THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1949. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER : A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS, 1949. -- CONTRIBUTORS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- MR. ATTLEE'S LABOUR ADMINISTRATION -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1949. -- PART I -- HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CHAPTER I -- DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER II -- THE DOLLAR CRISIS -- CHAPTER III -- DEVALUATION-AND AFTER -- CHAPTER IV -- SCOTLAND, WALES, NORTHERN IRELAND -- PART II -- THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I -- CANADA -- CHAPTER II -- AUSTRALIA -- NEW ZEALAND -- CHAPTER III -- SOUTH AFRICA -- SOUTHERN RHODESIA -- CHAPTER IV -- THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -- CHAPTER V -- INDIA -- PAKISTAN -- CEYLON -- CHAPTER VI -- THE COLONIAL EMPIRE -- PART III -- FOREIGN HISTORY -- CHAPTER I -- THE UNITED NATIONS -- GENERAL -- POLITICAL -- DEPENDENCIES -- LEGAL -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL -- THE EUROPEAN RECOVERY PROGRAMME -- THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS -- WESTERN UNION -- THE COMINFORM -- THE COUNCIL FOR MUTUAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE -- THE VATICAN AND COMMUNISM -- THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION -- OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES -- CHAPTER II -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- CHAPTER III -- THE U.S.S.R. -- CHAPTER IV -- FRANCE -- BELGIUM -- THE NETHERLANDS -- SWITZERLAND -- ITALY -- SPAIN -- PORTUGAL -- CHAPTER V -- GERMANY -- AUSTRIA -- NORWAY -- SWEDEN -- DENMARK -- FINLAND -- ICELAND -- CHAPTER VI -- POLAND -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- HUNGARY -- RUMANIA -- YUGOSLAVIA -- BULGARIA -- ALBANIA -- GREECE -- TURKEY -- CHAPTER VII -- EGYPT -- THE ARAB LEAGUE -- ISRAEL -- ARAB PALESTINE -- JORDAN -- SYRIA -- THE LEBANON -- IRAQ -- PERSIA -- AFGHANISTAN -- CHAPTER VIII -- BURMA -- CHINA -- JAPAN -- KOREA -- SIAM -- INDO-CHINA -- INDONESIA -- THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS -- CHAPTER IX -- ARGENTINA -- BRAZIL -- BOLIVIA -- CHILE -- COLOMBIA -- COSTA RICA -- ECUADOR -- GUATEMALA -- MEXICO -- PANAMA -- PARAGUAY.

PART IV -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1949 -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE IN 1949 -- LITERATURE -- THE ARTS -- INTRODUCTION -- MUSIC -- THEATRE -- OPERA -- BALLET -- ART -- ARCHITECTURE -- THE CINEMA -- BROADCASTING -- THE YEAR IN SCIENCE -- FINANCE, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY -- PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES -- LAW -- PUBLIC DOCUMENTS -- NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY -- STATUTE OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE -- OBITUARIES -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY -- MARCH -- APRIL -- MAY -- JUNE -- JULY -- AUGUST -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER -- NOVEMBER -- DECEMBER -- DECEMBER -- INDEX.