Tables showing Analysis of Palestine's Foreign Assets and Liabilities, 1945, and Share of Jews, Arabs and Others in Palestine's Foreign Assets before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 565. Chapter XIV: Finance: Section 5: Ownership of Capital : Table 1

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Table 1.

ANALYSIS OF PALESTINE'S FOREIGN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, 1945.

Liabilities £P.OOIJ I Assets £P.OOO
Palestine Government Government invest ments
3% guaranteed stock 3,600 , surplus
balance and sinking
Investments by foreigners fund 31.3.45 6,784
in commercial enterprises Less borrow ed
operating in Palestine 6,000 from Joint
Colonial Fund 283 6,501
Miscellaneous" 8,000 Loan to H.i\l.G. ---
707
Banks:- Currency reserve
at 31.12.45 51,000
Balances held by foreign Less Trans•
banks in Palestine for Jordan share 3,125 47,675
bead offices and branches Banks:- ---
abroad (30.11.-15) 3,042 Balances with
Balances held for other other banks
banks outside Palestine outside Palestine 7,300
(30.11.45\ 632 Balances with
head offices and
Net balance of assets 114,709 branches abroad 31,500
Advances to
banks abroad 300
Investments
abroad. mainly
in sterling ~ 66,900
Individuals' and
companies
' holdings of
foreign securities 14,000
135,9831 ----
135,983 * Investments by foreign insurance companies and holdings of foreigners in currency, bank deposits and securities.

Table la.

SHARE OF JEWS, ARABS AND OTHERS' IN PALESTINE'S FOREIGN ASSETS.

29.2 7.3 6.4

42.9

Net currency reserves:

Arab owned Jewish owned

Other (incl. Government, military, etc.)

Net banking reserves :

Arab owned Jewish owned

Other (incl. Government, military, etc.)

£P. millions I £P. millions

9.3 50.2 3.7

63.2

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