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

NAKAMUTA, Viscount (TOKYO),

Privy Councillor; b. Feb., 1831, at Saga. Pioneer naval officer; at- tained rank of Vice-Admiral; as- sisted organisation Japanese navy; er. Visconut, 1884. Address: Tokyo,

Japan..

NAKANO, Buyei (TокYо), President Tokyo Chamber of Commerce; b. Jan., 1849; at Takamatsu. Was Director of old Tokyo Tramway Co., elected President of the Tokyo

Stock Exchange, 1903 ; sat with Pro-

gressives in Honse from 1890 to 1902. Address: Tokyo, Japan.

NAKONCHAISI, Prince of (see: CHIRA,

PRINCE).

NAMURA, Taizo (Tokyo) Merchant; Member of the House of Peers; b.

Nov., 1841, at Nagasaki. Procurator General of the Supreme Court, 1886; Chief, do., 1892-3; followed mercantile pursnits, since 1894. Address: Tokyo, Japan.

NANJO, Bunyu (TOKYO), ex-Professor of the Imperial University ; b. May, 1849, at Mino. Educ.: Under Max Muller, Oxford University, Eng- land. Was for some time upon the professorial staff of the Imperial University. Address: Tokyo, Japan.

NANSON, William (SINGAPORE), B.A., F.S.A.; Advocate and Solicitor of Supreme Court; b. July 12, 1849; m. Katherine Louisa, d. of Ridgway Harrison: of Woodburn, Douglas, Isle of Man. Educ.: Repton, and Trinity College Oxford. Solicitor of High Court of Justice in England.'

Address: 4, Raffles Place, Singapore,

·

Straits Settlements.

NAPIER, Hon. W. J. (SINGAPORE), D.C.L. Barrister-at-law. Senior

partner in firm Drew and Napier, Advocates and Solicitors; unofficial member, Legislative Council. Club: Singapore. Address: 10, Collyer Road, Singapore, Straits Settle-

ments.

NAQUARD, Eugene, M. C. A. (SAIGON), Conseiller, Cour d'Appel; b. Dec. 23, 1856. Entree l'Administration de

la Justice, Fev. 19, 1883. Decora- tion: Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Address: Saigon,

Indo-China.

NARENDR, Raja, Lieut-Colonel

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Mom (BANGKOK), Siamese Army;

b. Jan. 31, 1876; m. 1904. Educ.:

In England; France; Belgium ;

Royal Military College, Sandhurst ;

Oxford University. Went to Europe as school companion to HI. R. H. Crown Prince of Siam, Ang., 1893, where spent eight years; received commission as Lieutenant

in Siamese Army in 1893; spent two years with 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and 96th Battery of R. F. Artillery, Okehampton; promoted to present rank, 1905.

Decorations: 5th class of the White

Elephant, and four Siamese Medals. Publications: Works on Military Subjects, in Siamese. Address : Bangkok, Siam.

NASHIMOTO, Prince (TOKYO), Captain

of Infantry; b. March 9, 1874; m. Nov. 28, 1900, Princess Itsuko, 2nd d. of Marquis Nabeshima. · Educ.;