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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Academy of Arts; Life-Governor, Royal Masonic Institution for boys and girls, London; Honorary Magistrate, Member of the Cantonment and Municipal Committees, Karachi; is a Lieutenant in the Sindh Volunteer Rifles. Recreation: Sailing. Address: Karachi, India. Clubs: Ripon, Zarastrian and Parsi Institute, Karachi.  KratserKretser [sic], Edward de, J.P, I.S.O.; Assistant Controller of Revenue; b. 1854; s. of Peter CornelienusCornelius [sic] de Kretser; m. Alice Grace Anjou, 1877; educ: Colombo Academy, now Royal College; joined service as clerk, Colonial Office, 1872; became Chief Clerk, 1892; Director, Widow and Orphans Pension Fund, 1897; Manager, Public Service Mutual Guarantee Association, 1901; Secretary, Ceylon Savings Bank, 1908; ex-officio Secretary, Public Service Mutual Provident Association, 1893-1900, and President, since 1901; Auditor, Departmental Funds of the Police and the Registrar-General’s Departments; Assistant Auditor-General, Ceylon Civil Service, 1801-7. Address: Gracelyn, Bambalapitija, Colombo, Ceylon.  Krishna, Sir Balachandra, Bombay; b. 1852; educ: at the Elphinstone High School, and Grant Medical College, Bombay; passed the L.M. examination, 1883; joined service first as Assistant Surgeon in the Jamsetjee Jeejeebhai Hospital, and then as Assistant Surgeon, Palanpur Hospital; Principal, Vernacular College of Science; became Chief Medical Officer, and Durbar Physician, Palanpur State; set up private practice in Bombay; 1885; Fellow, Bombay University; Member of the Syndicate for the Faculty of Medicine, Bombay; Member, Bombay Corporation, and Member, Legislative Council, Bombay; was President of the Bombay Corporation, 1898-99; is now President of the Hindu Calendar Reform Committee. Address: Bombay, India.  Krishnamachari, Gopalaswami, B.A., B.L., Rao Bahadur (1911), Hyderabad (Deccan); passed B.L. 1889; commenced practice in Hyderabad (Deccan); became Advocate General, Hyderabad; Secretary to the Legislative Council, Hyderabad. Address: Hyderabad (Deccan), India.  Krishnamacharlar, S., Rao Sahib (19001, B.C.E., retired Executive Engineer; b. 1855; educ: Kumbakonam College, and the Madras Civil Engineeruig College; passed B.C.E., 1877; entered service in the P.W.D., rose to the position of Executive Engineer; his splendid work in the famine of 1877 secured for him extra service towards pension. Address: Madras, India.  Krishnan, Cheruvari, M.A., Dewan Bahadur (1913), Bar-at-law, acting Chief Judge. High Court of Small Causes, Madras; b. 1868; passed B.A., 1887; called to Bar (Middle Temple), 1890; enrolled as an Advocate, Madras High Court, 1891; joined service as 3rd Judge, Madras High Court of Small Causes, 1906; acting Chief Judge, 1909-10: ag. Chief Presidency Magistrate, from 23rd May to 24th November 1910; reverted as 2nd Judge of the Court of Small Causes and was made acting Chief Judge, 1912. Address: “Shenstone Park”, Harrington’s 235