Note 30 — Chapter III · THE JEW OF THE HOLY LAND AND HIS DESTINY
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In 1873 the population of the Holy City is generally laid down as:
Jews9,500
Christians5,300
Muslims5,000
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Total19,800
[Owing to the recent immigration especially of Russian Jews, and to the opening of the railway to the coast of Jaffa, these figures have been more than quadrupled. In 1896 the whole population was estimated at over 80,000, of whom nearly 40,000 were Jews, 25,000 Christians of all denominations, and 15,000 Muhammadans, chiefly Turks and Arabs.]