The Statesman’s Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1956

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by  S. H. Steinberg Ph.D. (eds.)

THE
STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK
I956
NINETY-THIRD ANNUAL PUBLICATION

THE
STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK
STATISTICAL AND HISTORICAL ANNUAL OF
THE STATES OF THE WORLD
FOR THE YEAR
EDITED BY
S. H. STEINBERG, PH.D.
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOC!Ili'Y
NINETY-THIRD ANNUAL PUBLICATION.
REVISED AFTER OFFICIAL RETURNS
LONDON
MACMILLAN & CO LTD
NEW YORK • ST MARTIN'S PRESS
1956
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PREFACE
IN the present, the 93rd, issue of THE STATESMAN's YEAR-BooK informa
tion has again been brought up to the latest available date. Major or minor
improvements will, it is hoped, be found in virtually every section.
The motto on the back of the title-page, too, has undergone a change-its
first since 1864. Inquiries about its source were made independently by
members of the Canadian Air Transport Board and the Royal Air Force.
At the editor's request, Professor L. W. Forster, of University College,
London, has kindly restored the authentic wording from the original source
and supplied the following English rendering :
It has been said that figures rule the world; may be. I am quite sure,
though, that it is figures which show us whether it is being ruled well
or badly.
Eckermann's Conversations with Goethe, 31 Jan., 1830.
Officials, government departments and members of the diplomatic services
of almost every country as well as numerous international organizations and
individual friends of the YEAR-BOOK all over the world have once more
helped the editor in his task. To all of them he wishes to express his
sincerest thanks for their generous co-operation.
S.H.S.
THE STATE&'\IAN'S YEAR-BOOK OFFICE,
:tvlAcMILLAN & Co., LTD.,
ST. MARTIN's STREET,
LONDON, W.0.2.
23 April, 1956.
IIETBIC WEIGHTS AKD MEASVBES.
Metria measurea most commonly found in Btatistioal retlli'Illl, with
equivalents :-
DBY Mli:A.BUBB.
LliNGTH.
Litre • 0·91 quart
Centimetre • 0·394 inoh
Hectolitre 2·75 bushels
Metre • • 1-094 yards
Kilometre • 0·621 mile
WBIGHT-AVOJRDUl'OIB.
Gramme • 15·42 grains
LIQUID MBABUBB. Kilogramme 2·205 pounds
Litre • • 1-76 pints Quintal • 220·48 pounds
Heotolitre • 22 gallons Metrio ton { 0·984 long ton
1-102 short tons
SUliJI'AOB MBABUBB. WBIGHT-TBOY.
Square metre 10·26 sq. feet Gramme • . 15·43 grains
Heotare . . 2·47 acres {32·15 ounces
Square kilometre . 0·386 sq. mile Kilogramme • 2·68 pounds
BRITISH WEIGHTS AKD MEASURES.
LENGTH. WBIGIIT.
1 foot 0·3048 metre 1 ounce 28·350 grammes
1 yard 0·91439 metre 1lb. • 0·4535 kilogramme
I mile 1·6093 kilometrea 1 cwt. 50·8022 kilogrammes
1long ton • 1•016 metria tons
1 short ton. 0·907 metric ton
SuBJI'AOB MBASUBB.
1 sq. foot 9·2903 sq. deoimetres LIQUID Mli:ABUBB.
1 sq. yard 0·836 sq. metre 1 pint 0·568 litre
1 acre 0·40468 hectare 1 gallon • 4·5459 litrea
1 sq. mile 2·589 sq. kilometres 1 quarter • 2·909 heotolitrea
CONTENTS
ADDENDA xiv
COMPARATIVE STATISTICAL TABLES-
PAGB PAGB
WHEAT XV PoTATOES xxi
RYE xvi SuGAR xxii
BARLEY xvii CoTTON xxiii
OATS xviii PETROLEUM. xxiv
M.uzE xix LIFE INSURANCE xxvi
RICE XX
PART I
INTERNATIONAIJ ORGANIZATIONS
THE UNITED NATIONS-
MEMBERSHIP 3
ORGANS • 3
GENERAL AssEMBLY 3
SEcURITY CouNCIL • • 4
EcoNoMIC AND SoCIAL CouNCIL 4
ThusTJIIESHIP CouNCIL • • • 5
INTBRNATIONAL COURT 01!' JUSTICE 6
HIGH CoMMisSIONER FOR REFUGEES 7
SECRETARIAT 7
s
BUDGET •
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES-
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (I.L.O.) 11
FooD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (F.A.O.) I2
