This survey is, as we know, the main source of information about the country during the 1870s. Although it is an indispensable source of knowledge about the land, the archeology and its settlements during this period, it does not provide complete and uniform demographic information for all parts of the country.

Bachi, Roberto, The Population of Israel, the Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University & the Demograhic Center, the Prime Minister’s Office, Jerusalem, 1974.