Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 319

key now fixed by experts and those that ruled when the settlement had been established. We find it necessary to reproduce this table in connection with the newly signed contracts : Differences of Costs (in £P.) according to the books of Kfar Nahalal. Cost according to schedule Actual Details. fixed in 1925. Cost. Difference Cow-shed ......... 80 200 120 Barrack *75 100 25 Hen-coop ......... 15 15 — Pantries ......... 10 11 1 Store-room ......... 20 20 — A Mule ......... 30 45 15 Cow and Calf ...... 50 65 15 Fowls ......... 5 5 — Bee Hive ......... 5 5 — Harness ......... 3 5.500 2.500 A Cart ......... 10 22 12 A Share in Ploughs 4 7.500 3.500 A Share in Mowing Machine ......... 8 9.500 1.500 A Share in Harrows and Rakes ......... 3 3.600 0.600 Implements ......... 10 10 — Fencing ......... 10 10 — Parcellation and plans Pipes ......... 10 15 5 Manure ......... 10 10 — Seeds ......... 20 20 .— Public Plantations...... 15 15 — A Share in Bulls ...... 5 5 — Threshing Machine 5 5 — A Share in Hay-cutters ... 20 20 — Cattle Food......... 1 1 — Provisions for Men 40 60 20 Miscellaneous 42 86 44 32.500 56 23.500 Total 538.500 827.100 288.600 The Tables 2, 3, 4 appended show the extent of the Keren Hayesod investments in the settlements, the amounts for which the contracts were signed, and the percentage of the contracts compared with the original investments. D.—The End of a Period. Ä period full of doubts and suffering has come to an end, and agricultural colonisation in Palestine enters now a new era, full of hope and prospects. The first stimulus to mixed farming has now been given, the settlements are now established on a sound basis, and the period of consolidation has begun. It is confidently *The schedule includes a sum of £P.170 for a permanent house. In Nahalal at the time only Barracks were erected at the cost of £P-.75. 319