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106 control. The dominating race were Mahomedans (Fulani), who raided the pagan tribes for slaves, and had depopulated vast areas. During the first year, 1900, the troops of the protectorate (the West African Frontier Force) were lent to Sir J. Willcocks for the Ashanti War. In 1901 two of the principal and most aggressive Emirs and slave-raiders were subdued, and their provinces organised under residents. In 1902 the kingdom of Bornu was annexed, and several Fulani Emirs were conquered who would not consent to desist from sending their armies to raid for slaves. Early in 1903 the kingdoms of Sokoto and Kano were organised under British administration. Thus, the whole of Nigeria became amenable to British rule, and slave-raiding was entirely stopped. Before General Lugard left Nigeria in June, 1906, he was able to report that the country was entirely peaceful, and that even slave-dealing was almost extinct. The administration had meanwhile been organised.

Sir Frederick Lugard arrived in Hongkong and assumed the office of Governor in succession to Major Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G., in July, 1907.

In 1902 Sir Frederick married Miss Flora Shaw, daughter of the late General Shaw, C.B., and formerly head of the colonial department of The Times, for which newspaper she undertook special commissions to South Africa, Australia, Canada, and Klondyke. Lady Lugard has published several works, including "Castle Blair" (1878), "Hector," a tale for young people (1883), and "A Tropical Dependency" (1905).

Sir Frederick and Lady Lugard's English residence is "Little Parkhurst," Abinger Common. Surrey. His Excellency's clubs are the Athenæum (special election), St. James's and Royal Societies', and he is a gold medallist of the Royal Geographical Society, a silver medallist of the Scottish Royal Geographical Society, and was elected a life fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute.



CAPT. PERCY HENRY MITCHELL TAYLOR, 32nd Lancers, I.A., Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency the Governor, was the only son of the late Lieut.-Colonel A. M. Taylor, commanding the 19th Hussars. Educated at Wellington and Sandhurst, where he distinguished himself in gymnastics and fencing, he received his first commission on August 5, 1896, and for a year was attached to the Dublin Fusiliers. He then joined his present regiment, receiving his captaincy in August, 1905. He went to South Africa in 1900–1, and was present at several engagements, including Paardeburg, the relief of Kimberley, Driefontein, and Wittebergen, being awarded the Queen's medal with six clasps. His present appointment as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor dates from June, 1907.



CAPTAIN WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, Hon. Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency the Governor, is Senior Captain of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, to which he has belonged since 1803. When in that year the Corps was disbanded and reformed, he served in the ranks as a gunner. He received his commission in May, 1899, and was appointed Captain on October 15, 1903. He was one of the officers who accompanied the Coronation contingent from Hongkong. At the present time he is Captain of right half No. 2 Company Volunteer Artillery, the section which in 1907 won both the maxim and fifteen-pounder competitions, and the cup for the highest efficiency. Captain Armstrong was Hon. Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency Sir Matthew Nathan and to the Hon. Mr. F. H. May when the latter was administering the Government.

MR. ARTHUR JOCELYN BRACKENBURY, Private Secretary to His Excellency Sir K. Lugard, Governor of Hongkong, is a nephew of Lady Lugard. He was educated at Clifton College, where he obtained his cricket and running colours. When the war broke out in South Africa he served his country for eighteen months, receiving the Queen's medal and three clasps. In 1901 he joined the Transvaal Civil Service, and in the following year was appointed Secretary to the Inspector of Mines, Pretoria district. He acted in a similar office in the Krugersdorp district from 1906 until March, 1907, when he left the Transvaal Civil Service. He received his present appointment on June 20, 1907.



HIS EXCELLENCY MAJ.-GENERAL ROBERT GEORGE BROADWOOD, C.B., came to the Colony in 1906 to take command of His Majesty's Forces in South China and Hongkong. Prior to that date he had held command of the troops in Natal (1903–4), and, as Brigadier-General of the troops in the Orange River Colony district (1904–6). A son of the late Mr. Thomas Broadwood, of Holmbush Park, Surrey, he was born on March 14, 1862, and commenced his military career in the 12th Lancers in 1881. He has seen much active service. In 1896 he took part in the expedition to Dongola, being present at the operations of June 7th and September 10th. He was mentioned in despatches, received the Egyptian medal with two clasps, and the British medal, and was given the brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel. In the following year he took part in the Nile Expedition, and was present at the action of Abu Hamed and the subsequent occupation of Berber, gaining two further clasps to the Egyptian medal, and the 4th class Osmanieh. He was present at the cavalry reconnaissance of April 4, 1898, and at the battles of Atbara and Khartoum. Twice he was mentioned in despatches, and in recognition of his services the brevet rank of Colonel was bestowed upon him, whilst he received two additional clasps to the Egyptian medal and was awarded the British medal. During the South African War, 1899–1902, when he raised "Roberts' Horse" and afterwards commanded the 2nd Cavalry Brigade he was five times mentioned in despatches, including two special mentions by Lord Roberts. He was made Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King, and was awarded the Queen's medal with six clasps and the King's medal with two clasps, while the order of C.B. also was conferred upon him. His addresses are the Military Headquarters, Hongkong; and 94. Piccadilly, London, W.



THE HON. MR. FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G., the Colonial Secretary, completed twenty-six years' service under the Government of the Colony in November, 1907, and a quarter of a century's service in the Colony and China in February, 1908. The fourth son of the late Right Honble. G. A. C. May, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and of Olivia, daughter of Sir Mathew Barrington, Bart., of Glenstal, Co. Limerick, he was born on March 14, 1860, at Dublin. After being at Harrow he proceeded to Trinity College, Dublin, where he took the B.A. degree, and was first honoursman and prizeman in Classics and Modern Languages in 1881. In the same year, he was appointed, after a competitive examination to a cadetship in Hongkong, but before coming out to the East served in the Colonial Office for twelve months. He studied the dialect at Canton for six months, and has since written a "Guide to Cantonese." From the end of 1883 until the beginning of 1886 he was in Peking learning the Mandarin dialect, and at the end of that period passed the higher examination for interpreters in the Consular service. Upon returning to Hongkong, Mr. May was employed as Assistant Registrar-General and as interpreter for the Governor at interviews with, and receptions of, high Chinese officials. His subsequent appointments included those of Assistant Colonial Secretary, private secretary to His Excellency Sir W. des Voeux, to Sir K. Fleming, and to Major-General Barker; Acting Colonial Treasurer; Vice-President of the Sanitary Board; Captain Superintendent of the Police and Fire Brigade; and Superintendent of Victoria Gaol. In 1895 he was awarded the Companionship of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George in recognition of special services rendered during the plague of 1894, and in suppressing a strike in 1895 which, while it lasted, paralysed business connected with shipping. In 1897 he succeeded in bringing to light widespread corruption in the police force under his command, and for two years he was engaged in purging the force of dishonest members and in reorganising the Criminal Investigation Department, which he kept under his personal control. In 1899 Mr. May organised the police administration of the New Territories, and for two years subsequently was actively employed in suppressing the lawlessness which was very rife