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Mr. San To was born at Hangchow, Chekiang province, in 1876. He is a member of the White Banner of Mongolia. He studied under Yu Chu-yuan, a famous scholar of the Ching Dynasty, and thus has become a scholar himself. He entered official service very early. For a time he was Prefect of Hangchow, and later director of the Military Academy of Hangchow and also director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of Chekiang Province. In 1902 Mr. San To left Hangchow and became Proctor of the Imperial University in Peking. In 1907 he became a Councillor of the Board of Civil Administration. In 1908 he was appointed Fu Tu-t’ung, or Deputy Lieutenant-General of Kuei-hua-chen. In 1909 he became resident commissioner at Urga, Mongolia. Following the establishment of the Re-