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11 February 1948

UNITED NATIONS PALESTINE COMMISSION

Communication received from Mr. Fletcher-Cooke, United

Kingdom Delegation, Concerning Questions on Security

 and the Commission’s Discharge of its Administrative
 Responsibilities.

The following communication concerning questions on Security and the Commission’s Administrative Responsibilities, which were put to the representative of the Mandatory Power on 30 January, is circulated for the information of the Members of the Commission.

* * *

UNITED KINGDOM DELEGATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

NEW YORK 1, N. Y.

9th February, 1948.

Dear Bunche,

You will remember that when the United Kingdom appeared before the Commission on 30th January to answer certain questions under the headings (A) Security and (B) The Commission’s Discharge of its Administrative Responsibilities, the information necessary to answer Question B(8) was not available.

I now enclose two Schedules showing respectively

(1) the numbers in each Department of (a) British, (b) Arab, (c) Jewish and (d) other personnel, and

(2) the numbers and ranks by communities of the Government Officers in each Department / ranks shown in the Schedule are

1st division officers

I

2nd division officers

II

subordinate staff (exclusive of labourers and police other ranks)

III

You will appreciate that neither of these Schedules contain any reference to police other ranks and that the only police staff shown are senior police officers and clerical staff.

As I have only received one copy of each of these schedules, and as no doubt you will have to have a number of copies made, I should be most grateful if you could supply me with three copies of each of the Schedules.

yours sincerely,

(signed)

(J. Fletcher-Cooke)

Dr. Ralph J. Blanche,

Principal Secretary to the United Nations

Commission for Palestine,

United Nations,

Lake Success,

New York.

NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS BY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITIES

(Excluding industrial workers employed on short-term agreements and other ranks in the Police Force.)

Serial

No.

Department

Number of Officers

Total

Arabs

Jews

British

Others

1.

Accountant General

115

71

32

4

8

2.

Administrator General

47

17

27

2

–

3.

Agriculture & Fisheries

177

82

81

13

1

4.

Antiquities

99

78

9

5

7

5.

Audit

108

47

49

7

5

6.

Civil Aviation

136

43

76

8

9

7.

Commerce & Industry

300

88

177

14

21

8.

Co-operative Societies

34

17

15

2

–

9.

Controller of Road Transport

66

29

25

7

5

10.

Custodian of Enemy Property

106

44

43

8

11

11.

Customs & Excise

749

539

165

10

35

12.

District Administration
Galilee District

144

116

19

6

3

13,

District Administration

Gaza District

78

72

1

4

1

14.

District Administration

Haifa District

107

66

35

6

–

15.

District Administration

Jerusalem District

176

133

25

9

9

16.

District Administration

Lydda District

195

101

83

8

3

17.

District Administration

Samaria District

117

98

13

5

1

18.

Education

1,768

1,740

13

15

–

19.

Food Controller

383

163

188

14

18

20.

Forests

336

288

43

5

–

21.

Government House

18

11

1

4

2

22.

Health

1,774

1,231

39

62

90

23.

Income Tax

278

100

174

2

2

24.

Judicial

581

373

189

13

6

25.

Labour

259

102

142

7

8

26.

Land Registration

169

106

60

2

1

27.

Land Settlement

306

219

61

12

14

28.

:ega;

50

25

15

8

1

29.

Migratin

162

79

68

6

9

30.

Sharia Court

68

68

–

–

–

31.

Broadcasting

121

62

49

9

1

32.

Police (Senior Police Officers & Clerical Staff Only)

908

409

135

307

57

33.

Postmaster General

2,756

1,459

1,207

19

72

34.

Press Censorship

28

6

20

1

1

35.

Printing & Stationery

126

72

31

6

17

36.

Prisoners

143

55

12

76

–

37.

Public Information Office

119

60

44

6

9

38.

Public Works

806

521

226

25

34

39.

Railways

1,005

649

224

72

40

40.

Secretariat

207

99

38

43

27

41.

Social Welfare

173

124

43

4

2

42.

Statistics

94

41

45

1

7

43.

Survey

642

510

113

4

15

44.

