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 INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

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The cliief iiii])orts and exports in 1911 were : —

Imports

lyil

Exports

1911

Cottons ....

1,081,580

Hides and skins

318,831

Sugar. ...

1,092,080

Wool.

235,645

Tea

245,529

Oxen.

379,487

^Machinery, hardware

202,845

Eggs.

232,617

Flour and semolina.

101,655

Slippers

57,907

Oandles ....

139,214

Almonds

232,124

Tobacco ....

00,771

Bai-ley

473,058

Wines, spirits, beer, &c. .

305,667

Olive oil

8,531

Groceries and provisions.

200,047

Beans

144,779

Oils, vegetable.

79,163

Wheat

295,330

Woollen goods.

130,033

Fenugreek

79.071

Soap

16,082

Linseed

181,930

Vegetables and Fruit ) fresh and preserved J *

122,004

Gums.

33,092

Coffee

53,795 1

Silk, raw ....

47,494

,, manufactured.

125,974 1

1 United Kingdom includes Gibraltar and Malta.

2 France includes Algeria and Senegal.

Total trade between Morocco and the United Kingdom for 5 years thousands of pounds sterling : —

in

1907 ; 1908

1909

1910

1911

£ I £ Imports from Jlorocco to U.K. . 539 ' 763 Exports to Morocco from U.K. . 787 1,072

£

1,133 954

£

582 858

£

817 1,178

Shipping entered (in foreign trade), exclusive of Melilla :—

Nationality

Vessels

Tonnage

1910

1911

1910

1911

No.

No.

Tons

Tons

British ....

800

929

579,447

590,764

French

484

787

472,290

779,153

German

260

814

350,120

397,103

Butch.

134

130

350,135

387,300

Spanish

1,074

1,439

400,498

716,013

Italian

98

61

70,043

49,328

Austro-Hungarian

14

27

12,000

20,483

Danish

21

—

4,719

—

Norwegian.

5

28

2,112

15,992

Portugese.

37

68

5,003

8,590

Other Nationalities

7

38

3,242

14,821

Total

•

2,936

3,821

2,322 209

2,985,607

There are Postal services, under the control of the British, French, German and Spanish Governments. There is a daily service of couriers from Tangier to Fez and Alcazar, to Tetuan, and to the coast towns Laraiche, Rabat, Dar-al-Baida (Casablanca), Mazagan, Saffi and Mogador. There are also couriers between Laraiche and Alcazar, and between Mazagan and Marakesli, and between Fez and Mequinez. There are telegi-aphic submarine

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