By the end of the year 1914 the Jewish National Fund had invested in Palestine close upon £150,000—70 per cent of its entire assets.
The members of the Company are the holders of founders’ shares of the Jewish Colonial Trust, Ltd. (see above).
The administration of the Fund is in the hands of a Board of Directors, consisting of five Directors elected by the members, and two Governors appointed by the Controlling Committee. This Committee consists of the persons who for the time being form the Smaller Actions Committee of the Zionist Congress, and its functions are merely those of vetoing or prohibiting any act of the Directors that the Committee may deem to be detrimental to the interests of the Association.
The present Directors are: Dr. Max Bodenheimer, L. Kessler, J. Kremenetzky, and Dr. A. Hantke.
The only Governor is Professor Dr. O. Warburg (the second Governor, D. Wolffsohn, having died in September, 1914). The Secretary of the Association was H. Neumann, and its registered office is at 10–12 Walbrook, London, E.C.
The Administrative Office of the Association is situate at the Hague, and the principal officials at that office are: Engineer J. Kaplansky, N. Gross and S. Hallenstein.
Central offices exist in many countries for the collecting of contributions and donations to the Fund. The addresses of these officers are:—
Argentine: Federacion Sionista en Argentine, Buenos-Aires, Sarmiento 2086.
Australia: The Brisbane Zionist Society, c/o J. A. Blumberg, Hon. Sec., Brisbane-East, Wellington Road.
The Victoria Zionist Association, “Hatchiah,” Melbourne, 313 Drummont Street, Carlton.