were sentenced to five 3^ears in a political concentration camp, and others to five years' penal servitude. The position of the exiles has become worse on account of the authorities having cancelled the former arrangement giving the exiles …

Palestine, the United States, Canada, England, Austria, South Africa, Hungary, Belgium, Holland, Rumania (including Bukovina and Bessarabia), Brazil, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland (including Galicia), France, Czecho-Slovakia…

The Mizrachi movement has made considerable progress •during the period under review. Special progress is noticeable, both in Palestine and the Diaspora, in the Mizrachi Youth Organisations, " To rah A/aavodah." There has also been progress…

Cultural Work.—The opening of the Daniel Sieff Hall (for which thanks are due to Mr. Israel M. Sieff, a former Grand Commander) has provided a long-needed want in connection with this work, and various forms of cultural and social activitie…

The Jewish Tribune, edited by Mr. D. I. Sargorr,. continues its. work as an important medium of Zionist propaganda. NEW ZEALAND. During the period of this report Dr. B. Shein visited Auckland,. Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and Hamilton…

the " Merkaz Hehalutz " with a view to devoting special attention to the Hachshara of girls on the lines at present followed in Czecho-Slovakia, where a department has been set up for this purpose consisting of representatives of the local …

"Usual inter-Conference year Council Meeting was not held in 1934 by agreement with the " Galuth " Executive and the members of "the Council, in consequence of which it was arranged to hold the 8th Biennial Conference in Palestine early in …

for the extension of the social welfare institutions so as to accommodate a larger number of German children. A further grant of £100 was also made by the Women's Appeal Committee to enable the German girls in England selected for transfere…

construction of a new dining-hall and kitchen. Further investments are needed to consolidate these farms finally. Theoretical tuition, which hitherto has been provided by travelling teachers exclusively has been intensified in 1934 by the e…

.an enormous increase in attendance, but the demands for admission could be met to a limited extent only. The Budget for the WIZO's social welfare institutions and activities, which are carried out to their largest extent by the Palestinian…

communities, such as milk distribution to infants, holiday camps for school children, etc. The Social Department of the Jewish National Council is being approached for confirmation of new schemes and is in constant touch with the WIZO's Soc…

Hachshara, which now comes under the WIZO's auspices, will be developed until such time as the Jewish Agency will take action in the general question. Organisation. During the period under review the membership of the WIZO has grown to over…

K.K.L. section was included in the WIZO's official organ, Pioneers and Helpers, and special prominence has been given to the K.K.L. in the various material issued by the London Office. Co-operation in oral propaganda was also carried out, b…

in Gt. Britain and Ireland—Mesdames Eder, Epstein, Irwell, Sacher, Sieff and Stein. Dr. Klompus undertook a tour to Transylvania, while Mrs. Goodman visited also Spain and Portugal. Mrs. Grubwieser (Secretary for Organisation and Propaganda…

Report of the Executive of the Jewish Agency to the Council. Part I THE WORK IN PALESTINE. Part II. POLITICAL REPORTS.

The Work in Palestine. A.—REPORT OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. (January 1st, 1933—April 30th, 1935). The growth of immigration since the 18th Congress has continued progressively—in spite of severe handicaps and in spite of the limitations…

covered by this Report have been: (1) the impossibility of properly adjusting the distribution of the certificates (which are allotted by groups and sub-groups) to the needs of immigration as conditioned by the position abroad; (2) the exte…

the country. In 1932 there set in a period of immigration embracing every class and every section of the Jewish people, when figures jumped from 9,500 in 1932 to 30,000 in 1933, to 42,500 in 1934, and it is estimated to 50,000, a record, in…

For the early part of 1935 the figures were : January, 3,919! immigrants and 300 tourists who received permission to remain in the country; February, 5,220 immigrants and 320 tourists; March,, 6,559 immigrants and 277 tourists; a total of 1…

To these immigration figures there have to be added another 12,000 Jews who entered to tour the country and study the possibility of settling. Some of these applied to Government for permission to remain permanently on the ground either of …