MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON. BOMBAY. CALCUTTA, MADRAS MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK. BOSTON. CHICAGO DALLAS. SAN FRANCISCO THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK STATISTICAL AND HISTORICAL ANNUAL OF FOR THE YEAR 1925 EDITED BY SIR JOHN SCOTT KELTIE, LL.D. FORMERLY SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, HONORARY CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES OF SCOTLAND, PARIS, AND M. EPSTEIN, M.A., PH.D. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL, OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL, AND OF THE ROYAL SIXTY-SECOND ANNUAL PUBLICATION. OFFICIAL RETURNS REVISED AFTER MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1925 Man sagt oft: Zahlen regieren die Welt. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN GOETHE. Soth. 6-1-200 PREFACE It is hoped that, as usual, the various sections in this issue of THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK will be found to have been revised and the information brought up to the latest available date. Thanks largely to the assistance of Mr. H. St. J. Philby, the section relating to Arabia has been entirely recast, giving a conspectus of economic, and especially of political, affairs in that country as they were in March of this year. Information in regard to all countries which has come to hand too late for inclusion in the body of the book will be found in the “Additions and Corrections." The Introductory Tables follow in the main the lines of those which have appeared in the YEAR-BOOK in recent years. It is again a pleasure to express our gratitude to numerous friends all over the world for their valuable co-operation. STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK OFFICE, MACMILLAN & Co., LTD., ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON, W.C. 2. March 31, 1925 J. S. K. M. E. |