A minimum of more than $25,000,000 was brought into Palestine by Jewish immigrants in 1934, according to an official report of the Palestine government to be published here shortly.
The report discloses that 42,350 Jews entered Palestine during 1934. They included 10,880 workers and 5,125 capitalists. The latter brought in not less than $5,000 each. The remaining number of immigrants consisted of relatives, dependents, orphans, students and rabbis.
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