§ 49. Mr. MARCUSasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has figures for the past 10 years showing how many Jews have settled in Palestine and how much Jewish capital has been invested in it, also the effect of the Jewish effort upon the social, economic and cultural level of the country, including the Arab inhabitants?
§ Dr. SHIELSThe excess of Jewish immigrants over emigrants from 1st September, 1920, to 30th November, 1929, was approximately 72,000. There is no doubt that a very large amount of Jewish capital has been invested in Palestine during the period, but I am not in a position to give official figures. The last part of the question raises wide general considerations which could not be stated in numerical terms.