the Peking Octroi and concurrently a consulting member of the Ministry. In February 1916 Mr. Hsiao was awarded the Fifth Class Chiaho. In April he was appointed Chief-in-Charge of the Telegraph Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In December 1920 Mr. Hsiao was appointed Acting Second Secretary to the Chinese Legation in Sweden. In January 1921 he was given the Fourth Class Chiaho. For a time he was Chinese Charge d'Affaires in Sweden. In 1922 Mr. Hsiao was transferred to become First Secretary to the Chinese Legation in Norway and at the same time was Charge d'Affaires. In June 1922 he returned to China and immediately became Advisor to the High Inspecting Commissioner of Hunan and Hupei, General Wu Pei-fu. In August 1922 Mr. Hsiao was appointed Acting Councillor of the Ministry of Communications. A month later he was transferred to be Acting Director of the Department of Posts and concurrently a compiler of the Commission for the compilation of the history of Chinese Communications. In October 1922 Mr. Hsiao received the Second Class Chiaho. In the same month he was appointed Director of the Department of Navigation which position he is still holding. In May 1923 he was awarded the Third Class Wenfu.
