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Coll 54/2 'Middle East (Official) Committee: Working Party' [‎48r] (95/642)

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The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 11 Apr 1949-13 Apr 1950. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The emigrants of the future are likely to be of a different
type - doctors, engineers, and other professional men and their
services may be of value in the development of backward areas,
both in the Middle East and in colonial territories# It is
noteworthy that many of the Lebanese perform valuable services
under British auspices both in Egypt and in the Sudan#
6 # Area
The total estimated area of the Lebanon is 2,600,000
acres , | of this
area is mountainous#
Cultivated
575,000
acres
22 .1%
of
total
area.
Uncultivated
75,000
acres
2.9%
of
total
area#
Forest
• 185,000
acres
7.1%
of
total
area#
Suitable for
afforestation
640,000
acres
24.6%
of
total
area.
Rocky & waste
1 , 125,000
acres
43.3$
of
total
area.
2 , 600,000
acres
100 .% of
total
area.
7# • Agriculture
As indicated above about 575*000 acres or approximately
22% of the countryare at present under cultivation# Of this
110,000 acres are irrigated. The distribution is as follows:-*
In the plains: unirrigated 240,000 acres
Irrigated 85*000 acres
In the mountains:
unirrigated 225 ;000 acres
Irrigated 25,000 acres
It is impossible to assess without extensive and
detailed surveys how much more land might reasonably be brought
under cultivation* Some estimates have put the total as high
as 450,000 acres, but the greater proportion of this will
have to be provided by terracing the mountain slopes which is a
slow and costly process, and which can only be justified for
the planting of new olive groves or where water is available
for the cultivation of fruit trees. It is concluded in the
Gibb Report that the Lebanon must devote her energies to
intensification of cultivation of those arable lands already
ploughed rather than attempt to bring new lands into use#•
The most effective manner of doing so is by increasing tte
area under irrigation.
6 * Irrigation
The Lebanese main natural resource is water.- The country
enjoys a fair annual rainfall over most areas. Though the
greater part of this falls during the winter period lasting
about seven months and there is considerable variation from
year-to-year, many of the rivers and streams have a fair flow

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The file contains papers relating to the Working Party of the Middle East (Official) Committee. It mainly consists of Working Party papers received by the Commonwealth Relations Office, and a register of these papers with notes at the back of the file.

The file includes agendas for meetings of the Working Party. It also includes papers circulated to members of the Working Party for consideration at meetings, relating to the following subjects: economic and social development in the Middle East in general; the Iraq Central Development Board; the question of an International Bank Loan for Iraq; a visit to Bahrain in January/February 1949 by Matthew Thomas Audsley; the Persian [Iranian] Seven-Year Plan; employment of British experts in the Middle East; a survey of the oil resources of the Middle East; and economic factors in Middle East development.

In addition, the file includes papers relating to economic and social development of the following places: Iraq; Greater Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ; Saudi Arabia; Cyrenaica, Tripolitania [Libya], Eritrea, and Somalia; the Colony of Aden and the Aden Protectorate; the Lebannon; Ethiopia; Sudan; and Yemen.

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1 file (320 folios)
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The papers are arranged in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Numbers in red pen on the top right hand corner of items in the file refer to entries in the register of papers received by the Commonwealth Relations Office at the back of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 320; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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