VACLE, Joseph (LAOS), Resident; Administrator, 1st class; b. Jan. 20, 1857. Joined Indo-China Civil Service, June 1, 1895; Administrator, 1st class, Feb. 12, 1899. Decoration: Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. Address: Laos, Indo-China.
VAN BUREN, Joseph Sheffield (HONGKONG), Merchant; b. May 25, 1854. Educ.: Phillip's Academy, Andover, and Yale University. Entered the service of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, August, 1874; was Agent in Hongkong from 1891 to end of 1902; at present General Agent for the Great Northern Steamship Company with headquarters at Hongkong. Clubs: Calumet, New York; Pacific Union, San Francisco; Yokohama United; Hongkong. Decoration: "Loyal Legion." Address: 129, Barker Road, The Peak, Hongkong.
VAN CITTERS, Jonkheer A. J. (PEKING), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for the Netherlands. Address; Netherlands Legation, Peking, China.
VAN DER BECK, Joseph Nicholas (SINGAPORE), I.S.O. (1903); Clerk to Governor, Straits Settlements; b. April 8, 1855, s. of F.C. Van Dei Beck; m. 1876, Maria Ida, d. of Commandant Polman, of Java; five s., four d. Educ.: Raffle's Institution, Singapore. Extra Clerk, Colonial Secretary's Office, Singapore, Sept., 1871; 8th Clerk, Jan., 1873, and attached to Government House; 6th Clerk, Dec., 1875; Guardian of Government House, May, 1877; 5th Clerk, Colonial Secretary's Office, April, 1879; 4th Clerk, 1879; 3rd Clerk, June, 1880; Clerk, Government House, Dec., 1883; Financial Assistant of Police, Singapore, 1905. Club: Singapore Recreation. Address; Government House, Singapore, Straits Settlements.
VAN HORN, Rev. G. W. (OSAKA). A.M.; Minister and Missionary; b. March 19, 1846, at Alleghany, Pa.. U.S.A.; m. 1878, Frances M. Dorsey. of Kentucky. Educ.: Cumberland Univ.; Depauro Univ., Ind., U.S.A. Served in U. S. Army during Civil War from 1861-65; founder and proprietor of Van Horn Institute, Slaughtersville, Ky., U.S.A., 1881; Pastor C. P. Church, Brownsville,. Pa., 1886-1888; arrived in Japan as Missionary, 1888. Address: Osaka,. Japan.
VANRENEN, Major Arthur Saunders (TAIPING), 2nd in Command, Malay
