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284 for duty. Later he was detailed to the Board of Justice for service. In September 1911, he was appointed by the Board of Communications to be English translator of the Directorate-General of Railways, and to be concurrently a member of the accounts department. In July 1912, he was transferred back to the Board of Communications and was assigned to the Traffic Department for service. In September he was given the official rank of Junior Secretary. In August 1913 he was appointed Acting Secretary of the Ministry. Three months later, he was awarded the sixth Class Chia Ho Decoration. In February 1914 he was recommended for the appointment as Secretary. Subsequently he resigned this position and was appointed Secretary of the Railway Bureau. In July he received the Fifth Class Chia Ho Decoration awarded for his meritorious service. Later he was promoted to be Senior Secetary, and was given additional office as a member of the transportation section of the Traffic Department. Mr. Ho assisted in the compilation of a dictionary containing translations of foreign railway terms, for which he was specially awarded an honorary Medal by the Ministry of Communications. In July 1917, he was appointed Associate Director of the Chu-ching and Chow-hsing Railways. In August, Mr. Ho was transferred to the Peking-Suiyuan Railway and given the same position as Assistant Director. At the same time he acted as Chief of the General Affairs Department. In September, he was elected Chairman of the Society for the Study of Communications. In October he was awarded the Third Class Chia Ho Decoration. In November he was concurrently appointed a member of 'the Commission for the codification of railway legislation. He was awarded about the same time a Third Class Wen Hu Decoration for service rendered in connection with the suppression of "tufeis.” In November 1918, he was appointed Secretary of the President's Office. In the same month he was again transferred back to the Ministry of Communications for service, upon his resignation from the office of Assistant Director of the Peking-Suiyuan Railway. In January 1920, Mr. Ho was appointed chief of the General Affairs department to the office of the High General Industrial Commission. During the period from August to December 1920, he received several important appointments in the Ministry of Communications. In January 1921, Mr. Ho received the Third Order of Paokuang Chiaho, and in February 1922 the Second Order of Tashou Chiaho. In March 1922, he was appointed acting councillor of the Ministry of Communications. Mr. Ho retired from political life in September 1922, subsequent to the downfall of the Chiaotung clique, of which Liang Shih-i and Yeh Kung-cho were the leaders.