Office, 1876-78; cadet in the Service of the Straits Settlements, 1878; served in various capacities in Singapore and Malacca till 1892; has previously acted as British Resident of Perak and Selangor; British Resident of the Negri Sembilan, 1897-1900; employed on a special mission in H.M.S. "Espoir" to the Cocos, Keeling Islands, 1885; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Labuan, B. North Borneo, 1900-4; present post, Feb. 10, 1904. Recreations: Most field sports. Clubs: Sports; Windham; M.C.C., London. Address: Taiping, Perak, Federated Malay States.
BIRCH, James Kortright (PEXANG), Resident Councillor. Cadet, Straits Settlements Civil Service, 1872; passed final examination in Malay, Dec., 1873; Collector of Land Revenue, Penang and Province Wellesley, and Settlements Officer, Trans Krian, Sept., 1877; Collector of Land Revenue, Singapore, June, 1880; acting Police Magistrate and Commissioner of Court of Requests, Province Wellesley, May, 1882; Senior District Officer, Province Wellesley, 1888; first Magistrate and Commissioner, Court of Requests and Superintendent of Prisons, Penang, June, 1890; acting 'Treasurer, Straits Settlements, Feb., 1894; first Magistrate, Singapore, April, 1895, but continued to sict as Treasurer; Treasurer, April, 1897; acting Resident Councillor, Penang, May, 1897 to August, 1898; and from April, 1901; Resident Councillor, Malacca, 1898; was appointed acting Resident Councillor, Penang, Oct., 1903, and appointment was confirmed July, 1904. Address: Penang, Straits Settlements.
BIRD, R. E. O. (HONGKONG), M.A., Oxon; Senior Assistant Master, Queen's College; b, 1869. Head Master, Armenian College, Calcutta; Assistant Master, King's College, Bangkok; arrived Hongkong, 1902, as assistant master; promoted April, 1906. Clubs: Hongkong; Oxford Union. Address: Queen's College, Hongkong.
BISHOP, James E. (JELEBU), F.M.S. Civil Service; b. Dec. 18, 1875. Entered Service as cadet, Pahang, Oct., 1898; acting assistant District Officer, Pekan, Aug. 18, 1900; acting assistant District Officer, Lipis, Sept., 1901; assistant District Officer, Lipis, Mar., 1902; acting assistant District Officer, Raub, Jan., 1903; acting District Officer, Raub, June, 1904; acting District Officer, Jelebu, 1904. Address: Jelebu, Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States.
BLACK, John Stawart (BANGKOK), F.R.G.S.; Judicial Adviser to Siamese Government; b. 1865, 2nd. s. of William Black, of Rothsay, N.B.; m. 1898, Edith Mary Gwendoline, d. of Rev. Augustus Moore, M.A., St. John Baptist Vicarage, Spalding. Educ.: Linlithgow Burgh School, N.B.; St. Andrew's University. Barrister-at-law, Middle Temple. Entered H. M. Consulate Service in Siam as student interpreter, 1888; assistant, 1893;
