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, British Consul at Chefoo, was born in Dublin in 1854, and was educated in Weimar, Germany, at Dr. Stackpoole's School, Kingstown, and at the College Chaptal, Paris. After passing a competitive Examination for a Student-Interpretership, he was attached to the Peking Consulate, and has since held consular appointments at numerous stations in China. He was instrumental in acquiring the site of the Kenling Settlement, at Ichang, where he established a local post-office and brought out an issue of stamps. Mr. Brady is married, and has one son, who is being educated at Charterhouse.





, Russian Consul at Chefoo, was born in 1872 in South Russia, and was educated at Ismail and at St. Petersburg University, where he took degrees and a First in Science and Oriental Languages. In 1897 he entered the Foreign Office at St. Petersburg, and a year later was despatched to Peking. He was transferred to Newchwang in 1900, and remained there through the Boxer troubles until 1903. He then went home on leave, but when the Russo-Japanese war broke out he had to return hurriedly to Port Arthur, and during the hostilities he was engaged in various districts. In recognition of his services he received the Russian Order of St. Stanislas, Second Degree. He has, also, the Order of Boukhara and the Order of the Double Dragon.





, in addition to being Surgeon to the Chefoo General Hospital and Medical Officer to the Imperial Maritime Customs, holds the office of Consul for Norway and for Sweden. He was born in 1867 in Norway, and was educated at Christiania University, Liverpool, and Paris, taking degrees in each place. He came out to Chefoo in 1896. Dr. Gulowsen holds many decorations from different governments.





, head of the firm of Anz &amp; Co., was appointed Belgian Consul in 1903. Born at Hamburg in 1877, he was educated at Dusseldorf and Bergedorf, and came to Chefoo in 1893.





, Commissioner of Customs at Chefoo, was born in 1849 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and received his education at Lancing, Tonbridge, and privately on the Continent. Since 1868, when he came out to Foochow, he has held various posts in almost all the ports and river stations in China.





, who holds the rank of Taoutai, and is Secretary to the Customs Taoutai, of Chefoo, was born in the province of Kwangtung in 1860, and was educated at