Syria and
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Palestine]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE - IV. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
- (A) Means of Communication
- (1) Internal
(a) Roads, Caravan Routes, Tracks. 65 (b) Rivers 68 - (c) Railways
(i) Railway System in General 68 (ii) Particulars of Construction 71 (iii) Relations to Government: Foreign and other Concessions 73 (iv) Finance 74 (v) Adequacy to Economic Needs; Possibilities of Expansion 77 (d) Posts, Telegraphs, Telephones 78 - (2) External
- (a) Ports
(i) Accommodation, &c. 79 Beirut 79 Alexandretta, El-Mina (Tripoli) 80 Haifa, Jaffa, Latakia, Saida 81 Akka, Gaza 82 (ii) Volume and Distribution of Trade 82 (iii) Adequacy to Economic Needs; Possibilities of Development 84 (b) Shipping Lines 85 (c) Telegraphic Communication Abroad 86 - (B) Industry
- (1) Labour
(a) Supply of Labour 87 (b) Labour Conditions 88 (2) Agriculture 89 (a) Products of Commercial Value 90 Vegetable Products, Cereals 90 Leguminous Plants, Vegetables 91 Other Crops 92 Fruit Trees 93 Wild Produce 97 Animals and Animal Products. 97 (b) Methods of Cultivation 99 Irrigation and Drainage 101 (c) Forestry 103 (d) Land-Tenure 104