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Appendix 'B' (contd.).

(b) any property other than land which has been requisitioned or acquired on behalf of His Majesty, or

(c) any work which has been done on any land on behalf of His Majesty, otherwise than by way of measures taken to avoid the spreading of the consequences of damage caused by war operations.

The Tribunal was first appointed on the 11th September, 1940, under section 10(3) of the Compensation (Defence) Ordinance, 1940*. In November, 1945, Mr. R. Copland, a retired British Puisne Judge living in Palestine, was appointed Chairman of the Tribunal in place of Mr. Mills.

20. (a) The Housing Advisory Committee (Arab).

Chairman: Mr. C. Wilson Brown, C.B.E., M.C., Controller of

Heavy Industries and Director of War Production.

Members: Mustapha Eff. Abouzeid, nominated by the Iliad

Building Co., Ltd., Jaffa.

Selim Eff. Abu Souan, nominated by the Arab Master Builders' Association.

Sadiq Eff. As'ad, nominated by the National Chamber of Commerce, Jaffa.

Muti Eff. Dajani, nominated by the Arab Engineers and Surveyors Association, Jaffa..

Ahmed Eff. Fares, nominated by the Palestine Arab W01•kers' Society, Haifa.

Jawad Elf. Abul-Huda El-Faruki, private architect. Emile Eff. Ferjan, nominated by the Arab Chamber of Commerce, Haifa.

Nicola Elf. Halaby, Public Works Department.
Daoud Eff. Fitiani, nominated by the Umma Bank, Jerusalem.

Jawdat Elf. Habib, nominated by the Arab Bank Ltd.

Tewfik Elf. Manassab, nominated by the Arab Architects and Engineers Association, Haifa.

Ahmad Elf. Murad, nominated by the Arab Trade Union Congress, Jaffa.

Ali Elf. Mustakim, nominated by the Arab Landlords Society, Jaffa.

Fuad Eff. Muyiddin El Nashashibi, nominated by the Arab Chamber of Commerce, Jerusalem.

Raja Eff. Rais, nominated by the Arab Landlords Association, Haifa.

Suleiman Eff. Tannous, nominated by the Arab Landlords Association, Jerusalem.

Daoud Eff. Tleel, nominated by the Association of Arab Engineers and Architects, Jerusalem.

Appointed in December, 1945, to enquire into the various elements which constitute the present high cost of house-building in the Arab areas of Palestine, to report to Government thereon and to make recommendations as to the action which should be ta.ken to reduce such elements of cost.
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* Laws of 1940, Vol. I, page 117.

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