Post by Diarist on Dec 22, 2016 20:03:55 GMT 1
LG Geoffrey Howard succeeded LG Arthur Wauchope as High Commissioner of Palestine and Transjordan. Wauchope's administration was generally sympathetic to Zionist aspirations. A chief immigration officer for the Mandate, Albert Montefiore Hyamson, wrote in his book Palestine: A Policy that "the first four years of his [Wauchope's] term were the heyday of Zionist history in Palestine." Not only did immigration go up threefold (the Jewish population increased from 174,606 to 329,358), but Jews also increased their land holdings (in 1931 they increased their land holdings by 18,585 dunams or 4,646 acres, while in 1935 they increased them by 72,905), and finally Jewish business and commerce enjoyed an economic boom. He also promoted public works and civil engineering schemes.