Summary of Allocation of Revenue, 1944/45 in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 577. Chapter XIV: Finance: Section 6: Relative Contribution of Arabs and Jewish Government Revenue :

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They have therefore been allocated on the basis of company profits inclnding profits of foreign companies. The Jewish share amounts to £P.172,000.

71. Posts and telegraphs. The surplus of revenue over expenditure of this department has been divided on the basis of an analysis of receipts and payments according to localities. The results show that the Jewish share amounts to 67 per cent. or £P.393,000.

72. The following table summarizes the results detailed above :-

SUMMARY OF ALLOCATION OF llEVENUE, 1944/45.

Revenue item Jewish Arab and Total
share others' share
£P.OOO £P.OOO £P.OOO
Income tax 1.723 811 2,534
Land registry fees 637 213 850
Rural property tax '
I 664 481 1,14/i
Urban property tax
Animal tax 23 186 209
Customs duties:-
(I) Motor traffic (incl. surcharges
and licences amounting to
£P.353,000) 1,175 438. 1,613
(2) Sugar 55 99 154
(3) Coffee 7 7 14
(4) Tobacco 394 350 744
(5) Cotton piece goods 13 31 44
(6) Other customs duties 924 435 1,359


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