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

ing President of the Municipal

Body; b. Jan. 3, 1854; m. July 1, 1882. Educ.: Privately. Assistant Municipal Secretary, Singapore,

March 1, 1882; additional duties as

Paymaster, 1885; acting Municipal

Secretary, 1891; Municipal Secre tary and Assessor, 1892; acting President of the Municipal Body, 1906. Club: Singapore. Address: "Tolcarne," 6, Tanglin Hill, Singa- pore, Straits Settlements.

PONSONBY,

Richard Arthur Brabazon (HONGKONG), Private Secretary to the Governor; b. Jan.

8, 1878. Educ.: Harrow. Assistant

Private Secretary to Governor of Natal, Oct., 1895, to April, 1896; Private Secretary to Governor of Trinidad, Sept., 1898, to June, 1899; to Governor of Ceylon, Feb., 1900, to Nov., 1903; to Officer Adminis- trating Government of Hongkong, Dec., 1903, to July, 1904; to Governor

of Hongkong, July, 1904, to date. Clubs: St. James; Bachelors;

M.C.C., London; Hongkong. Ad- dress: Government House, Hong- kong; 15, Chesham Hall, London.

POST, Dr. Albert T. (YOKOHAMA), M.D.; Medical Director for the

East, Equitable Life Assurance Society of U.S.A.; b. Jan. 1, 1872; în. Edith, d. of Elisha Mulford, LL.D., of Cambridge, Mass. Educ.: Jefferson Medical College,

Philadelphia, Pa. Clubs: Yoko. hama United; Nippon Race, etc. Address: 24, Water St. and 67 Bluff, Yokohama, Japan.

POST, Nicholas (HONGKONG), Consul for Austria Hungary; v. 1870.

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Educ.: Gymnasium of the T. K. Theresiannin, T. K. Oriental Ac- ademy, Vienna. Commercial At-

taché, 1894, transferred to Con- sulate-General, Shanghai, 1896; Vice-Consul, 1898; appointed Act- ing Consul at Hongkong, 1900; Consul, 1906; appointed Consul at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, May, 1906.

Decoration: Chevalier of Italian

Crown. Publication: "Trade and

Industry in the Far East," 1900. Club: Hongkong. Address: Austria- Hungary Consulate, Hongkong.

POTT, Rev. Francis Lister Hawks (SHANGHAI), D.D.; President of St. John's College, Shanghai; b. Feb. 22, 1864 ; m. in 1888. Educ: Columbia University, N.Y.; General Theologi- cal Seminary, N.Y.; has worked as an educationalist in China for 19

years; has been President of American Association of China; member of International Com- mittee, Y.M.C.A.; is Chairman of Shanghai Chinese Public School. Publications: Translated several books-religious and scientific- into Chinese; "The Outbreak in China," 1900; "A Sketch of Chinese History," 1903. Club: American University. Address: St. John's College, Shanghai, China.

POTTS, W. H. (HONGKONG), Merchant.

Member of firm, instead and

Davis. Been in Colony over 14 years. Club: Hongkong. Address: Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong.

POUNTNEY, Arthur Meek (SINGA- PORE), B.A.; 2nd Assistant Protec- tor of Chinese; b. Dec. 30, 1873. Educ. Oxford University. Cadet,

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