British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 830

CHAPTER XIX.

Eggs.

Table 14.

consumption

I 1930 I rna1 I 1937 I 1938 1945

I Number I Number Number I Number Number

of eggs of eggs of eggs ~ ~

7,700,95917,465,678 93,392,56~ 77,463,735 5,101,730

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1 not I available 60,000,000160,000,000 70,000,000

not available 39,500,0001 48,300,0001 80,000,000

~I available 99,500,000 108,300,000! 150,000,000

-=-1----- 192,892,5681185,763,7351155,101,730

-,-----•-

[ I 144.5 I 135.7 I 91,3

Net imports

(imports less exports and re-exports)

Local produce (Arab estimate)

Jewish

Total local produce

Total available for

Average per year available for consumption per head of the settled population

22. The number of cocks and laying hens in the country at the time of the 1943 census of livestock was 1,890,000. The laying stock is estimated to have increased from about 407,000 in 1930/31 to an average of ()96,000 in 1937 /38. The net imports of poultry have been as follows

1930 89,888''.

1931 40,128*

1987 1,265,905

1988 786,146

1945 987

FODDER FOR THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

23. In addition to locally grown supplies, some 21,000 tons of oilcakes, by-products of the oil and soap industry, are available as fodder. During 1945 some 20,000 tons of carobs were imported from Cyprus and 5,375 tons of bran from Egypt; a quantity of carobs were used by industry, particularly in the production of alcohol.

EDIBLE, MARGARINE AND SOAP.

24. Palestine is largely dependent on the importation of oilseeds to maintain the country's requirements for edible oils, margarine and soap. During 1945 approximately 4,500 tons of margarine and 12,000 tons of refined edible oil were produced from imported oil seeds. Soap production is about 11,000 tons; 8,500 tons from imported oil seeds and 2,500 tons from local olive oil. Arrangements have been made for the continuation of centralised purchase and import of oil seeds from overseas countries in 1946.
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* Excludes dead poultry which ere included under "other meat" in table 6.

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