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British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 275

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CHAPTER VIII.

Description

Lot viable dunums

Citrus 10

Bananas 10

1st grade irrigated land and 1st grade fruit 50

plantation

6

2nd grade irrigated land and 2nd grade fruit plantation

3rd grade irrigated land and 3rd grade fruit 67

plantation

57

8

1st grade ground crop land, 4th grade irrigated land and 4th grade fruit plantation

2nd grade ground crop land, 5th grade irrigated land and 5th grade fruit plantation

3rd grade ground crop land, 6th grade irrigated land and 6th grade fruit plantation

4th grade ground crop land, 7th grade irrigated land and 7th grade fruit plantation

5th grade ground crop land, 8th grade irrigated land and 8th grade fruit plantation

6th grade ground crop land, 9th grade irrigated land and 9th grade fruit plantation

7th grade ground crop land (untaxable), 10th grade irrigated land

8th grade crop land (untaxable)

80

9

JOO

10

111

II

133

12

167

13

250

14

400

15

400

16 Uncultivable land 400 117. There are two factors of fundamental importance in the estimation of the lot viable neither of which have previously been investigated. These two factors 'relate to (1) the extent of fragmentation of holdings and farms and (2) the co-ownership in parcels of land. Throughout the Arab rural areas of Palestine extensive farming is the rule. One of the principal reasons for this extravagant use of the land in a country where land is scarce lies in the fragmentation of the holdings and co-ownership in the parcels. It is rarely that one encounters a family holding which consists of one continuous tract. In most cases a holding is composed of a number of scattered fragments or shares in various parcels.

118. A study carried out by the Department of Statistics in five typical cereal-growing villages revealed the prevalence of fragmentation and co-ownership over an area of approximately 25,000 dunums. The results are shown in the four following tables.

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