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Sarawak; b. 1829; m. Margaret, d. of Clayton de Windt, of Blunsden Hall, Wilts. Joined H. M. Navy 1840; resigned Commission 1851; served in Sarawak under his uncle, late Rajah Sir James Brooke until 1868, when he succeeded him as 2nd Rajah. Recreations: Hunting; Reading. Address: The Palace, Sarawak; Roxbourne House, Malmesbury, Wilts; Villa Raffo, Bogliasco, near Genoa, Italy.


BROOKE, Dr. Gilbert E. (SINGAPORE), M.A., L.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Edinburgh), L.E.P.S., Glasgow; Health Officer. Educ.: Pem. College, Cambridge; London Hospital; B.A., 1891; M.A., 1901; Fellow of Royal Institute of Public Health; Fellow Medical Society, London; Fellow Royal Geographical Society. Late Surgeon Allen Line and Furness s.s. Co.; Government Medical Officer and Medical Officer of Health, Oockburn Harbour, Turks and Caicos Islands; acting Government Medical Officer and Medical Officer of Health Turk's Island, Aug., 1899; J.P. for the Colony, June, 1899; acting assistant Commissioner, Cockburn Harbour, Dec., 1899-May, 1900; District Commissioner, Caicos Islands, June, 1901; Health Officer, Singapore, Jan. 31, 1902. Address: Singapore, Straits Settlements.


BROU, Noce Pierre (HANOI), Inspecteur General des Postes et des Telegraphes; b. Juin 24, 1841. Entree l'administration, Juin 1, 1864; Inspecteur, Dec. 1, 1903. Decoration: Officier de la Legion d'Honneur. Address: Hanoi, Tonkin, Indo-China.


BROWN, Alfred Vanhouse (PKXANG), F.M.S. Civil Service; b. Oct. 29, 1873. Educ.: Merchant Taylors' School; Queen's College, Oxford. Obtained Eastern Cadetship at open competition in 1896, and appointed to Perak; Indian Immigration Agent, Perak, Jan. 1, 1900; Principal Assistant Superintendent of Immigrants, Federated Malay States, Jan. 1, 1905. Club: Sports, London. Address: Penang, Straits Settlements.


BROWN, David Alexander Murray (PENANG), Accountant; b. Dec. 12, 1871; m. Feb. 25, 1901. Educ.: Harrow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. General Manager "Pinang Gazette" Press. Recreations: Horse-racing. Clubs: M.C.C.; Queen's. Address: Marble Hall, Penang, Straits Settlements.


BROWN, David E. (HONGKONG), General Agent for China, Japan, India, etc., Canadian Pacific Railway Co.; b. March 20, 1855, at Owen Sound, Canada. Entered railway service with Great Western Railway of Canada, May, 1875, as freight and ticket clerk and telegraph operator; with Northern and North Western Railway of Canada as agent at Alliston, Barrie and Orillia, relieving agent, travelling auditor, cashier and spec, travelling agent, 1879-1883; since 1883 with Canadian Pacific Railway Co.; freight agent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, for three years; appointed District Freight and Passenger agent for Pacific Division, Sept., 1886; promoted Assistant General Freight and Passenger agent, Western