THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1904. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER : A REVIEW OP PUBLIC EVENTS, 1904. -- CONTENTS. -- PREFATORY NOTE. -- NOTE ON NEWFOUNDLAND AND THE ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENT. -- NOTE ON CERTAIN CHURCH SCHOOLS IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1904. -- PART I. -- ENGLISH HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. -- REVENUE DEPARTMENTS. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. -- I. SCOTLAND. -- II. IRELAND. -- SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER. -- FINANCE AND TRADE IN 1904. -- 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. -- RUSSIA, TURKEY AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE. -- I. RUSSIA. -- II. TURKEY AND THE MINOR STATES OP EASTERN EUROPE. -- CHAPTER IV. -- LESSER STATES OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN 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. BALUCHISTAN. -- III. AFGHANISTAN. -- IV. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. -- V. BRITISH INDIA. -- (1) FINANCE. -- (2) FAMINE. -- (3) PLAGUE. -- (4) INDIAN UNIVERSITIES. -- (5) BURMAH. -- (6) NATIVE STATES. -- VI. THIBET. -- VII. SIAM. -- CHAPTER VI. -- THE FAR EAST. -- I. THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. -- II. JAPAN. -- III. KOREA. -- IV. CHINA. -- V. HONG-KONG. -- VI. KIAO-OHOU (GERMAN). -- VII. WEI-HAI-WEI (BRITISH). -- VIII. FRENCH INDO-CHINA. -- CHAPTER VII. -- AFRICA (WITH MALTA). -- I. SOUTH AFRICA. -- II. EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN. -- III. NORTH-EAST AFRICA AND THE PROTECTORATES, ETC. -- IV. NORTH AND WEST AFRICA. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- AMERICA. -- I. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. -- FOREIGN POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STAGES. -- II. CANADA.

III. NEWFOUNDLAND. -- IV. MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. -- V. THE GUIANAS AND THE WEST INDIES. -- VI. SOUTH AMERICA. -- CHAPTER IX. -- AUSTRALASIA. -- I. THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH. -- II. NEW ZEALAND. -- III. POLYNESIA. -- PART II. -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1904. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART IN 1904. -- LITERATURE. -- ART. -- BELLES-LETTRES. -- BIOGRAPHY. -- DIARIES, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, ETC. -- GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. -- HISTORY. -- RUSSIA AND THE FAR. EAST. -- POETRY. -- THEOLOGY, ETC. -- MISCELLANEOUS. -- SCIENCE OF THE YEAR -- ASTRONOMY. -- GEOLOGY. -- GEOGRAPHY. -- METEOROLOGY. -- PHYSICS. -- ELECTROTECHNICS. -- CHEMISTRY. -- THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. -- ART, DRAMA AND MUSIC. -- I. ART. -- II. DRAMA. -- III. MUSIC. -- OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- INDEX.