1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE PHOTOMETRIC CATALOG

3. THE STELLAR POPULATION OF RCW 49 - DISTRIBUTION AND AGE

4. THE MASS-ACCRETING PMS STARS

5. ACCRETION LUMINOSITY AND MASS ACCRETION RATE

6. UNCERTAINTIES IN THE Hα LUMINOSITY AND MASS ACCRETION RATE

7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS