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Syria and
Palestine
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
  1. PAGE
  2. IV. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
  3. (A) Means of Communication
  4. (1) Internal
  5. (a) Roads, Caravan Routes, Tracks.65
  6. (b) Rivers68
  7. (c) Railways
  8. (i) Railway System in General68
  9. (ii) Particulars of Construction71
  10. (iii) Relations to Government: Foreign and other Concessions73
  11. (iv) Finance74
  12. (v) Adequacy to Economic Needs; Possibilities of Expansion77
  13. (d) Posts, Telegraphs, Telephones78
  14. (2) External
  15. (a) Ports
  16. (i) Accommodation, &c.79
  17. Beirut79
  18. Alexandretta, El-Mina (Tripoli)80
  19. Haifa, Jaffa, Latakia, Saida81
  20. Akka, Gaza82
  21. (ii) Volume and Distribution of Trade82
  22. (iii) Adequacy to Economic Needs; Possibilities of Development84
  23. (b) Shipping Lines85
  24. (c) Telegraphic Communication Abroad86
  25. (B) Industry
  26. (1) Labour
  27. (a) Supply of Labour87
  28. (b) Labour Conditions88
  29. (2) Agriculture89
  30. (a) Products of Commercial Value90
  31. Vegetable Products, Cereals90
  32. Leguminous Plants, Vegetables91
  33. Other Crops92
  34. Fruit Trees93
  35. Wild Produce97
  36. Animals and Animal Products.97
  37. (b) Methods of Cultivation99
  38. Irrigation and Drainage101
  39. (c) Forestry103
  40. (d) Land-Tenure104