Syria: An Economic Survey 



In the other Jewish colonies in Palestine the plantations may 

 be estimated as follows: 



Value per Dun. Total 



Dunam in francs Value 



Oranges 1,300* 1,000 1,300,000 



Vineyards 2,000 200 400,000 



Almonds 10,000 150 1,500,000 



Olives 2,000 150 300,000 



Eucalyptus 2,000 100 200,000 



17,300 3,700,000 



Thus the total value of the plantations in the Jewish colonies 

 may be estimated at 21,000,000 francs. To this must be added 

 the value of the uncultivated land (about 340,000 dunam at 50 

 francs a dunam), approximately 17,000,000 francs, and that of 

 the buildings, wine-cellars, water-works, implements, live-stock, 

 etc., making a total of from 60 to 70 million francs. 



The annual value of the crops may be estimated as follows: 



Francs 



Oranges (600,000-700,000 cases) 2,000,000 



Grapes (15,840,000 pounds) ., 500,000 



Almonds (about 1,100,000 pounds) 500,000 



Olives (about 2,200,000 pounds) 100,000 



Other tree plantations (figs, eucalyptus, apricots, etc.) . 50,000 



Cereals, legumes, and sesame 1,200,000 



Vegetables 100,000 



Dairy farming 200,000 



Poultry raising and apiculture 50,000 



Receipts from travel and the renting of vehicles 50,000 



Total 4,750,000 



Taking it all in all we can say that the plantations in the 

 Jewish colonies are models of their kind, and that the colonists, 

 through their initiative and enterprise have not only organized the 

 sale of their products in a new and efficient way, but that they 

 have made their colonies into real oases of civilization, thanks to 

 the schools, physicians, druggists, and water-works they have intro- 

 duced. They have persevered in their work despite an enormous 

 sacrifice of health, and even life, and have transformed unwhole- 



* Of these orange plantations 1,100 dunam are situated In Hudeirah and 

 HephtBibah. 



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