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

tung with Yuan Shih-kai, winter, 1900

Customs Taotai, Tientsin,

Feb., 1902; Expectant Metrop. Official of 3rd rank with brevet of Deputy Lieut.-General to proceed as Special Comm. to Tibet, Sept., 1994; returned from Tibet, winter, 1905; Minister of Wai-wu-pn, 1905-6; appointed assistant Superintendent

of Taxes with control over Cus-

toms, May 10, 1906, but appoint- ment cancelled after protest by

British Government.

TANI, Viscount

was

of

Viscount Tateki (TOKYO),

Lieut.-General (retired); Member of

House of Peers; b. at Tosa, Feb., 1837. Took part in War of Re-

storation;

Commander

Kumamoto Garrison as Major-

Gen. in Civil War of 1877; Minister

of Agric. and Comm, 1885-1887; created Viscount, 1884; Member of House of Peers since opening of Diet. Address: Tokyo, Japan.

TANNER, Bertram (HONGKONG), Sen.

Asst. Master, Queen's Coll.; b.

Oct. 19, 1870. Arrived in Colony and attached to Diocesan Sch.,

March 19, 1898; jun asst. Master, Queen's Coll., Jan, 13, 1900; sen.

asst. Master, since Oct. 20, 1901;

Normal Master, March, 1904. Ad-

dress : Queen's College, Hongkong.

"TATSUNO, Kingo (TOKYO), Doctor of Engineering; b. Aug., 1856, at Karatsn. Educ.: Imp. Univ. Tokyo; in England, 1880-1883. Designed and supervised building of Nippon Ginko (Bank of Japan), Parliament House, and other large edifices; now practises privately and is con- sulting architect to many large businesses. Address: Tokyo, Japan.

Tay

TAYLOR, Basil Reginald Hamilton

(HONGKONG), F.R.A.S.; Civil Ser- vice; b. April 8, 1865; m. 1903, Harriett, d. of Col. H. G. Osgood, U.S. Army, and widow of late Major Paul Clendennis, U.S. Army. Entered R.N., 1878; served in Egyptian War, 1882; present at bombardment of Alexandria, July

11, 1882; lieut., 1888; served in

Mediterranean, North American, China and Home Stations; resigned

comm. 1898; Asst. Harbour, Master,

Hongkong, 1899; ag. Harbour

Master and M.L.C., 1900, 1903-4-5; ag. Assistant Superintendent of Police in charge of Water Police, 1904-5. Decorations: Egyptian

Alexandria clasp, and bronze star. Clubs: Carlton; Bath;

Hongkong. Address: Hongkong.

Medal,

TAYLOR, Charles Henry Brewitt

(MENGTSZ), F.R.A.S.; Acting Com-

missioner of Customs; b. Dec. 11, 1857; m. 1894, Ann, d. Alexander Michie. Educ.: Privately. Came

out to Foochow in 1880, as Prof. of Mathematics and Navigation in the Schools at Foochow Arsenal;

left in 1891, and joined I.M.C. as Asst.-Acting Chinese Sec. to In- spector General of Customs, 1898- 1900; acting Commissioner of

Customs at Swatow, 1900-01; Dis-

trict Postmaster, Shanghai, 1903-5;

in Peking during siege of Legations, 1900 (mentioned in Brit. Minister's despatches for good services). De- corations: China War Medal, 1900, clasp "Defence of Legations"; Double Dragon, 3rd class. Publi- cations: "Problems and Theorems in Navigation"; "Chats in Chinese."

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