The increasing prosperity of Palestine was revealed today with official publication of customs receipts figures for the year 1934.
They disclosed that the Palestine government’s customs receipts from the year totalled $14,635,000. Receipts for the previous year were $10,300,000, showing a gain for 1934 of $4,355,000.
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