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558 of friendship and as a token of their appreciation of his loyal co-operation in the conduct of the business. Besides his duties as compradore, Mr. Wong Hien Chang controls a Chinese bank, and has opened a piece-goods hong and a silk hong, under the title of Tien Zung &amp; Co., in Honan Road, No.. MR. CHUN YIK CHEE, compradore to the Standard Oil Company, is a native of the village of Chak-Yuan, in the district of Hiang, in the province of Kwangtung. He was born in 1870, and was the fourth son of the late Mr. Shu-tang. His father was a scholar in his youth, and afterwards, by order of His Excellency Viceroy Li, was ordered to assist His late Excellency Tong Kin-sing in establishing the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company. Afterwards a memorial was sent to the Throne asking that Mr. Shu-tang be raised to the rank of a Taoutai, and he was given the first "Expectancy" in the province of Chihli. Later Mr. Shu-tang was appointed His Chinese Majesty's Consul-General to the United States of America, and subsequently became Resident Commissioner of Foreign Affairs in Korea. For his services he was decorated with the Second Rank, and with First Rank for the three foregoing generations by special decree. He died in his sixty-third year. Mr. Y. C. Chun, after studying Chinese, entered upon a mercantile career, and at the age of twenty-four came to Shanghai as assistant to his father-in-law, Mr. Wei Mun-fu, at that time compradore of the Chartered Bank. He proved himself so trustworthy and reliable that his father-in-law at length recommended his appointment to the position which he has now held for upwards of fourteen years. A man of charitable disposition, he has twice been honoured by the Imperial Government for his donations towards the relief of distress caused by floods and famine in the provinces of Shuntien and Chihli, being made first a Sub-Prefect and afterwards being promoted to the rank of full Prefect with the decoration of the Peacock's Feather. He is married, and by his wife, surnamed Wei, he has three sons and one daughter. MR. SZE ZING TSAH, has been in the service of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for twenty-three years, for the last twelve of which he has held the responsible position of compradore. Born at Tung Show, Mr. Sze received a thoroughly sound and comprehensive education, and, after an efficient business training, was appointed compradore to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha in Nagasaki. In this capacity he served for eleven years, and travelled extensively, visiting most of the towns in Japan in which the Company had offices. For some considerable time he was actively engaged at the headquarters in Tokyo. He came to Shanghai twelve years ago. Mr. Sze, who speaks Japanese fluently and has an excellent command of English, enjoys the full confidence of his employers. His capacity for dealing with the intricate details of a large shipping business is undoubted, and his genial manner and kindly disposition have won him many friends. He is married and has one son, thirteen years of age, who is attending a Chinese school at present, but will be sent later on to England to complete his education. MR. LIU ZAY CHIN, compradore to the firm of Messrs. Davies &amp; Thomas, civil engineers, architects, land and estate agents, was born in Anhwei in 1878. When only two years of age he was taken to Nanking, and when eight years old was brought by his parents to Shanghai. He attended a local native school until he was fifteen, at which age he was sent to the Anglo-Chinese College, No. 18, Quinsan Road, under Dr. A. P. Parker. As a member of the World's Chinese Students' Federation, he still keeps himself in touch with many of his old school-fellows. Upon the completion of his education, in 1897, he joined Messrs. Davies &amp; Thomas, and eight years later became compradore. He is married to a sister of Mr. P. L. Chang, and resides at No. 91, Avenue Road. His official name is Liu Mow Yung. MR. T. S. YUE, compradore to Messrs. Siemssen &amp; Co.'s machinery and fire-arm department at Shanghai, was born in the Settlement, but his ancestral home is in the neighbourhood of Chekiang. Mr. Yue, who is thirty-five years of age, is a man of substance, owning several large stores and much real estate in Shanghai.