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

Office, 1876-78; cadet in the Service of the Straits Settlements, 1878; served in various capacities in Singapore and Malacca till 1892;

has previously acted as British Resident of Perak and Selangor;

British Resident of the

of the Negri Sembilan, 1897-1900; employed on a special mission in H.M.S." Espoir"

to the Cocos, Keeling Islands,

1885; Governor and Commander-in-

Chief, Labuan, B. North Borneo,

1900-4; present post, Feb. 10, 1904. Recreations : Most field sports. Clubs: Sports; Windham; M.C.C., London. Address: Taiping, Perak,

Federated Malay States.

BIRCH, James Kortright (PENÄNG), Resident Councillor. Cadet, Straits Settlements Civil Service, 1872; passed final examination in Malay, Dec., 1873; Collector of Land

Revenue, Penang and Province Wellesley, and Settlements Officer, Trans Krian, Sept., 1877; Collector of Land Revenue, Singapore, June, 1880; acting Police Magistrate and Commissioner of Court of Requests, Province Wellesley, May, 1882; Senior District Officer, Province Wellesley, 1888; first Magistrate and Commissioner, Court of Re- quests and Superintendent of Prisons, Penang, June, 1890; acting Treasurer, Straits Settlements, Feb., 1894; first Magistrate, Singa- pore, April, 1895, but continued to act as Treasurer; Treasurer, April, 1897; acting Resident Councillor, Penang, May, 1897 to August, 1898; and from April, 1901; Resident Councillor, Malacca, 1898; was ap-

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pointed acting Resident Councillor,

Penang, Oct., 1903, and appoint-

ment was confirmed July, 1904. Ad-

dress: Penang, Straits Settlements.

BIRD, R. E. 0. (HONGKONG), M.A., Oxon; Senior Assistant Master,

Queen's College; b. 1869. Head

Master, Armenian College, Cal-

cutta; Assistant Master, King's College, Bangkok; arrived Hong- kong, 1902, as assistant master; promoted April, 1906. Clubs : Hong- kong; Oxford Union. Address:

Queen's College, Hongkong.

BISHOP, James E. (JELEBU), F.M.S.

Civil Service; b. Dec. 18, 1875.

Entered Service as cadet, Pahang, Oct., 1898; acting assistant District Officer, Pekan, Aug. 18, 1900; acting

assistant District Officer, Lipis,

Sept., 1901; assistant District

Officer, Lipis, Mar., 1902; acting assistant District Officer, Raub, Jan., 1903; acting District Officer, Raub, June, 1904; acting District Officer, Jelebu, 1904. Address: Jelebu, Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States.

BLACK, John Stewart (BANGKOK),

F.R.G.S.; Judicial Adviser to

Siamese Government; b. 1865, 2nd.

8. of William Black, of Rothsay, N.B.; m. 1898, Edith Mary Gwendo-

line, d. of Rev. Augustus Moore, M.A., St. John Baptist Vicarage, Spalding. Educ. : Linlithgow Burgh School, N.B.; St. Andrew's University. Barrister-at-law, Mid- dle Temple. Entered H. M. Con- sulate Service in Siam as student

interpreter, 1888; assistant, 1893;