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WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (June) 1906-7.

chairman of Commission to enquire as to economies possible in certain Government departments, 1891; Queen's Advocate, 1892; Puisne Judge, Straits Settlements, 1893; appointed to conduct special in- quiry in Perak, 1894, and received thanks of Secretary of State; act- ing Chief Justice, Straits Settle- ments, April, 1901; Senior Puisne Judge, Penang, Dec., 1901. Clubs: Oxford and Cambridge. Address: Penang, Straits Settlemenst.

LAW, Donaldson Riddell (HONG- KONG), Merchant; Manager local establishment of Butterfield and

Swire. Came to the East from

Scotland over 25 years ago and for some years represented the firm in Amoy. Club: Hongkong. Address: The Peak, Hongkong.

LAWRENCE, Captain Lionel Aubrey Walter Barnes- (HONGKONG), Har- bour Master, ('aptain R.N., retired; b. May 26, 1855. Served in punitive expedition up the iver Gambia, West Africa, in 1876; on the Somali Coast, 1335; with the Naval Brigade during the Kaffir War, 1877-78, and throughout the Egyptian Campaign, 1882; lent by the Admiralty for

service under the Chinese Govern-

ment, 1879; employed as Comman- der in the Naval Intelligence De-

partment, 1892-6; appointed Captain of the Port at Gibraltar, 1893; transferred to Hongkong as Har- bour Master, &c., and Member of the Legislative Council, 1904. De-

corations: Egyptian and South

African war Medals. Club: Hong- kong. Address: "The Chalet,”

The Perk, Hongkong.

Law

LAWRIE, James Wm. (PENANG),

Marine Surveyor. Assistant Govern- ment Engineer and Surveyor, Singa- pore, June 12, 1883; resigned, Oct. 10, 1884; re-appointed assistant Gov- ernment Marine Surveyor, Sept. 26, 1887; Government Marine Surveyor,

Address: Penang, Mar. 9, 1901, Penang, Straits Settlements.

LAWSHE,

Abraham L. (MANILA ),

Auditor for Philippine Islands; b. Oct. 6, 1860, at Somerset, Indiana. Educ.: Privately; High Schools. Commencing as compositor, became

job printer, foreman, reporter, editor, and proprietor, filled var- ious local offices and represented

district in Republican National

Convention of 1896; appointed Postmaster by President Harrison, 1889; appointed Deputy Anditor for Post Office Department of U.S.

by Tresi lent McKinley,

McKinley, 1897; specially assigned by Secretary of Treasury to investigate and report upon methods of enforcing Chinese exclusion laws along Canadian

border and on Pacific Coast, 1899;

sent to Cuba as auxiliary to Postal Commission to assist in organis- ing postal service under U. S. Military Government, 1899; again sent to Cuba to investigate Cuban postal frands, April, 1900; resigned positions of Deputy Auditor for Post Office Department, Assistant

Auditor for Cuba, and Auditor for Department of Posts of Cuba to accept position of Auditor for

Philippine Islands; appointed Chairman of Philippine Exposition Board at Louisian Purchase Ex- hibition at St. Louis, Aug., 1904;

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