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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