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The record is made up of 1 volume (365 folios). It was created in 1919. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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TRADE OF JAFFA
295
and a million cases in 1912. 1 Of the 1,612,995 cases shipped in
1913, 861,172 were sent to England, 291,024 to parts of
Turkey, 233,291 to Egypt, and 152,942 to Odessa. The
remainder were sent to Trieste, Hamburg, Marseilles, Rumania,
and Bulgaria. In the season 1913—14, of 1,553,861 cases
895,868 were shipped to England, 268,942 to parts of Turkey,
and 149,846 to Egypt. The soap is made of olive oil (see p. 279)
and is exported chiefly to Egypt and to parts of the Ottoman
Empire.
Next to oranges and soap as articles of export come wine
and spirits, and then sesame. The average annual value of
the former in 1910-13 (£65,000) was much higher than in the
preceding four years (£36,400). The principal markets for the
wine are Egypt and France. Sesame is exported to Italy
Souvenirs from Jerusalem and Bethlehem are a special
feature of the exports from Jaffa. Almonds, although still
a small item, will increase because of the planting of new trees.
The only cereal of which there is a considerable export is
dhura. The barley grown in the south of Palestine is exported
through Gaza (see p. 258).
Since 1909 Egypt has taken the biggest share of the exports
from Jaffa, with the United Kingdom coming second. Since
1907 Egypt and the United Kingdom together have taken
much more than one half annually. The Ottoman Empire
comes next, and then Russia and France at a considerable
interval. The figures for Egypt include, however, goods in
transit for France and Russia and other countries. The follow
ing are the estimated values of the exports to the United
Kingdom and to Egypt since 1908 :
1 According to the figures of the British Consular Reports. The
Deutsches Handelsarchiv reports as follows :
1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913.
1910.
Cases 1,115,495
1911.
1,058,589
1912.
1,385,703

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Admiralty handbook regarding Syria (including Palestine) 'to as far north as the River Orontes and a line Antioch-Aleppo-Meskeneh. For details of the part of Syria beyond this line reference must be made to the Handbook of Asia Minor , Vol. iv, Part 2 (C.B. 847 C).'

'Contents. Chapters:

  • I. Boundaries and Physical Survey, p 9 (folio 7)
  • II. Climate, p 24 (folio 14v)
  • III. Minerals, Flora and Fauna, p 93 (folio 50)
  • IV. Military History, p 109 (folio 58)
  • V. Inhabitants, p 175 (folio 91)
  • VI. Turkish Administration, p 236 (folio 121v)
  • VII. Agriculture, p 252 (folio 129v)
  • VIII. Industry and Trade, p 276 (folio 141v)
  • IX. Currency, Weights and Measures, p 318 (folio 162v)
  • X. Jebel Ansarīyeh, p 325 (folio 166)
  • XI. Country East of Jebel Ansarīyeh, p 344 (folio 175v)
  • XII. Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon, and Damascus Plain, p 357 (folio 182)
  • XIII. River Systems of Northern Syria, p 395 (folio 201)
  • XIV. Judea and the Southern Desert, p 427 (folio 217)
  • XV. Samaria (including Carmel), p 472 (folio 239v)
  • XVI. Galilee, p 515 (folio 261)
  • XVII. Haurān and Jaulān, p 556 (folio 281v)
  • XVIII. 'Ajlūn and Northern Belqa, p 580 (folio 293v)
  • XIX. Southern Belqa and Ardh el-Kerak, p 612 (folio 309v)
  • XX. El-Jibāl and Esh-Shera, p 636 (folio 321v)
  • XXI. The Ghōr (Jordan and the Dead Sea); and Wādi 'Arabah, p 645 (folio 326)
  • Appendix: Conventional Spellings, p 668 (folio 337v)
  • Index, p 669 (folio 338)
  • Plates, p 725' [missing]
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1 volume (365 folios)
Arrangement

The volume contains a contents page (folio 6) and an index (folios 338-365).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 367; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence. The volume originally contained fourteen plates showing maps, bound into the back of the volume. These are now missing; details of the plates can be found at folio 5v.

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Title
'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:366v, back-i
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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