and to place its incidence on the long-term tenants of the land. Under the definition of the term " owner," as embodied in the Ordinance, the registered owner of any rural property was liable for the payment of the land tax even in cases wh…

fui conclusion. The Political Department generally assisted the J.N.F. and other Jewish land companies in their negotiations with the Government. It has taken an active part in efforts directed to bringing about the settlement of a number o…

March 1933. A new departure of considerable importance was the separation of Tel-Aviv from the mixed and purely Arab municipalities in the matter of the election regulations. While in the latter a system of territorial wards was introduced …

of the requisite amount of rates, an amendment which at that time was urged by the Municipality of Tel-Aviv, but has of late formed the subject of a strong internal controversy owing to the attempt of the Municipal Electoral Committee to di…

there would be fair play on the Committee and that seats on the Council would be allocated in strict proportion to the number of the Jewish voters on the register. The aim of the Jewish Agency was to achieve two objects which it regarded as…

co-operation. The Political Department of the Jewish Agency, together with the Executive of the Vaad Leumi, took the initiative in preparing the ground for this collaboration of Jews and Arabs on the Council. The. first results of the stren…

and peaceful development of Jewish municipal life. It further urged that there could be no justification for placing the franchise in the municipality of Petach Tikvah on a narrower basis than it had been under the Local Council of Petach T…

could be expected in a Legislative Council as contemplated by the Government. 2. No practical steps in the matter were taken by the Government of Palestine at that time. In the autumn of 1934 further representations on the subject were subm…

proceeds of the loan for the erection of buildings which would not remain its property, the fact being that Arab schools did while the Jewish schools did not belong to the Government. As a result, however, of the protest of the Jewish Agenc…

the advanced pupils of the Government trade school, the Executive urged that the students of the Trade School attached to the Jewish Technical Institute be given similar facilities. 3. A further item of the loan schedule which was the subje…

" total population " basis. Their requests on this score were rejected on both occasions. They also urged some essential corrections in the method of calculating the grant which, at the beginning of_ the period under review, was deficient f…

over £6,000 has been recommended as against the £20,000 claimed. The total amount of grants, annual and capital, to medical institutions included in the estimates for the current financial year is understood to be in the neighbourhood of £2…

It was evident that the purpose which was to have been achieved by the High Commissioner's decision—taken after prolonged negotiations—had been defeated by the labour shortage which had resulted from the inadequate labour immigration. Durin…

ance also for the share due to Jewish labour on public works— it would not normally be possible to secure the requisite supply of Jewish labour for such works. The discussion of this important point has so far remained inconclusive. It is t…

of Jewish ships, manned partly or mostly by Jews. The Jewish Agency was instrumental in expediting the formalities necessary for the registration of these ships under the Palestinian flag. It helped to create conditions of fair competition …

discussions on the subject with the authorities and consultations with the Municipality of Tel-Aviv. 4. The Political Department continued to pay close attention to all matters affecting the security of the Jewish population. It maintained …

the Political Department in the capitals of the neighbouring countries. Members of the staff of the Department paid numerous visits to various parts of Palestine and to neighbouring countries, with a view to studying conditions at first han…

was understood that, in so far as Government saw the necessity of creating a new source of revenue, it was actuated, firstly, by the fear that its main source of revenue, which was now constituted by the Customs, might dwindle in the future…

proposed limitation. It contended that the increase of medical practitioners was a phenomenon of transient character, due essentially to the anti-Jewish legislation in Germany, and pointed out that in recent months the number of application…

any amendments which might appear, desirable in the light of those criticisms would be effected by subsequent amending legislation. (<?).—Amnesty. In connection with the approaching Jubilee of the Reign of Their Majesties, the Political Rep…