“ All responsibility in connection with the Holy Places and religious buildings or sites of Palestine, including that of preserving existing rights there­ in, of securing free access to the Holy Places, religious buildings and sites and the free exercise of worship therein, while ensuring the requirements of public order and decorum, is assumed by the British Government, who will be responsible solely to the League of Nations in all matters connected there­with. ”

“ No civil or political right of any citizen of Palestine shall be conditional upon, nor shall its exercise be affected by, any consideration of race, sex or faith or a change of faith, provided that this shall not prevent the selection of official representatives of races or faiths or forbid the definition of the franchise for their selection on the basis of race or faith. ”

“ The Government shall introduce a land system appropriate to the needs of the country, and adequate to prevent the evils of land speculation, which shall, among other things, further the close settlement and intensive cultivation of the land and discourage its uneconomic use or non-use, and limit the maximum areas of holdings. ”

“ The foreign relations of Palestine shall be conducted by Great Britain, and citizens of Palestine shall be entitled to the protection of Great Britain when out­ side the limits of Palestine. All States members of the League of Nations shall have the right to station consular officers in Palestine. ”

“ The Government of Palestine will co-operate, so far as religious and other local conditions permit, in the execution of any common policy adopted by the League of Nations for prevent­ ing and combating disease, including diseases of animals and plants. ”

“ Missionaries of all denominations shall be allowed freely to prosecute their calling and to maintain their schools, subject only to the requirements of public order, and there shall be no dis­ crimination against such schools and institutions as compared with other establishments providing similar stan­dards of education, it being understood that such schools and institutions shall not be assisted from the public funds. ”