, By Classes and Groups of Commodities, Excluding Petroleum

Value of Palestinian Exports To Cyprus, By Classes and Groups of Commodities, Excluding Petroleum

Value of Palestinian Exports To Sudan, By Classes and Groups of Commodities, Excluding Petroleum

Value of Palestinian Exports To Trans-Jordan, By Classes and Groups of Commodities, Excluding Petroleum

Section 4: A Survey of Industry

Main Results From The Census of Industry, 1939, 1942

Progress of Jewish Industry as Reflected By The Census Take By The Jewish Agency of Palestine

Imported Materials

The Labor Force

Capital Resource of Palestine Industry (end of page)

Sale of Electric Power (end of page)

Consumption of Refined Petroleum Products

Railway Operations

Road Transportation

Food, Drinks, And Tobacco

Jewish Dairy Products (end of page)

Production of Dairy Products By Tnuva Ltd.

The Metal Industries

The Chemical Industry

Leather Goods and Furs

Wood Production

Cement And Stone

Paper And Cardboard

Construction (end of page)

Statistics Relating to Building Permits And Approximate Value Declared, 1939 - 44

Electric Supply in Palestine