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SciENTIFIC AND CULTURAL
ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) I3
WoRLD HEALTII ORGANIZATION I3
INTERNATIONAL MoNETARY FuND • • • • • I4
INTERNATIONAL BANK !!'OR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT I6
INTERNATIONAL CiviL AVIATION ORGANIZATION I7
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION • IS
INTERNATIONAL TEI,lJ:COMMUNICATION UNION IS
WoRLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. I9
SCHEDULE 01!' PAR VALUES 20
OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
WoRLD CoUNCIL oil CHURcHES 22
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION ADMINISTRATION 25
O.E.E.C. • • 27
NoRTII ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 30
WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION • 33
CouNciL Oil EURoPE • • 34
EUROPEAN CoAL AND STliiEL CoMMUNITY 36
CoLOMBO PLAN 37
SouTH-EAST AsiA DEFENcE TREATY 39
ORGANIZATION OP AMERICAN STA.TliiS 40
AR"'B LEA!iUlli 43
vii
viii CONTENTS
PART II
THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND EMPIRE
PAQB PAQII
H.M. THE QUEEN 47 Asu (cont.)-
Former Statu and Agencies 202
THE BRITISH COMMON- Sikkim 202
WEALTH OF NATIONS 48 PAKISTAN 203
Provinces- 208
THB UNITED KINGDOM 51
Federal Capital 209
ENGLAND, WALES AND West Pakistan 209
SCOTLAND 51 East Pakistan 211
NoBTHBBN !BBLA.ND • US
ISLll OJ' MAN 12S CEYLON 212
CHANNEL IsLANDS 129 MALDIVE ISLANDS . 220
GIBRALTAR 132 ADEN 220
MALTA 134
BORNEO 224
NoRTH BORNEO 224
Asa 137
BRUNEI 227
INDIA 137 S.t.BAWAX 22S
Statu and Territoriu 169
CYPBUS 229
Andhra. 170
Assam 170 HoNG KoNG 234
Bihar 172
FEDERATION OJ' MALAYA 23S
Bombay • 174
Madhya. Prndesh 176 8INGAPORB 243
Mad~ 178
OrU&a 180 AlmiOA-
Punjab • IS2 UNION OJ' SouTH AF:a.roA 247
Uttar Pradesh 184 CAPE Ol!' Goon HoPE 265
West Bengal 186 NATAL • 267
Hyderaba.d • ISS TRANSVAAL 269
Jammu and Kashmir 1S9 0BANGB FREB BTATB 272
Madhya. Bha.rat. 191 SOUTH-WEST AFRICA 274
Mysore • . . 191 FEDBBATION OJ' RHODESIA
Patia.la. and E. Punjab 193 AND NYASALAND 278
Rajasthan . 193 SouTHBBN RHoDBSIA 2S2
Saurashtra.. 194 NORTBBR!II RHODESIA 2S7
Travancore-Cochin 194 NYASALAND 2S9
Ajmer 195 BRITISH SouTH AFRICA 292
Bhopal 196
BASUTOLAND • 292
Coorg 196
BBCHUANALA.ND 294
Delhi 197
SwAZILAND • 297
Himachal Pradesh 198
Kutch 198 BRITISH EAST AlmiCA 300
Manipur 199 HIGH COIIWISSION • 300
Pondicherry • 199
KENYA 303
Tripura . . 199
UGANDA 307
Vindhya Pradeah 200
ZANZIBAR • 311
Andaman a.nd Nicobar 200 'fA NGANYIXA 314
CONTENTS IX
PAGE PAGll
AFRICA (cont.) AMERICA (cont.)
BRITISH WEST AFRICA 318 BRITISH HoNDURAS 417
NIGERIA 319
CAMEROONS 325 WEST INDIES 419
GAMBIA 326 BAHAMAS 420
GoLD CoAST • 328 BARBADOS 422
ToGOLAND. 334 JAMAICA 424
SIERRA LEONE 335 LEEWARD IsLANDS 427
TRINIDAD 431
SoMALILAND 340 \VINDWARD IsLANDS 434
MAURITIUS 342
OcEANIA-
SEYCHELLES 345 AusTitALIA 437
ST. HELENA 34 7 AUSTI\ALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY 463
NEW SOUTH WALES 464
VICTORIA 474
AMERICA- QUEENSLAND 482
SouTH AusTRALIA • 488
CANADA 349 WESTERN AUSTRALIA 495
TASMANIA 502
Provinces- 375 NORTHERN TERRITORY 507
NEWFOUNIJLAND 376 PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA 510
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND :~81
NOVA SCOTIA :i83 NEW ZEALAND . 515
NEW BRL'NSWICK 386 Trusteeship 'l'erritories-
QUEBEC 388
ONTARIO 392 WESTERN SAMOA 537
MANITOBA 395 NAURU. 538
8ASKA'£CHEW AN 398
ALBERTA 4C0 FIJI 540
llRITISII CoLUMBIA 403
YUKON. 406 PM'IFJC HIGH CoM~ussroN. 544
NoRTHWEST TERRITORIES 407
GILBERT AND ELLIC'E
BERMUDA 40!) ISLANDS E46
SoLOMON IsLANDS • 548
NEw HEBRIDES CoNDO-
FALKLAND IsLANDS 411 MINIUM 54!)
ToNGA IsLANDs 550
BRlTISH GuiANA 413 P!TC'AIRN ISLl.ND 552