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Exports in the season 1946-47 are estimated at 7 1/2 million cases valued at over £P .6 million.

(p. 338)

Cultivation advances made by Government to citrus growers now amount to the sum of £P.4,150,672 advanced during the period 1940/41-1946/47. The remission of rural property taxes on citrus groves which was granted to growers in the 1940-1947 period was discontinued as from the 1st April, 1947 and the tax was reimposed at the greatly reduced rate of 100 mils per dunum.

(p, 339)

The following table shows the area of citrus groves in Arab and in Jewish ownership classified according to condition in the year 1945. The condition is grouped into three classes as a result of the inspection reports of the year 1945.

Class 1 : Groves which were awarded 7£ marks or over out of the maximum of 15 in condition tests.

Class 2: Represents groves having between 6 1/4 and 7 1/2 marks. Class 3 : Groves which were awarded 4 1/2 marks or more, but less than 61 marks.

Citrus Groves.

Arab-owned.

Variety

Class l dunums

Class 2 dunums

Class 3 dunums

Total dunums

Shamouti orange 84,215 16,369 4,902 105,486
Yelencia orange 10,664 1,451 169 12,284
Grapefruit 2,090 216 48 2,354
Lemon 3,671 426 95 4,192
Other citrus 2,539 497 25 3,061
Total 103,179 18,959 5,239 127,377 Jewish-owned.

Class 1 | Class 2 I Class 3 I Total

dunums dunums dunums dunums

Shamouti orange 70,014 13,014 4,790 87,845

Valencia orange 10,214 1,732 1,096 13,042

Grapefruit 9,329 2,436 582 12,347

Lemon 3,367 445 165 3,977

Other citrus 2,629 627 430 3,686

Total 95,580 18,254 7 ,063 120,897

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