Mr. Mills, Assistant Secretary to the Palestine Government, will be in charge of the 1932 census in Palestine, it is stated here, and he will establish an office next week for the purpose.
A Proclamation of 1st. September 1922, the Official Report of the Palestine Government for 1922 stated, provided the authority for the taking of a census, and by an Order of the same date a Superintendent of Census was appointed. Enumerators and Revising Officers were recruited from the Administrative and Departmental staffs of districts. The taking of the census, the first of its kind in Palestine, met with the general co-operation of the population, with the exception of the Bedouin of the Southern District, who have a traditional objection to being numbered. Their numbers were estimated by reference to tithes payments.
The census results were: 590,890 Moslems; 83,794 Jews; 73,024 Christians: 7,028 Druzes; 163 Samaritans; 265 Bahais; 156 Metawallis; 1,454 Hindoos; 408 Sikhs, making a total of 757,182.
The population of Palestine on March 31st., 1929, according to the London “Times”, was 557,649 Moslems; 149,554 Jews; 78,463 Christians, and 8,850 persons of other religions. On July 1st., 1927 the Health Department of the Palestine Government estimated the Jewish population at 147,687.
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