President of the Municipal Body; b. Jan. 3, 1854; m. July 1, 1882. Educ.: Privately. Assistant Municipal Secretary, Singapore, March 1, 1882; additional duties as Paymaster, 1885; acting Municipal Secretary, 1891; Municipal Secretary and Assessor, 1892; acting President of the Municipal Body, 1906. Club: Singapore. Address: "Tolcarne," 6, Tanglin Hill, Singapore, Straits Settlements.
PONSONBY, Richard Arthur Brabazon (HONGKONG), Private Secretary to the Governor; b. Jan. 8, 1878. Educ.: Harrow. Assistant Private Secretary to Governor of Natal, Oct., 1895, to April, 1896; Private Secretary to Governor of Trinidad, Sept., 1898, to June, 1899; to Governor of Ceylon, Feb., 1900, to Nov., 1903; to Officer Administrating Government of Hongkong, Dec., 1903, to July, 1904; to Governor of Hongkong, July, 1904, to date. Clubs: St. James; Bachelors; M.C.C., London; Hongkong. Address: Government House, Hongkong; 15, Chesham Hall, London.
POST, Dr. Albert T. (YOKOHAMA), M.D.; Medical Director for the East, Equitable Life Assurance Society of U.S.A.; b. Jan. 1, 1872; in. Edith, d. of Elisha Mulford, LL.D., of Cambridge, Mass. Educ.: Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. Clubs: Yokohama United; Nippon Race, etc. Address: 24, Water St. and 67 Bluff, Yokohama, Japan.
POST, Nicholas (HONGKONG), Consul for Austria -Hungary; b. 1870. Educ.: Gymnasium of the T. K. Theresianum, T. K. Oriental Academy, Vienna. Commercial Attache, 1894, transferred to Consulate-General, Shanghai, 1898; Vice-Consul, 1898; appointed Acting Consul at Hongkong, 1900; Consul, 1906; appointed Consul at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, May, 1906. Decoration: Chevalier of Italian Crown. Publication: " Trade and Industry in the Far East," 1900. Club: Hongkong. Address: Austria-Hungary Consulate, Hongkong.
POTT, Rev. Francis Lister Hawks (SHANGHAI), D.D.; President of St. John's College, Shanghai; b. Feb. 22, 1864; m. in 1888. Educ: Columbia University, N.Y.; General Theological Seminary, N.Y.; has worked as an educationalist in China for 19 years; has been President of American Association of China; member of International Committee, Y.M.C.A.; is Chairman of Shanghai Chinese Public School. Publications:.Translated several books religious and scientific into Chinese, "The Outbreak in China," 1900; "A Sketch of Chinese History," 1903. Club: American University. Address: St. John's College, Shanghai, China.
POTTS, W. H. (HONGKONG), Merchant. Member of firm, Linstead and Davis. Been in Colony over 14 years. Club: Hongkong. Address: Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong.
POUNTNEY, Arthur Meek (SINGAPORE.), B.A.; 2nd Assistant Protector of Chinese; b. Dec. 30, 1873. Educ.: Oxford University. Cadet,
