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WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (June) 1906-7.
tion, 1897; Vice-Minister of Educa- tion, 1897-98; Minister of Education, 1901-03; President of the Peers' School, 1904-05; Delegate to Inter- national Meridian Conference at
Washington, 1884; member of Tokyo Academy, since 1889; member and sometime President of Seismologi- cal Investigation Committee; created Baron, 1903; took part in
establishing present system of Weights and Measures, also of Standard Times, of Japan; served on many educational and scientific commissions, and acted as judge at national exhibitions. Decorations:
3rd order of Rising Sun, 2nd order
of Mirror. Publications: Has pub-
lished several works, chiefly on Clubs: Nippon;
Peers. Address: 14, Yumicho Itchome, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.
mathematics.
KIKUCHI, Takeo (TOKYO), LL.D.; Solicitor; Member of House of Peers; b. 1854, at Morioka. Educ.: Boston University. Lecturer at Tokyo University, 1831; Councillor of Justice Department, 1884; Private Secretary to the Minister of Justice, 1836; resigned Director of Bureau of Justice, 1891; President of the "Hogakuin (Private Law College). Address:
Tokyo, Japan.
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KIMURA, Riemon (YOKOHAMA), Mer- chant; b. Nov., 1834. Connected
with Yokohama Electric Light Co., the Specie Bank, and other impor-
tant establishments; was Member
of the House of Peers. Address:
Yokohama, Japan.
KINDER, Claude William (TIENTSIN),
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C.M.G., M.I.C.E.; General Manage and Engineer-in-Chief, Imperial Chinese Railways; b. Aug. 10, 1852, 8. of late Major T. W. Kinder; m.
1879, Mary, d. 'of Harabumi Asai,
of Tokyo. Served on Civil Staff, Chinese Imperial Railways, 1901, mentioned in despatches; Member of Society of Civil Engineers of
U.S.; Life Member of National
Rifle Associaton, England; Fellow, Hakluyt Society. Decorations:
China Medal, and Clasp, Relief of Peking, 1990; Imperial Chinese Order
of the Double Dragon, Recreations : Game, target, rifie shooting. Club: Royal Societies, Address : Tientsin or Tongshan, China.
KING, Hamilton (BANGKOK), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for U.S.A. Ap- pointed 1905. Address United States Legation, Bangkok, Siam.
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KING, Harold Frederick (TIENTSIN),
1st class Assistant, H.B.M. Con- sular Service. Appointed Student Interpreter in China, Ang. 26, 1891;
acting Consul at Wuhu, 1891; 1st
class Assistant, Feb. 24, 1900; acting Vice-Consul at Shanghai, 1990; acting Consul at Hangchow, 1900 tp 1901; acting Registrar and Chief Clerk of Supreme Court,
Shanghai, 1991; acting Consul at Hangchow, 1901 to 1902; Assistant
in Shipping Office, Shanghai, 1902 ; acting Assistant Judge, Shanghai, 1902 to 1903; acting Consul at Hangehow, 1903; at Tientsin, 1904; promoted Vice-Consul at Tientsin, May 5, 1904. Address: H.B.M. Consulate, Tientsin, China,
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