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WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (JUNE) 1906-7.
Edinburgh (Free Church of Scot- land). Appointed Missionary to Formosa, 1895. Address: English Presbyterian Mission, Tainan, For-
mosa.
NISHI, General Baron Kwanjiro (TOKYO), Inspector-General of Edu-
cation; b. March, 1847, at Satsuma. Promoted Major-General, 1889; commanded Brigade of 1st Army Division (Tokyo) in Chino-Japanese War, participated in actions at Port
Arthur, etc.; commanded 2nd Army Division in Russo-Japanese War, subsequently promoted General and given command of Liaotung Garrison; cr. Baron, 1895 ; present post, May, 1905. Decoration: 3rd
Order of Golden Kite. Address:
· Tokyo, Japan.
NISHI, Baron Tokujiro (Tokyo),
Privy Councillor; b. July, 1847,
at Satsuma. Was Minister at
St. Petersburg, 1886-1896 ; cr. Baron 1895; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1897-8; Minister at Peking during Boxer outbreak in 1900 and parti- cipated in siege. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
NISHIMURA, Katsuzɔ (TOKYO), Mer- chant; b. Tokyo, Dec., 1836. Is father of leatherware industry in Japan, having started that business, 1870; next year opened the first knitting-work factory in Japan, 1871; the fire-proof brick works which Government established was
purchased by him, 1887, and he has converted what was at first a losing cuterprise into a paying concern ; in 1904 visited Europe to study the shoe manufacturing industry and
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returned home with a German ex-
pert whom he engaged; was long Vice-Chairman of Tokyo Chamber of
Commerce; one of the founders of
the Tokyo Higher Commercial School, and of the Tokyo Asylum for Aged and Foundlings; in re- cognition of his services the Go-
vernment awarded him a medal.
Address: Tokyo, Japan.
NITOBE, Inazo (Kyoto), Author; Prof. of Kyoto University; b. 1863. Educ.: Sapporo Agricultural College; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A.; Bonn. For several years Professor of the Sapporo College
and later official at Fomos a: Professor of Kyoto University since
1904. Publications: “Bushido"
which has been translated into several languages; "Nogyo Hon- ron." Address: Kyoto Japan.
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NIU-LENG-E, Lieut.-General (MUK- DEN), native of Manchuria. Deputy Lient. General, Bordered Blne Banner Corps, Sept., 1895; do. Altch'uen, Jan., 1900; do., Mukden, Sept., 1901.
NOBLE, Lieut.-Commander Frede-
rick B. (HONGKONG), R.N.; in command of H.M. river gunboat
Moorhen." Lieutenant, Dec. 31,
1898; appointed to command, Jan. 25, 1904. Club: Hongkong. Ad- dress: II.M.S. "Moorhen," Hong-
kong.
NOBLE, Dr. Joseph W. (HONGKONG), Dental Surgeon. Resident in Colony over 19 years. Club: Hongkong. Address: Bank Buildings, Hong-
kong.