An Almanack...: By Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A., Containing an Account of the Astronomical and Other Phenomena ...information Respecting the Government, Finances, Population, Commerce, and General Statistics of the Various Nation's of the World, with an Index Containing Nearly 20,000 References, Volume 129

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Contents

PREFACE
7
THE YEAR 1997
87
10 11
102
SOCIAL WELFARE
459
Data for 1997
468
Explanatory notes
490
TIME MEASUREment and CalENDARS
496
WORLD GEOGRAPHICAL STATISTICS
505
CONTENTS CONTINUED
649
Intellectual property
668
Book publishers
687
Research councils and associations
701
Societies and institutions
715
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
745
EUROPEAN UNION
767
The Antarctic
782

THE UNITED Kingdom
512
ROYAL FAMILY
538
Kings and Queens
544
PEERAGE
561
DECORATIONS AND MEDALS
569
PRIVY COUNCIL
581
PARLIAMENT
587
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
597
TRIBUNALS
615
DEFENCE
625
OTHER FAITHS
644
BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
1059
Obituaries 1102
1067
Archaeology
1105
Broadcasting
1120
Film
1138
Science and Discovery 1171
1175
Weather
1192
Sport
1205
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
1236
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