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 Negri Sembilau, Sept. 1899; executive Engineer, Kuala Pilah, Jan., 1901; executive Engineer, Srd grade, Jan., 1902; acting State Engineer, 1902; executive Engineer, Crd grade, Tapali, 1904; executive Engineer, Batang, Padang. Address: Batang Padang, Perak, Federated Malay States. 

 COULSON, John Bliss (YOKOHAMA), Merchant; b. Jan. 8, 1850; m. April 17, 1901, at Hongkong. Educ.: Clevedon College, Northampton, England. Director of Lane, Crawford and Co., Ltd., Yokohama. Address: 253, Bluff, Yokohama; and 59, Yokohama, Japan. 

 COURTEAUD, Leonard G. H. (HANOI), Chef de Service de 1'Enregistrement, des Domaines et du Timbre; b. March, 1851. Entered Civil Service of Indo-China, May 9, 1883; appointed to present post, March 21, 19CO. Address: Hanoi, Tonkin, In do-China. 

 COUSLAND, Dr. Philip Brunelleschi (CHAOCHOU-FU), M.B., C.M., Edin.; Medical Missionary. Educ.: George Watson's School, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University; formerly secretary of the Shanghai Committee on Medical Nomenclature. Publications: Handbook of Physiology (Chinese). Address: Ch'aochou-fu, via Swatow, China. 

 COUVREUR, Rev. Nicholas Justin (SINGAPORE), Procurator of Missions Etraugeres; b. 1855 at Grancysur-Ource (C6te d'Or) France. Educ.: Ecclesiastical Colleges of Langres and Paris. Vice-Procurator of Mission Etrangere.sjat Hongkong 1878-80; since 1880 Procurator at Singapore; one of chief social and financial figures in Straits, where controls vast interests in real property, etc., on behalf of Society of Missions Etrangeres; though French citizen was selected by Government as Assessor, sitting with Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox, in case of expropriation of certain property belonging to the P. and O. Co., and Jardine, Matheson and Co., for Singapore Railway in 1904; Considered one of ablest experts on real estate and business interests in Far East. Address: Singapore, Straits Settlements. 

 COWEN, John (TIENTSIN), Journalist; b. Sept, 6, 1867, 2nd s. of late John Richard Cowen, Assistant Editor, " Yorkshire Post;" m. Marion, d. of Benjamin Wright, of Manchester. Educ.: Leeds Grammar School. Has served upon editorial staffs of newspapers at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Leeds, Hull, Preston and London; sub-editor of " The Times," 1895-7; private Secretary to Editor of " The Times," 1897-1900; arrived in China as special correspondent in connection with the Boxer lisiug in 1900; founded at Peking, on Jan. 21, 1901, the " China Times," the first foreign daily newspaper published in the Chinese capital; transferred it in April same year to Tientsin, where it is now published; also founded the first evening newspaper in the district the "Evening Express"; sentenced in 1903 to imprisonment and deportation to the United Kingdom under the China, and Corea Order in Council, for