(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jewish colonization work in Crimea, for which a sufficient sum will be made available through the $10,000,000 Rosenwald fund, was given further impetus and opportunity by the decision of the All-Russian Zik, the Central Executive Committee, to allot an additional area in Crimea of 109,000 hectares where 15,000 Jewish families may be settled as farmers.
Such land in the area as is now unsuitable for colonizaion will be ameliorated for vineyards and tobacco growing. A plan for the amelioration and land distribution is to be furnished by the Comzet, the government department for settling Jews on the land, within the next three months.
It was stated that the land grants will be made to the Jewish settlers after the needs of the local peasants will be met completely. Should the land in Crmiea be insufficient, the remainder is to be found elsewhere (109,000 hectares equals approximately 272,500 acres.)
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