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CHAPTER IV.

Town Planning Ordinance, 1936*, which regulates town-planning throughout the country, he is closely associated with the administration of this legislation. The district commissioners are the chairmen of all District Town Planning Commissions.

47. The Trans-Jordan Frontier Force is the only local military force raised in Palestine before the war and maintained in part out of the Palestine budget (as distinguished from the military units raised during the war and paid by His Majesty's Government). Its duties have been partially in Palestine and partially in Transjordan (where its headquarters are situated at Zerka).

48. Wartime control departments and other specific war organizations of Government are dealt with in chapter XXVI.

49. The Royal Navy is under the command of the Senior Naval Officer, Levant Area, whose headquarters are in Haifa.

50. The British troops in Palestine are commanded by a General Officer Commanding (Lieutenttnt-General) who has his headquarters in Jerusalem. The country is divided into three military sectors, Northern, Southern and Eastern. The Northern corresponds to the civil districts of Galilee and Haifa and the Jenin sub-district of Samaria. The Southern corresponds to Lydda and Gaza districts and the Nablus and Tulkarm sub-districts of Samaria. The Eastern corresponds to the Jerusalem district. One division is stationed in each of the Northern and Southern Sectors and one Brigade in the Eastern. The commanders of these formations command all troops in their sectors under the General Officer Commanding, who is under the command of the Commander-in Chief, Middle East Forces.

In addition, there is a territorial division of the country for administrative purposes into two areas which correspond to the Northern and Southern Sectors, and one Sub-Area which corresponds to the Eastern. Non-divisional troops, such as the Transjordan Frontier Force and the Arab Legion, are also stationery in Palestine from time to time.

51. The Royal Air Force is under the command of the Air Officer Commanding (Levant) whose headquarters are in Jerusalem.

B. GOVERNMENT FINANCES.

52. Where the public finances are concerned, Palestine is dependent on its own resources; such assistance as has been given by His Majesty's Government has been by way of ad hoc grants for
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* Vol. I of 1936 legislation, page 157.

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