8vo. 182 pp., 1 folding frontispiece colour map, original blue cloth, slightly rubbed & faded round edges, title printed in black on front cover, copy clean & in very good condition, London, June 18th, 1928.

Synopsis

This is a compilation of reports written by experts on agriculture and education to explore the possibility of Jewish colonization in Palestine. It was commissioned by the Jewish Agency with a view to working out a plan of ten years activity for the reconstruction of the country under the terms of the Palestine mandate.
As it appears from the outline given to the Commissioners, the Palestine Survey Commission will inquire into the present state and future prospects of agriculture, mining, industry, commerce and will ascertain the results ot the activities carried on in Palestine by the Zionist Organization and other Jewish organizations and private undertakings.
The Commission is also charged with the task of examining all available records to ascertain the receipts of the past ten years of the various Jewish bodies engaged in Palestine work and the sources of such receipts. The commission will deal with the problems of immigration, agriculture, colonization, industry, cooperative movement, banking and credit, public health, labor, finance and the physiographical and geographical character of the country.