Town Planning

68

44

60

2

2

45.

Veterinary Services

159

95

60

4-

TOTAL

16,260

10,352

4,507

846

553

NOTE:

(a) Industrial workers employed on monthly contracts numbered

1,394 on 31.3.47

Casual labourers employed on a daily basis numbered

17,974 on 31.3.47

(b) The figures in (a) above are not included in this statement

NUMBER OF OFFICERS IN EACH DEPARTMENT OF THE PALESTINE ADMINISTRATION
 AS AT 31 MARCH 1947, (EXCLUDING OTHER RANKS OF THE POLICE FORCE,
AND INDUSTRIAL WORKS ON SHORT TERM ENGAGEMENTS).

COMMUNITY

Department

Division

Arab

Jews

British

Others

Total

1.

Accountant General

I

II

II

Total

5

53

13

71

2

30

–

32

4

–

–

4

1

7

–

8

12

90

13

115

2.

Administrator General

I

II

II

Total

–

9

8

17

1

24

2

27

1

1

–

2

–

–

–

–

2

34

10

46

3.

Agriculture and Fisheries

I

II

II

Total

5

65

12

82

8

68

5

81

12

1

–

13

–

1

–

–

25

135

17

177

4.

Antiquities

I

II

II

Total

4

13

61

78

4

4

1

9

4

1

–

5

–

3

4

7

12

21

66

99

5.

Audit

I

II

II

Total

2

41

4

47

2

47

–

49

7

–

–

7

–

3

2

5

11

91

6

108

6.

Civil Aviation

I

II

II

Total

–

35

8

43

9

62

5

76

3

5

–

8

–

8

1

9

12

110

14

136

7.

Commerce and Industry

I

II

II

Total

2

36

50

88

7

123

47

177

9

5

–

14

–

10

11

21

18

174

108

300

8.

Cooperative Societies

I

II

II

Total

1

13

3

17

1

11

3

15

2

–

–

2

–

–

–

–

4

24

6

36

9.

Controller of Bond Transport

I

II

II

Total

–

19

10

29

–

25

–

25

6

1

–

7

–

4

1

5

6

49

11

66

10.

Custodian of Enemy Property

I

II

II

Total

–

10

34

44

1

20

22

43

4

4

–

8

–

6

5

11

5

40

61

106

11.

Customs and Excise

I

II

II

Total

2

236

301

539

–

115

50

165

5

5

–

10

1

22

12

35

8

378

363

749

12.

District Administration

 (Galilee District)

I

II

II

Total

4

73

39

116

4

11

4

19

5

1

–

6

1

1

–

3

14

86

44

144

13.

District Administration

 (Gaza District)

I

II

II

Total

5

40

27

72

–

1

–

1

3

1

–

4

–

1

–

1

8

43

27

78

14.

District Administration

 (Haifa District)

I

II

II

Total

4

38

24

66

4

24

7

35

4

2

–

6

–

–

–

–

12

64

31

107

15.

District Administration

 (Jerusalem District)

I

II

II

Total

7

88

38

133

3

18

4

25

7

2

–

9

–

3

6

9

17

111

48

176

16.

District Administration

 (Lydda District)

I

II

II

Total

4

73

24

101

6

66

11

83

7

1

–

8

–

1

2

3

17

141

37

195

17.

District Administration

 (Samaria District)

I

II

II

Total

7

67

24

98

1

7

5

13

4

1

–

5

–

–

1

1

12

75

30

117

18.

Education

I

II

II

Total

46

1,694

–

1.740

8

5

–

13

13

–

–

13

–

2

–

2

67

1,701

–

1,768

19.

Food Controller

I

II

II

Total

1

80

82

163

11

99

78

188

11

3

–

14

3

8

7

18

26

190

167

383

20.

Forests

I

II

II

Total

–

28

260

288

2

24

17

43

4

1

–

2

–

–

–

–

6

53

277

336

21.

Government House

I

II

II

Total

–

4

7

11

–

1

–

1

1

3

–

4

–

2

–

2

1

10

7

18

22.

