Table 1 showing Employment of Labor Department And Contract by The Department of Public Works, and Table 2 showing Contracts Awarded Arab and Jewish Contractors in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 775. Chapter XVII: Labour And Wages: Section 8: The Employment of Arab And Jewish Labor By Government Departments

CHAPTER XVII.


Table 1.


EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR DEPARTMENTALLY AND RY CONTRACT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

NONJEWISH LABOUR

JEWISH LABOUR

Number of man-days worked

Amount of wages

1942/43 Departmentally By contract

Total

1943/ 44 Departmentally By contract

1944/45 Departmentally By contract


297,323 80,548 ~~ 24,027

2,176,933 498,813 244,24G I 119,73lt

Total

1,504,912

No.

1,307,125 197,787

857,876 88,078

445,454

Number of man-days worked

Amount of wages

107,507 81,391

59,980 30,G85

138,898

90,G15

Total

1,037,l 7G I 861,G82 1112,809 I 84,873

186,397 72,387 27,G29 29,233

1,173,5731 4~4.019 140,488 114,106 -

Table 2.

CONTRACTS AWARDED BETWEEN 1.4.42 AND 31.3.45 TO AR.\R, JEWISH AND OTHER CONTRACTORS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

PERIOD

ARAB I JEWISH I OTHERS

No. of I Amount No. of I Amount N~I Amount.

contracts l:P. contracts £P. contracts £P.

200 1193,2151 241 1105.4091 10 I 50,500

110 170,781 134 101,098

72 62,860 98 94,883

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1942/43 1943/ 44 1944/45

RATLWAYS AND PORTS.

103. The following table shows the number of man-days worked on the railway by Jewish and non-Jewish casual labour during the three years from 1942/43 to 1944/45

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