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A.M.I.C.E.; Executive Engineer; b. April 6, 1866. Assistant Engineer, P.W.D., Selangor, 1900; District Engineer, Kuala Lumpur, 1901; Executive Engineer, 2nd grade, 1904. Address: Taiping, Perak, Federated Malay States.


JACKSON, Robert D. (KAULA LUMPUR), C.E.; Assistant Engineer; b. April 26, 1878. Public Works Department of New South Wales, 1896-98; do., Victoria, 1900-2; District Surveyor, Negri Sembilan, 1902; assistant Engineer, P.W.D., Selangor, 1904. Address: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federated Malay States.


JAMES, Benjamin (HONGKONG), Head Master, Government School, Kowloon; b. 1874. Educ.: Llandovery College, and Merton College, Oxford. Assistant master, St. Leonard's School, 1896; second master, Horsmonden School, 1897; assistant master, Queen's College, Hongkong, 1898; second master, King's College, Bangkok, 1899; appointed first Head-master of the new Government Schools, Kowloon, Feb., 1901. dubs: Hongkong; United Services; Recreation, Kowloon. Address Government School, Kowloon, Hongkong.


JAMESON, John Watt (HONGKONG), Marine Salvage Engineer; b. Nov. 16, 1851; m. Rolla Gertrude Way, of Tientsin. Educ.: Edinburgh Academy. Arrived in China in 1872; remained in Saigon and Cochin China as Superintendent Engineer for 16 years; proceeded thence to Tientsin and was manager of Taku Tug and Lighter Co. for 12 years, during which time had considerable experience in salvage work; upon leaving Tientsin devoted attention to salvage enterprises and has had many successes, one of the most important being the floating of the U.S.A. battleship "Oregon," stranded in the Gulf of Pechili; brought out in 1905 the special salvage steamer "City of Birmingham," the first of its kind to be introduced in to Chinese waters. Clubs; Conservative, Edinburgh; Tientsin. Address: Hotel Mansions, Hongkong.


JAMIESON, George (TIENTSIN), C.M.G.; Director of the Pekin Syndicate and Yangtse Valley Company; b. 1843; m. 1873, Margaret, d. of late Patrick Tnkson of Berrleys, Bauffs. Entered Consular Service, 1864; Barrister, Middle Temple, 1880; Consul and Judge of Supreme Court, Shanghai, 1891; Consul-General, 1897-1899. Publications: Various papers on the Revenue and Statistics of China; prize essay on Bimetallism. Clubs: Reform; Thatched House, London. Address: Tientsin, China.


JAMIESON, James William (PEKING), F.R.G.S.; Commercial Attache, British Legation; b. 1867. Was appointed Student Interpreter in China, Feb. 16, 1886; acting Vice-Cousul at Shanghai, 1895; at Pagoda Island, 1895 to 1896; at Canton, 1896 to 1897; promoted 1st class Assistant, Sept. 27, 1897; acting Consul at Wuchow, 1897; at Sumao, 1898; attached as Chinese Adviser to Burma-China Frontier Delimitation