Health

I

II

II

Total

61

272

898

1,231

37

121

233

391

16

46

–

62

7

43

40

90

121

482

1,171

1,774

23.

Income Tax

I

II

II

Total

3

47

50

100

7

111

56

174

2

–

–

2

1

–

1

2

13

158

107

278

24.

Judicial

I

II

II

Total

35

159

179

373

22

106

61

189

13

–

–

13

–

3

3

6

70

268

243

581

25.

Labour

I

II

II

Total

–

47

55

102

2

124

16

142

6

1

–

7

–

4

4

8

8

176

75

259

26.

Land Registration

I

II

II

Total

4

70

32

106

2

46

12

60

2

–

–

2

–

–

1

1

8

116

45

169

27.

Land Settlement and Irrigation Service

I

II

II

Total

6

116

97

219

5

46

10

61

12

–

–

12

1

9

4

14

24

171

11

306

28.

Legal

I

II

II

Total

4

13

8

25

6

8

1

15

8

1

–

9

–

–

1

1

18

22

10

50

29.

Migration

I

II

II

Total

3

47

29

79

3

59

6

68

6

–

–

6

1

3

5

9

13

109

40

162

30.

Moslems Religious Court (Sharia) and Supreme Moslem Council

I

II

II

Total

13

55

–

68

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

13

55

–

68

31.

Palestine Broadcasting Service

I

II

II

Total

5

27

20

62

5

39

5

49

6

3

–

9

–

1

–

1

16

90

25

121

32.

Police

I

II

II

Total

9

233

167

409

5

108

22

135

128

179

–

307

2

36

19

57

144

556

208

908

33.

Posts and Telegraphs

I

II

II

Total

3

1,039

417

1,459

11

985

211

1,207

16

3

–

19

1

62

8

71

31

2.089

636

2,756

34.

Press Censorship

I

II

II

Total

–

6

–

6

1

19

–

20

1

–

–

1

–

1

–

1

2

26

–

28

35.

Printing & Stationery

I

II

II

Total

–

47

25

72

–

30

1

31

6

–

–

6

–

11

6

17

6

88

32

126

36.

Prisons

I

II

II

Total

–

54

1

55

1

11

–

12

9

67

–

76

–

–

–

–

10

132

1

143

37.

Public Information Officer

I

II

II

Total

–

38

22

60

–

41

3

44

5

1

–

6

–

8

1

9

5

88

26

119

38.

Public Works

I

II

II

Total

6

282

233

521

21

141

64

226

18

6

1

25

–

27

7

34

45

456

305

806

39.

Railways

I

II

II

Total

2

638

9

649

10

227

7

244

45

27

–

72

1

39

–

40

58

931

16

1,005

40.

Secretariat

I

II

II

Total

6

39

54

99

4

22

12

38

27

7

9

43

1

6

20

27

38

74

95

207

41.

Social Welfare

I

II

II

Total

2

84

38

124

1

34

8

43

4

–

–

4

–

1

1

2

7

119

47

173

42.

Statistics

I

II

II

Total

1

21

19

41

1

20

24

45

1

–

–

1

–

3

4

7

3

44

47

94

43.

Surveys

I

II

II

Total

–

205

305

510

2

84

27

113

4

–

–

4

1

14

–

15

7

303

332

642

44.

Town Planning

I

II

II

Total

–

31

13

44

–

18

2

20

2

–

–

2

–

2

–

2

2

51

15

68

45.

Veterinary Services

I

II

II

Total

2

22

71

95

7

45

8

60

4

–

–

4

–

–

–

–

13

67

79

159

NOTES:

I

indicates 1st division officers (Senior Service)

II

indicates 2nd division officers (Junior Service)

II

indicates Subordinate Staff.


Document symbol: A/AC.21/UK/21
Download Document Files: https://unispal.un.org/pdfs/AAC21UK21.pdf
Document Type: Communication, Letter
Document Sources: General Assembly, United Nations Palestine Commission (UNPC)
Country: United Kingdom
Subject: Governance, Palestine question, Security issues, Statehood-related
Publication Date: 09/02/1948
2019-03-12T20:08:37-04:00

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