A PRECIPITOUS DROP IN JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE WAS RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER AND FOR THE NINE MONTHS STARTING JANUARY, 1937, ACCORDING TO FIGURES MADE PUBLIC TODAY BY THE OFFICE OF STATISTICS.
A TOTAL OF 961 IMMIGRANTS ENTERED THE COUNTRY IN SEPTEMBER, OF WHOM 773 WERE JEWS. THIS COMPARES WITH 4,695 JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE SAME MONTH THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE NINE-MONTH FIGURE WAS 10,077, OF WHOM 6,386 WERE JEWS, COMPARED WITH 26,528 JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE 1936 PERIOD. THE JEWISH IMMIGRANTS INCLUDED 1,085 CAPITALISTS, COMPARED TO 2,583 IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, AND 3,106 WORKERS AND DEPENDENTS, AS AGAINST 10,742 LAST YEAR. THE NUMBER OF JEWISH NATURALIZATIONS, HOWEVER, INCREASED, TOTALLING 13,038 IN THE JANUARY-SEPTEMBER PERIOD AS COMPARED WITH 6,753 IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
THE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION HAS AFFECTED THE BUDGET OF THE TEL AVIV MUNICIPALITY, WHOSE REVENUE IN THE APRIL-OCTOBER PERIOD FELL BELOW ESTIMATES. THE GOVERNMENT CONSEQUENTLY REDUCED THE TEL AVIV BUDGET BY ABOUT $145,000, BESIDES THE $250,000 KEPT IN RESERVE TO BE UTILIZED ONLY IF REVENUE JUSTIFIES ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES.
LAND PURCHASES OF JEWS FROM ARABS WERE VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $1,645,000 IN NINE MONTHS. IN SEPTEMBER, 5,632 DUNAMS CHANGED HANDS. DESPITE THE DEPRESSION, CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY DURING THE JANUARY-AUGUST PERIOD INCREASED MARKEDLY OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
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