THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1903. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS, 1903. -- CONTENTS. -- PREFATORY NOTE. -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1903. -- PART I. -- ENGLISH HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. -- I. SCOTLAND. -- II. IRELAND. -- SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER. -- FINANCE AND TRADE. -- FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- FRANCE AND ITALY. -- I. FRANCE. -- II. ITALY. -- CHAPTER II. -- GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. -- I. GERMANY. -- II. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. -- CHAPTER III. -- I. RUSSIA. -- II. TURKEY AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE. -- CHAPTER IV. -- LESSER STATES OF WESTERN AND NOETHERN EUROPE. -- I. BELGIUM. -- II. THE NETHERLANDS. -- III. SWITZERLAND. -- IV. SPAIN. -- V. PORTUGAL. -- VI. DENMARK. -- VII. SWEDEN. -- VIII. NORWAY. -- CHAPTER V. -- ASIA (SOUTHERN). -- I. PERSIA. -- II. AFGHANISTAN. -- III. ADEN. -- IV. BALUCHISTAN. -- V. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. -- VI. BRITISH INDIA. -- (1) FINANCE. -- (2) FAMINE. -- (3) THE PLAGUE. -- (4) GENERAL. -- (5) NATIVE STATES. -- VIII. THIBET. -- IX. SIAM. -- CHAPTER VI. -- ASIA (THE FAR EAST). -- I. CHINA. -- II. HONG-KONG. -- III. KIAO-CHOU (GERMAN). -- IV. WEI-HAI-WEI (BRITISH). -- V. FRENCH INDO-CHINA. -- VI. KOREA. -- VII. JAPAN. -- CHAPTER VII. -- AFRICA (WITH MALTA). -- I. SOUTH AFRICA. -- III. NORTH-EAST AFRICA, UGANDA, ETC. -- IV. NORTH AND WEST AFRICA. -- V. MALTA. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- AMERICA. -- I. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. -- FOREIGN POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. -- II. CANADA. -- III. NEWFOUNDLAND. -- IV. MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. -- V. THE GUIANAS AND THE WEST INDIES. -- VI. SOUTH AMERICA. -- CHAPTER IX. -- AUSTEALASIA. -- I. THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH. -- II. NEW ZEALAND. -- III. POLYNESIA. -- PART II. -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1903. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY.

MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART IN 1903. -- LITERATURE. -- ART. -- BELLES-LETTRES. -- BIOGRAPHY. -- GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. -- HISTORY. -- POETRY. -- SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY. -- MISCELLANEOUS. -- SCIENCE OF THE YEAR. -- GEOGRAPHY. -- GEOLOGY. -- METEOROLOGY. -- ASTRONOMY. -- PHYSICS. -- CHEMISTRY. -- ELECTROTECHNICS. -- THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. -- ART, DRAMA AND MUSIC. -- I. ART. -- II. DRAMA. -- III. MUSIC. -- OBITUAEY OF EMINENT PERSONS. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- INDEX.