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Italy. In return for his services in this last capacity he was decorated with the Order of the Crown of Italy. Mr. Hogg is still identilied with practiailly every social organisation in Shanghai and is a member also of the Conservative Club, London. He is, in short, a fine type of the sturdy pioneer of British enterprise and, at the ripe age of seventy vears, hale and hearty as ever, he can look back upon his career with justifiable pride. It is interesting to recall that his beautiful residence stands upon the site formerly occupied by a modest little bungalow which he and his brother built for use at week-ends on the banks of the Soochow Creek, near the Chinese village of "Unkaza," at the time that General Gordon constructed the Jessfield Road in connection with the operations against the Taeping rebels.

MR. AND MRS. E. JENNER HOGG.

MR. VYVYAN DENT, acting Deputy- Commissioner (Outdoor, Bonding and Returns), of the Imperial Maritime Customs, is one of the most familiar figures in Shanghai. Motoring is his favourite recreation, and, as he follows his bent to the fullest possible extent in his leisure, his car is often to be seen round about the countryside. Its owner may claim more than a passing acquaintance with many and varied districts in China. He was born in 1862, when the great firm of Dent & Co. was at the height of its prosperity, and, except for the years spent in completing his education at Haileybury College, England, and the "Realschule " Cassel, Germany, he has lived in China ever since. He joined the Imperial Maritime Customs in 18K2, and served in various capacities at Hankow, Chefoo (during the China-Japan War), Kiukiang, Foochow, and Peking, before taking up his present appointment. Mr. Dent is a musician of considerable ability, and several of his published compositions have been very well received both by the professional critic and the public. He is also a collector of Chinese and other curios, and was awarded a silver medal at the St. Louis Exhibition and the Diplome d'Honneur and gold medal at the Liege Exhibition, for the valuable articles, both artistically and historically interesting, which he placed on view. In recognition of his services to the Chinese Government, he has been decorated with the Fourth Civil Rank of the Imperial Order, "Ssu Pin Hsien." Mr. Dent married, in 1892, Ada, the eldest daughter of Mr. I. W. Batinson. His son, Robert Vyvyan, who is an even more enthusiastic motorist and mechanician than he, has inherited his father's musical talents, and, although only fourteen years of age, has already obtained recognition in the musical world through his published work.

MR. J. H. TEESDALE, a partner in the well-known legal firm of Messrs. Stokes, Piatt & Teesdale, was born at Eltham, Kent, on March 7, 1873, being the eldest son of Marmaduke John Teesdale, of Walton- on-the-Hill, Surrey. Educated at Albion House School, Margate, and at Winchester College, he served his five years' articles of clerkship with Messrs. Maples, Teesdale & Co., of 6, Frederick's Place, London, E.G., remaining with them for two years afterwards as managing clerk. In 1899 he came to Shanghai, where he joined Messrs. Stokes & Piatt, and in 1904 he entered into partnership with them, the firm then assuming its present style. He has become intimately identified with local sport as an active participant. He is also a member of the Municipal Committee for Parks and Open Spaces. As a member of the Rowing Club, he rowed in the English four and eight during 1899 and 1900. He is a member of the Paper Hunt, Cricket, and Polo Clubs, and is a well-known member and performer of the Shanghai Amateur Dramatic Club. A good shot, he spends much of his time during vacations in pursuit of game up country. His clubs are the Shanghai and Country Clubs, Shanghai, and the Junior Carlton and Thatched House Clubs, London.

MR. HAROLD BROWETT, of Shanghai, was born in Birmingham, England, on October 6, 1862, and educated at Ashfurlong School, Sutton Coldrteld, at Loughborough Grammar School, and at Northcote House, Rugby. He was admitted a Solicitor of the Supreme Court on January 18, 1887, and enrolled as a member of the Bar of Her Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for China and Japan (now China and Korea) on Sep- tember 26th of the same year, and has practised since then as a solicitor and advocate.

MR. EDWARD S. LITTLE has travelled extensively in different parts of China during fourteen years' missionary work, and has gained an acquaintance with the habits of the people and a knowledge of their languages, which prove of the greatest assistance in the conduct of his business. Born