The Jewish population have chosen an elected assembly which selected a national committee to represent the Jewish population of Palestine in its dealings. with the administration. Palestine has an area of 13.724. square miles and a population of about 675.000. The very large majority of the population are Moslems. -numbering something over 500.000. In the last two years Jewish Immigration into the country has been very considerable. amounting to 7.200 last year. The population of Jerusalem is about 60.000. The proportion of the total number of inhabitants in the Holy City to that of Palestine is about the same as that set forth in the first verse of the eleventh chapter of the book of Nehemiah.
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