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Jurisprudence; admitted soliciton, 1899; was member of firm of Brutton, Hett and Golclring until April, 1906, when started on own account. Recreations: Football, cricket, shooting, fishing. Clubs: Hongkong; Sports, London. Address: "Parkside," Kowloon, Hongkong.


GOMPERTZ, Hanry Hessy Johnston (HONGKONG), B.A., Oxon.; President of the Land Coxirt; 6. August 31, 1867. Attached to the Colonial Secretary's Office, Straits Settlements, 1890; acting Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, Peuang, 1893; second assistant Protector of Chinese, Penang, 1897; appointed assistant Registrar General, Hongkong, Aug., 1897; called to the Bar, 1899; assistant Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Councils, 1900; appointed President of Land Court, 1902; speaks the Tie-Chin, Hokkien, and Cantonese dialects. Club. Hongkong. Address: Hongkong.


GOODRICH, Dr. Chauncey (PEKING), D.D.; Missionary and Teacher; b. June 4, 1836; m. Sarah Boardman Clapp. Educ.: Williams' College Mass., Union and And over Theological Seminaries. Teacher in Tungchou College, and Dean of Theological Seminary; in 1900, with family, was besieged in Peking during the Boxer Rising; at pressnt Dean of the Union Theological College, Peking. Publications: Pocket Dictionary (English-Chinese), Character Study of Mandarin Colloquial; Blodget and Goodrich's Chinese Hymnal, etc, etc. Address: Peking, China.


GORBOLD, Rev. Raymond P. (KYOTO), Presbyterian Minister; m. April 7, 1905, Mary M. Palmer at Osaka, Japan. Address: Kyoto, Japan.


GORDON, Alexander Grant (HONGKONG), M.I.N.A., M.I.M.E., M.I.E. and S.; Engineer and Naval Architect; b. Nov. 1, 1852. Educ.: Glasgow, Scotland. Has had 29 years' experience in the East as Engineer and Naval Architect; is at the present time Superintendent of China and Manila S.S. Co., Ltd., Consulting Engineer for the Brick and Tile Works, Deep Water Bay, and various other agencies of Shewan Tomes and Co.; is Government Surveyor of Boilers of private steamships under (0 tjns; Surveyor of the Marine Bo~rJ of Underwriters, Philadelphia and San Francisco; senior partner of firm Gordon and Co., since 1880; is J. P. for Colony. Address: "Tor Crest," The Peak, Hongkong.


GORDON, Edward Lillingston Steuart (MANILA), Assistant H.B.M. Consular Service for Japan; b. July 11, 1876,. of General William Gordon, C.I.E. Educ.: Wellington College, Berks. Appointed Student Interpreter in Japan, March 23, 1897; acting Consul at Tarns ui, North Formosa, April 13 to April 22, 1901; ac ting Vice-Consul at Hakodate, July, 19 J2; acting Vice-Consul at Manila, Oct. 1, 1904 to Oct. 7, 1905; acting Consul General at Manila since Oct. 7, 1905. Clubs: Tokyo; Yokohama