HC Deb 10 March 1937 vol 321 c1168W
Major Procter

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the present approximate population and annual revenue of Tel-Aviv, Jaffa, Haifa, and Jerusalem, respectively; and how these figures compare with those for 1922?

Mr. Ormsby-Gore

The population of these four towns in 1935, the latest date for which figures are available, is estimated as follows:

Jerusalem 110,000
Tel-Aviv 110,000
Haifa 85,000
Jaffa 74,000

Comparative figures based on the census of 1922 were approximately:

Jerusalem 63,000
Tel-Aviv 15,000
Haifa 25,000
Jaffa 33,000

I am not in possession of the latest statements of municipal revenue, but I am asking the Officer Administering the Government of Palestine if he can supply the necessary figures, with a comparative statement for 1922.