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VIRGITTI, Lieut.-Col. Ignace P. S. (HANOI), Commandant le 9e Régiment d'Infanterie Colonial. Decoration: Officier de la Légion d'Honneur. Address: Hanoi, Tonkin, Indo-China.

VON DONOP, Lionel Brenton (KUALA LUMPUR), Secretary of Sanitary Board; b. March 6,1855. Attached to Public Works De- partment Head-quarters, Selan- gor, 1833; Secretary of Sanitary Board, Selangor, since 1893. Address: Kuala Lumpur, Selan- gor, Federated Malay S.ates.

VOULES, Arthur Blennerhasset (KUALA LUMPUR), B.A. Cantab., Registrar of Supreme Court; b. Sept. 15, 1870. Passed in Law and Malay; entered Federated Malay States Civil Service as Junior Officer, Perak, 1892; acting Inspector of Schools, 1893; occupied various positions in service until appointed Registrar of Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, 1906. Address: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federated Malay States.

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WADA,

Tsunashiro (T KYO), Mineralogist and Geologist; b. Mar., 1856, in Fukui-ken. Appointed Sec. of Agric. and Comm. Dept. and later pro- moted Director of Mining Eureau; undertook founding of

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Gov. Steel Works Wakamatsu, 1897-1902. Address: Tokyo, Japan.

WADAGAKI, Kenz) (TOKYO),

LL.D., Prof. of Imp. Univ.; b. July, 1860, at Toyoka. Educ.: Imp. Univ., Tokyo, and in England. Appointed to chair of Political Economy at alma mater, 1886; assigned an additional post at Tokyo Higher Comm. School; was

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removed to Agric. Coll. of Imp. Univ., 1898; is an Examination Commissioner of Foreign Office. Address: Tokyo, Japan

WAKAO, Ippei (KosнU), Mer- chant; b. Dec., 1820, in Yamanashi-ken. Became one of richest men in Japan by dealing in raw silk early in Meiji era; for some time Member of House of Peers; founded the Wakao bank and connected with several other business establishments. Address: Koshu, Japan.

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WANG CHIH CHUN (PEKING), ex-Governor of Kwangsi;