In this letter dated July 11th, 1944, the Land Registry of Gaza and Beersheba wrote to Hajj Mahrous Afandi Bseiso requesting that Hajj Bseiso appear before the directorate to sign a contract for a transaction he had with the government. With this letter being from the Land Registry of Gaza and Beersheba, it can be inferred from this document that the contract between Hajj Bseiso and the government was for the purchase of real property located in Gaza or Beersheba by Hajj Bseiso. Hajj Bseiso acquired large amounts of undeveloped real property from the government with the plans to develop said lands. This document also evidences the existence of a Land Registry of Gaza and Beersheba which appears to have existed in Palestine at least four years prior to the Arab-Israeli War in 1948.