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CHAPTER XVII.

111. The statistics of contracts awarded by the same Department are as follows :-

Table 7.

I NON-JEWISH CONTRACTORS I JEWISH CONTRACTORS

FINANCIAL

YEAR Number of Amount Number of Amount

contracts contracts

~I No. I £P. I No. I £P.

1.942/43 I 19 3,171 I 56 5,578

1943/44 I 15 3,599 25 5,287

1944/45 I 8 H2 27 5,668

OTHER LABOUR EMPLOYING DEPARTMENTS.

112. Data similar to those given in respect of the Department of Public Works, the Palestine Railways and the Department of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones have been supplied by four other labour employing Government Departments and are shown in the following table

Table 8.

NoN-JEWISH JEWISH LABOUR
DEPARTMENT AND Number of Number of
FINANCIAL YEAR man-days I Amount of man-days I AMOUNT of
worker wages worked wages
-No. I £P. No. £P.
Department of
Agriculture and
Fisheries
19'12/43 I 77,163 12,131 i 8,9991 3,554
1943/44 128,201 24,619 I 10,316 5,200
1944/45 119,980 28,995 10,504 6,384
Department of I
Forests I
1942/43 45,408 9,125 i 1,310 f 596
1943/44 54,606 15,165 I 682 411
1944/45 44,904 13,971 ' 466 183
Department of
Surveys
1942/43 5,516 810 I 1251 31
1943/44 5,472 1,049 70 26
1944/ 45 2,724 661 I 97 39
Department of I
Civil Aviation
1942/43 6,651 1,1041
1943/44 5,477 2,166
1944/45 5,086 2,361



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