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THE HANDBOOK OF PALESTINE

the rules above mentioned regarding the licensing of the vehicle and the driver, but he is not liable to pay the fees for a licence unless his stay in Palestine exceeds four months.

No person shall in any circumstances drive a motor vehicle on a road at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour, and the Director of Public Security has powers for making regulations regarding the maximum speed in any area. In Jersualem the maximum speed is 15 miles per hour.

(d) TRANSPORT.

The usual means of transport when motor-cars are not available is by diligences or victorias drawn by two or three horses, and, in the absence of carriage roads, by donkeys and camels.

Arab horses are used to some extent, but donkeys are used largely for conveying tourists to outlying places. Camels are almost entirely used for the transport of goods.

§ 4. Accommodation.

The following are the principal hotels and hospices in Palestine:

Jerusalem.—Hotels: Hotel Allenby (Jaffa Road); Grand New Hotel (inside Jaffa Gate); Olivet House (Hensman's Hotel, near Post Office); Central Hotel (old city); S. John's Hotel (old city).

Hospices: Notre Dame de France (opposite New Gate); Casa Nova (New Gate); Austrian Hospice; German Hospice.

Jericho.—Hotel Belle Vue; Jordan Hotel.

Jaffa.—Cliff Hotel; Jerusalem Hotel; Kaminitz Hotel.

Tel-Aviv.—Herzlia Hotel; Ben Nahom Hotel; Barash Hotel.

Tiberias.—Hotel Tiberias (Grossman's); Tabgha Hospice.

Nazareth.—Galilee Hotel; Franciscan Hospice.

Haifa.—Hotels: Herzlia Hotel; Nassar Hotel; Carmel Hotel; New Hotel.

Hospice: Roman Catholic Hospice.