ABSTRACT
The lessons of the May Disturbances strengthened the Zionists' original belief that the foundations of the Jewish National Home should be built upon selective and well-controlled immigration. Favouring the Zionist demands, the new scheme recommended the constitution of a Jewish Immigration Bureau in Palestine, which would be consulted before determining the Schedule and would have the power to classify and allocate the immigration certificates according to countries of origin. The new Draft Regulations were issued in accordance with Article 11 of the 'Immigration Ordinance, 1920', which authorised the Director of Immigration, with the approval of the High Commissioner, 'to issue from time to time any order and regulations for the better control of immigration into Palestine'. The new Immigration Ordinance was eventually published in September 1925, and came into force one month later, without being significantly affected, either by Zionist criticism or by Hyamson's proposals.
