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Mr. Liang Shih-i was born at San-shui Hsien, Kuangtung Province, in 1869. He became a Metropolitan Graduate in 1894 and was subsequently given the rank of ministerial senior secretary. In 1899 Mr. Liang was specially recommended to the Manchu Throne by Chang Chih-tung, then Viceroy of Hu-Kuang, to attend the examination for men of unusual talents. He passed it, coming out at the top of the list, thus gaining for himself a nation-wide reputation. In 1906 Mr. Liang was appointed Secretary to Tang Shao-i who was sent to India on a special government mission. In 1907, upon Tang's return to Peking, Mr. Liang became Chief of the Railway Department of the Board of Communications. Shortly afterwards he was ordered to hold concurrently the post of the Chief of the