Moroccan Agricultural Exports. 



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to enable the pupils to manage small peasant farms. Two 

 courses are held annually, but the first course provides com- 

 plete agricultural elementary instruction. The fees amount 

 to about twenty-five shillings per course. The number of 

 pupils attending these schools in 1898 was 226. 



There are now only two agricultural improvement schools 

 in the kingdom. There are six female rural house-keeping 

 schools, which were founded for the purpose of instructing 

 peasants, and workmen's daughters in simple domestic 

 economy, cleanliness, order, hygiene, and nursing. 



The wine-making school is intended to instruct young 

 peasants to cultivate their vineyards in a rational manner. 



Courses of lectures are also given in Wurtemberg by 

 travelling lecturers and experts. 



[Foreign Office Report, Miscellaneous Series, No. 566. Price 2\d.~] 



Agricultural Exports of Morocco. 



According to a Report issued by the Foreign Office 

 (Annual Series, No. 2,723), the principal item in the exports 

 from the port of Tangier in 1 900 was eggs, of which upwards 

 ot 46,500,000, valued at £78,181, were shipped. The trade 

 has sprung up within the last few years, and has rapidly in- 

 creased. The eggs, though small, are of good quality, and 

 large quantities are procurable at a moderate price. Oxen 

 rank next in importance to eggs, the value ot the exports 

 from this port having amounted to £75,709; 14,418 head 

 were shipped to Gibraltar and Malta, and over 9,000 to Spain 

 and Melilla. As a result of the recent Moorish mission to 

 England, permission has been granted by the Sultan for the 

 exportation of potatoes, tomatoes, bananas, and the various 

 kinds of pumpkins, marrows, etc. As some districts in the 

 country are very suitable for the production of these 

 articles, it is thought probable that a considerable trade 

 will spring up. 



The Board have been informed by the Foreign Office that 

 the Moorish Government have also permitted the export of 

 green peas and onions from all Moorish ports, subject to an 

 ad valorem duty of five per cent. 



