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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . Napjar, Poona and several other places; constructed the Kandahar Railway from Jocabad to Sibi, 1880; Executive Engineer, 1893; Under-Secretary to Government (P.W.D), 1896-97; Superintending Engineer, Poona, and then of Sind; in charge of the Northern Division with head-quarters at Bombay, 1890; Chairman. Bombay City Improvement Trust, 1890; Chairman, Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute; also Additional Member, Legislative Council, Bombay, 1902. Address: Bombay.  Reed, John Henry Frederick, B.A., Bar-at-Law, India Office, London; jomed service in the Accountant General’s Branch, India Office, London; 2nd class clerk, 1872; passed B.A., (London), 1881; junior clerk, 1887; called to Bar (Grav’s inn), 1900; Joint Editor of India Office List, 1905. Address: India Office, London.  Reed, Stanley, LL.D. (Glasgow) Editor, “Times of India”, since 1907; b. Bristol, 1872; m. Lilian, d. of John Humphrey of Bombay, 1901; educ: privately; joined the staff of the “Bristol Times and Mirror”, 1887; “Times of India”, 1897; Special Correspondent to the Times of India and the Daily Chronicle, in parts affected by famine, 1900; accompanied the Prince and Princess of Wales in India in their Indian tour. 1905-6; Amir’s visit to India, 1907, and Persian Gulf, 1907; Honorary Secretary, Jamsetji Jijibhai Hospital Nursing Association; Joint Honorary Secretary, King Edward Memorial, Bombay; Joint Honorary Secretary. Statistic and Economic Society of Western India, 2nd in Command, Bombay Light Horse; represented Western India in the Imperial Press Conference, 1909. Publications: From Delhi to Bombay: the Royal Tour in India; The King and Queen in India. Recreations: Hunting, Golf, and Tennis. Address: Bombay, India; 99, Shoe Lane, E.C. Clubs: Byculla, Royal Bombay Yacht; Orient, Bombay.  Rees, Sir John D., K.C.I E. (1910), C.V.O. (1908), C.I.E. (1890), J.P. for Middlesex, 1907; M.P. (U) East Division of Nottingham since 1912; Governor and Member of Council, University College, N. Wales, Aberystwyth; Fellow, University of Madras; b. 1854; e.s. of late Lodowick William Rees; m. Hon’ble Mary, 3rd daughter of General Sir James Dormer, K.C.B., 1891; educ: Cheltenham College; joined I.C.S.. 1875; Private Secretary to Sir M. Grant Duff, Lord Connemara, and Lord Wenlock, Governors of Madras; 1886-92; Tamil, Telugu, Persian and Hindustani Translator to Government of Madras; Russian Interpreter; on special duty with H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence during his visit and tour in the Madras Presidency, 1889-90; Resident, Travancore and Cochin; Additional Member, Imperial Legislative Council, India, 1890-95; retired, 1901; travelled extensively in Asia including Japan; Chairman. British Central Africa Co., Ltd.; Director, South Indian Railway Co., Ltd., Mysore Gold Mining Co. Ltd, Champion Reef Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Port Madryan (Argentina) Co., Ltd., Chubut Ry. Co., Ltd.; Kolar Power Co., Ltd., Bengal Dooars Ry. Co., Ltd., Oregum Gold Mining Co. Ltd.; British Columbia Fruit Farms Ltd.; Tati Concessions Ltd. M.P. (L) Montgomery Dt, 1906-10. 357