same University. He left America for Germany in 1911 and studied in Berlin University for four months. Mr. Hu returned to China in April 1912. Then he became a Professor in the Nanyang Polytechnic Institute, Shanghai, but held that position only for a few months. From August 1912 to December 1913 he was manager of the Nanking branch of the Kiang-su Bank. From January to April 1914 he was manager of the Wusih Branch of the same bank. He joined the Department of Railway Accounts and Statistics, Ministry of Communications, in September 1914; and was appointed a Member of the Standing Committee on the Unification of Railway Accounts and Statistics in July 1917. In May 1918 he was appointed a Delegate to the Seventh China-Japan Through Traffic Conference held in Tokyo. He became Chief of the investigation section and assistant chief of the traffic section of the same Department in January 1919. From January to December 1920 Mr. Hu was a delegate of the Ministry of Communications at Paris in connection with the Peace Conference. In May 1921 he was appointed Chief of the Traffic Section of the Railway Department. He was appointed Director of the Railway Through Traffic Administration in February 1923. Mr. Hu has been awarded by the Government the Second Order of Ta Shou Chiaho and also the Second Order of Wenfu. His address in 35 An Fu Hutung, West City, Peking.
