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Name 



Founded Area Pop. Principal products Remarks 



27. Sedjerah 1899 17,720 200 Cereals, olives, Farm and 



oak-forests. colony. 



28. Mes'chah 1902 10,120 250 Cereals. 



29. Yemmah 1902 23,290 300 Cereals. 



30. Poriah 1911 3,545 50 Almonds, Farm. 



olives, eucalyptus. 



31. Raman 1913 5,000 30 Almonds, Farm. 



olives. 



32. Bedjen 1904 5,681 50 Cereals. 



33. Mitspah 1908 2,941 50 Cereals. 



34. Kinneret 1908 9,000 100 Cereals, Farm and 



vegetables, colony, 

 oranges, almonds. 



35. Daganiah 1909 3,073 30 Cereals, Farm. 



vegetables, 

 almonds, oranges. 



36. Migdal 1910 6,000 50 Cereals, vege- Farm. 



tables, milk, 

 almonds, oranges. 



37. Bethaniah 1913 600 30 Bananas, Farm. 



fruits. 



38. Melhamiyeh 1902 8,477 100 Cereals. 



39. Rosh Pinah* 1882 41,987 700 Cereals, almonds. 



40. Mishmar ha- 



Yarden 1890 7,569 100 Cereals. 



41. Yessod ha-Maalah.1883 12,228 160 Cereals. 



42. Metullah 1896 16,731 300 Cereals. 



43. Ain-Seitun, .,,-.-.-. 1891- 6,016 30 Wine, olives. 



* Including 21, 88 5 dunam of uncultivable land. 



An investigation conducted in March, 1915, showed that in the 

 Judaean colonies (Nos. 1-17) there were 7,499 Jewish inhabitants, 

 including the following: 



Colonists (with families) 2,735 



Laborers (with families) 2,381 (941 Yemenites) 



Tradespeople (with families) . . . 1,268 

 Other callings or without calling. 1,115 



Total... 7,499 



At the same period there were the following plantations in 

 these colonies: 



Dunam 



Oranges 7,900 



Vineyards 12,000 



Almonds 27,000 



Olives, etc 7,200 



54,100 



Value per Dun. 

 in francs 

 1,200 

 200 

 150 

 150 



Total 

 Value 

 9,480,000 

 2,400,000 

 4,050,000 

 1,080,000 



17,010,000 



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