Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 337

The Organising Department dealt with the parcelling out of the land among the prospective settlers, the selection of the human material, the drawing up of schemes and their carrying out,, supplying agricultural information, assisting the Department for the settlement of the German Jews, fixing the extent of loans to be granted to auxiliary farms in the colonies, and it also had toexpress its views on colonisation plans submitted by groups and individuals. 2. The Technical Office. Director, Mr. T. Reiser, First Assistant, Mr. T. Matrikin; Assistants, Mr. Nussin, and Mr. Weidenfeld. District Superintendent in the North, Mr. T. Sherman, Assistants, Mr. T. Rabinowitz and Mr. Bassin. District Superintendent in Judea and Sharon, Mr. P. Perkes. Assistants, Mr. M. Schwom, and Mr. Batu. General Superintendent, Mr. A. Dushevsky. During the period under review, building contracts were signed totalling £P. 81,000. The following buildings have been and will be erected with the proceeds of this sum : 163 dwelling-houses comprising 834 rooms, 35 cow-sheds, 44 other farm-buildings, 4 boring operations. The £P. 81,000 have been obtained from the following sources, : £P. From the Department for the settlement of German Jews 52,000 From the Department for Agricultural Colonisation (including £P. 4,000 for boring operations) ... ... 7,000 From Immigration and Labour Departments ... ... 11,000 From miscellaneous sources (WIZO, etc.) ... ... 11,000 £P. 81,000 In addition to the above, houses were built during this period in the settlement on account of the final Consolidation Budget, and now, after the signing of the contracts, the Technical Office is engaged in negotiations with regard to the erection of the buildings which are provided for in the final consolidation scheme. The hygienic improvement introduced in the existing settlements, in the new settlement units and in the labour camps in the colonies, deserve special mention; lavatories, douches and a supply of hot water have been installed in all of them. The gradual replacing of permanent houses for barracks, providing mosquito nets round each house, have also helped considerably to improve health conditions in the settlements. Much attention has been paid to technical questions with regard to accommodation for individual workers in the colonies, and thanks to the assistance of the Department for the settlement 337 22