resumed duty as Auditor, July, 1905. Address: Manila, Philippine Islands.
LAWSON, Eric St. John (BANGKOK), Commissioner of Police; b. June 24, 1869. Educ.: Westminster School. Joined Burmah Police, April, 1891; transferred to N. W. Provinces and Oudh on promotion, Aug., 1893; on famine work in addition to other duties, in Banda District, Bundelihund, 1896-97; services favourably mentioned in minute of Government, issued at close of famine; services placed at disposal of Government of Siam by Government of India, Oct., 1898; promoted to commissioner, March, 1902. Decoration: 3rd class of White Elephant of Siam. Clubs: East India United Service; British, Bangkok. Address: Bangkok, Siam; Saint's Bay, Guernsey.
LAY, Julius Gareche (CANTON), American Consul-General; b. Aug., 9, 1872, at Washington, D.C.; m. Dec., 10, 1904, to Anne Howard. Educ.: Public Schools; Columbia Grammar School, New York. Clerk, American Consulate, Ottawa, Canada, 1889-91; Vice-Consul, Ottawa, 1891-96; Consul at Windsor, Ontario, 1896-99; Consul-General, Barcelona, Spain, 1899-1904; American Consul-General, Canton, since Nov., 1904; appointed Consul General at Capetown, May, 1906. Club; Metropolitan, Washington, D.C. Address: American Consulate General, Canton, China.
LAY, W. T. (CHUNGKING), Commissioner of Customs. Recommended for first class decoration of third rank for assistance given in the development of trade, May, 1906 Address: Chungking, China.
LEARNED, Dr. Dwight Whitney (KYOTO), D.D., B.A., Ph.D.; Theological Teacher; b. Oct. 12, 1848, at Canterbury, Conn., U.S.A.; m. July 7, 1875, Florence Helen Rehard. Educ.: Yale University Professor of Greek, Thayer College, 1873-75; arrived in Japan, 1875, at time of opening of Doshisha College, and has since been connected with that institution; at present Dean of Theological Department and Professor of Church History and New Testament, also Mission Secretary and Treasurer. Publications: Commentary on New Testament; Church History; Political Economy, etc. Address: Kyoto, Japan.
LEASK, Dr. John (SINGAPORE), M.B., Ch.M., Edin., J.P.; Colonial Surgeon Resident; b. July 11, 1856, 5th s. of Henry Leask, J. P., of Swartland and Harkisgarth, Sandwick, Orkney; m. 1884, Alice, 2nd d. of R. P. Trute, Stoke, Devon. Educ.: Madras College; St. Andrews: Edinburgh University; graduated 1879. Travelled in Australia and South Sea Islands, 1880-81; District Surgeon, Inanda Division of Victoria County, Natal, 1882; Colonial Surgeon, Malacca, 1891; Colonial surgeon Resident, Penang, 1893; Colonial Surgeon Resident, Singapore, 1897; acting Principal Civil Medical Officer, Straits Settlements, 1901; Hon. Life Member, St. John's Ambulance Association,
