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Mr. George Hsu was born at Nanchang, Kiangsi province, in 1872. His father, who was a district magistrate, died while he was a child, and at the age of nine he moved wiith his uncle to Soochow and later to Peking. Mr. Hsu studied in Peking until he became a Metropolitan graduate or Han-lin. Then he entered the Chin Shih Kuan, a post-graduate school for those having passed the third literary examination. There he studied foreign law for three years. On completing his studies he was appointed a Councillor of the Board of Justice. In 1906, Tai Hung-tzu, then President of the Board of Justice, returned from his tour abroad. Mr. Hsu made suggestions to him to separate the judicial functions of the