Table 23a showing Municipal Expenditure of Public Word And Value of Other Building Constructions in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 720. Chapter XVI: Social Services : Section 5: The Standard of Living of Palestinian Arabs : Education

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Table 22.

1922 1931 1944

Town (Census) (Census) (31st December)

Jerusalem 28,607 S9,281 60,080

Haifa 18,404 S4,560 62,890

Tiberias 2,52S S,573 5,310

Salad 5,775. 6,894 9,530

It will be noted that, as in table 21, the important increases are in localities in or near which Jewish enterprise has been most pronounced.

195. An indication of the extent to which town amenities have been improved is given by the following table :

MUNICIPAL, EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND APPROXIMATE VALUE OF OTHER BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED, 1930-1942.

Table 23a.

(The 12 towns shown in table 21).

1900-~I 1935-1938 I 1939-1942

'!'own 1Municipal I Building Municipal I Building Municipal Building

.r'i>~~~ £P.'OOO £;~~~ £P.'OOO £;~~~ .£P.'OOO

Jaffa I 160 I 1,847 87 I 784 76 I 171

Gaza j 8 I SS 8 95 19 83

Hebron I 2 31 11 36 6 55

Nablus 23 ' 77 15 I lSS 8 148

Lydda 9 24 15 33 4 20

Ramie 12 54 11 58 10 24

Nazareth 8 40 6 48 21 32

Acre 5 82 10 45 4 8

Khan Yunis l 2 4 6 4

Bethlehem 5 17 3 33 I 2 23

Majdal 4 9 2 12 7 8

Tulkarm d 29 7 35 5 58

Table 23b.

(The four towns shown in table 22).

1930-1934

1935-1938

1939-1942

Municipal I Build Municipal Building
;~o~~~ £P.'I ;po~~ .£P. '000
Jerusalem 154 8,914 133 I 4,os7 71 I 906
Haifa. 76 3,476 124 I 6,863 21S I l,030
Tiberias 15 170 9 I 197 7 47
Safad 1 24 2 28 •1 10


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