1. Since it was illegal for Palestinian Arabs to elect political representatives, the membership of these conferences was constituted by agreement between the societies, such as the Islamic-Christian societies, or the notables of the different regions. The representatives usually carried a sheet of paper attesting to this agreement.
2. In the 1922 census, Christians totalled about 11 percent
3. in 1931, about 9.3 percent, and in the estimates of 1944, about 12 percent.