WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (June) 1906-7.
Office, 1876-78; cadet in the Service of the Straits Settlements, 1878; served in various capacities in Singapore and Malacca till 1892;
has previously acted as British Resident of Perak and Selangor;
British Resident of the
of the Negri Sembilan, 1897-1900; employed on a special mission in H.M.S." Espoir"
to the Cocos, Keeling Islands,
1885; Governor and Commander-in-
Chief, Labuan, B. North Borneo,
1900-4; present post, Feb. 10, 1904. Recreations : Most field sports. Clubs: Sports; Windham; M.C.C., London. Address: Taiping, Perak,
Federated Malay States.
BIRCH, James Kortright (PENÄNG), Resident Councillor. Cadet, Straits Settlements Civil Service, 1872; passed final examination in Malay, Dec., 1873; Collector of Land
Revenue, Penang and Province Wellesley, and Settlements Officer, Trans Krian, Sept., 1877; Collector of Land Revenue, Singapore, June, 1880; acting Police Magistrate and Commissioner of Court of Requests, Province Wellesley, May, 1882; Senior District Officer, Province Wellesley, 1888; first Magistrate and Commissioner, Court of Re- quests and Superintendent of Prisons, Penang, June, 1890; acting Treasurer, Straits Settlements, Feb., 1894; first Magistrate, Singa- pore, April, 1895, but continued to act as Treasurer; Treasurer, April, 1897; acting Resident Councillor, Penang, May, 1897 to August, 1898; and from April, 1901; Resident Councillor, Malacca, 1898; was ap-
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pointed acting Resident Councillor,
Penang, Oct., 1903, and appoint-
ment was confirmed July, 1904. Ad-
dress: Penang, Straits Settlements.
BIRD, R. E. 0. (HONGKONG), M.A., Oxon; Senior Assistant Master,
Queen's College; b. 1869. Head
Master, Armenian College, Cal-
cutta; Assistant Master, King's College, Bangkok; arrived Hong- kong, 1902, as assistant master; promoted April, 1906. Clubs : Hong- kong; Oxford Union. Address:
Queen's College, Hongkong.
BISHOP, James E. (JELEBU), F.M.S.
Civil Service; b. Dec. 18, 1875.
Entered Service as cadet, Pahang, Oct., 1898; acting assistant District Officer, Pekan, Aug. 18, 1900; acting
assistant District Officer, Lipis,
Sept., 1901; assistant District
Officer, Lipis, Mar., 1902; acting assistant District Officer, Raub, Jan., 1903; acting District Officer, Raub, June, 1904; acting District Officer, Jelebu, 1904. Address: Jelebu, Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States.
BLACK, John Stewart (BANGKOK),
F.R.G.S.; Judicial Adviser to
Siamese Government; b. 1865, 2nd.
8. of William Black, of Rothsay, N.B.; m. 1898, Edith Mary Gwendo-
line, d. of Rev. Augustus Moore, M.A., St. John Baptist Vicarage, Spalding. Educ. : Linlithgow Burgh School, N.B.; St. Andrew's University. Barrister-at-law, Mid- dle Temple. Entered H. M. Con- sulate Service in Siam as student
interpreter, 1888; assistant, 1893;