Original sentence: By 1948, Saffuriya was the largest village in the Galilee both by land size and population, which was estimated at 4,000 Arabs.The expenditure of the council grew from 74 Palestinian pounds in 1929 to 1,217 in 1944..
Edited sentence: </ref> By 1948, Saffuriya was the largest village in the Galilee both by land size and population, which was estimated at 4,000 Arabs.The expenditure of the council grew from 74 Palestinian pounds in 1929 to 1,217 in 1944