Tables showing the valuation of Rural Land in Palestinain Arab And Jewish Ownership in 1943, and Ownership of Industry in Palestine in 1943, and Ownership of Insured Commodity Stocks in 1945 before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 567. Chapter XIV: Finance: Section 5: Ownership of Capital : Table 2a

CHAPTER XIV.

Table 2a.

VALUATION OF RURAL LAND IN ARAB AND JEWISH OWNERSHIP, 1943. (Pre-war values).

Fiscal categories l Arab & other 1 Jewish Total
non-Jewish
£P.'OOO I £P.'OOO £P.'OOO
Citrus I 18,197 17,648 85,84 5
Bananas 230 143 373
Rural built-on area 1,106 1,270 2,376
Plantations 8,098 716 8,814
Cereal land (taxable) 27,516 4,071 I 31,587
Cereal land (not taxable) 2,701 153 2,854
Uncultivable 16,926 299 17,225
Total: 74,774 24,300 99,074 Table 3.

OWNERSHIP OF INDUSTRY IN PALESTINE (As found at the census of industry, 1943).

Item

!Arab & other I Jewish I Concessions I Total

non-Jewish

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Establishments No. 1,558 1,907 \ 5 3,470
Capital invested" LP. 2,064,587 12,093,929" 6,293,681 20,452,197
Horse power 3,625 57,410 133.673 194,708
Gross output LP. 5,6!>8,222 29,040,679 I 2,131,467 36,630,368
Cost of materials LP. 3.933.429 17 .552,636 I 499,993 21,986,258
Net output LP. 1,724,793 11,487,843 1,631,474 14,844,110
Persons engaged No. s,S04.. a1,11a** 3,400 49,977**' Table 4.

O~ERSHIP OF INSURED COMMODITY STOCKS AS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1944.

£P. '000

Arab owned

Jewish owned

1,951 9,244 2,334

Other owners

Total 13,529
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* Does not include capital invested in printing presses, garages, laundries and small workshops, not enumerated in the census .

** Including outside workers.

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