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IN spite of current difficulties, the new issue of this valuable reference volume maintains its scope and size. Revision of statistics has been difficult and for many States impossible, but the latest available are given. For many parts of the British Commonwealth and the United States figures are of a recent year. The section on the armed forces of the United States has been extended. Other additions include a short account of the British Council and its aims, the Middle East Supply Centre, and, under Australia, an account of the Australian Capital Territory. The introductory tables of comparative production of various commodities have had to be omitted, but there is still a section on the League of Nations. A coloured map shows the extent and boundaries of Poland at various periods in the history of that State. The useful book-lists for each State have been fully revised.
The Statesman's Year Book
Dr.
M.
Epstein
Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1944. Edited by. Eighty-first annual publication, revised after Official Returns. Pp. xxxvii + 1484. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1944.) 30s. net.
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The Statesman's Year Book. Nature 154, 382 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154382d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154382d0