In addition to visits by the management of the Immigration Dept., special inspectors were sent to investigate the charges of forgeries, and others were appointed at the Palestine Office in Warsaw to deal with those found guilty and to preve…

including tourists. Added to this were problems of payment, price of tickets, reduction of fare, etc. When the manager of the Immigration Dept., Mr. Barlas, was abroad, new agreements were signed with the Lloyd Triestino, the Poland-Palesti…

Table 16. Price of Boat Tickets for Immigrants to Palestine. Reduced Price to Immigrants. Ordinary Category Category Categories Price. A. A.Z. B, C, D. Capitalists. Artisans. Dependents. Halutzim. Lloyd Triestino, Trieste-Jaffa (Haifa). Cab…

first days in the country. Every immigrant under a Jewish Agency certificate costs the Immigration Offices about £2 in expenses at. the port, keep at the hostel, registration with the Kupat Holim (Sick Fund), and loan connected with his set…

for the supervision and maintenance of the following offices : Lwowr Cracow, Riga, Paris, and Salonica, and have entered into working arrangements with the Palestine Offices at Berlin, Prague, etc. The adjustment of the administration to pr…

"been decided to separate them. Surplus income derived from immigrants this year will be devoted to the building of houses and huts for workers who have gone to work in the settlements. The money will be placed at the disposal of the Labour…

B.—REPORT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. The work of the Labour Department during the period since the last Congress has comprised the following : (a) Investigation of the labour market in town and country; (b) Measures for the furtherance of Je…

A. Building Industry. In August, 1933, the number of building labourers in the country was 6,800, and in May, 1935, 15,000. The additional 8,200 are distributed among the following places : Tel-Aviv ......... 3,000 Haifa ......... 3,000 Jer…

.-goods at cheap prices, in some cases below the market price of the manufacturing countries. Discussions are taking place at present with the Palestine Government with regard to the fixing of protective tariffs in cases where they are expe…

diminution of agricultural labourers is the very notable fact that a considerable number of workers are transferring to agricultural work on their own account in already existing estates or new settlements. In the course of the last two yea…

Number of Jewish and Arab labourers in places that previously employed only Jewish labour. Tews. Arabs. 1. Kfar Ganira ...... 125 . 164 2. Magdiel ...... 188 66 3. Kfar Saba ...... 281 133 4. Hadar ...... 137 .. 53 r* b. Herzlia ... 532 55 …

II.—The Promotion of Jewish Labour. The Labour Department has occupied itself to a great extent with measures for the establishment of Jewish labour in the colonies. It has particularly devoted its activity to the provision "of housing acco…

(3) The formation of special companies for the erection of workers' dwellings in colonies. As the activity in connection with the erection of camps of various kinds became very extensive, and over 2,000 persons were already living in the ca…

The construction of these camps has a two-fold significance : in the first place we see that some 1,000 Chaluzim, after having acquired sufficient experience in agricultural work, have during the past two years transferred to permanent sett…

Works Department two important contracts for more than £70,000; the construction of reservoirs for the Jerusalem Water supply between Ras-el-Ein and Jerusalem and the building of a main road between Herzlia-Raanana and the railway station a…

assisted in these cases by the Jewish Labour Council of the National Farmers' Association. (b) Disputes in connection with the allocation of work to Workers' Organisations. The meeting of the General Council held in Nisan, 5694, laid down t…

C—REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT. Introductory Note. This report is divided into two parts : I. —The general position of agriculture in the country and the work of the Department during the period under review; II. —The Zi…

secured income, and the tendency is now growing to engage in mixed farming, particularly so in view of the prices of crops remaining stable in the internal market and, furthermore, as the agricultural products are not adequate to provide th…

pupils, and there is room in it for expansion to accommodate 150 pupils. An annexe has been added to the agricultural school for girls in Nahalal; and the training farms for girls in Talpioth, near Jerusalem, and in Ayanoth, near Ness-Ziona…

Government, when promulgating the law, disregarded the observations submitted to it by agriculturists from all communities with a view to obviating misunderstandings in the future. Considerable financial assistance has been given by the Gov…