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Club: Inst. Engineers, Hongkong, (Vice-President). Address: 4, Ormsby Villas, Kowloon, Hongkong.


LAMMERT, George Philip (HONGKONG), Auctioneer; b. Hongkong Dec. 3, 1882; m. 1893 and again 1900. Educ.: Royal College, Berlin and Insterburg, 1871-1881; arrived Hongkong, 1881; joined Diercks and Co., Swatow, 1881; Siemssen and Co., 1833; started auctioneer's business, 1891; Captain, Hongkong Volunteer Corps. Clubs: Royal Hongkong Yacht; Germania; Cricket; Jockey; Howling; Recreation; Philharmonic and Dramatic Societies. Address: 4, Elliott Crescent, Hongkong.


LANGHAM-CARTER, W. (SINGAPORE), Straits Settlements Civil Service. Educ.: Bradfield College, Berks. Catl3t, Straits Settlements, 1890; passed final examination in Malay, Dec., 1892; acting District Officer, Malacca, Jan., 1896; District Officer, Province Wellesley, April, 1897; continued to act at Malacca; acting Collector of Land Revenue and Registrar of Deeds, Singapore, Dec., 1898; Inspector of Prisons, Straits Settlements, Jan. to May, 1901; assistant Post Master General, Penang, Dec., 1901; 2nd Magistrate, Singapore, Aug., 1902; acting Collector of Land Revenue, and Registrar of Deeds, Singapore, Sept., 1902; appointed to class III B, Jan., 1903. Address: Singapore, Straits Settlements.


LANGSDORF, Rev. William Bell (HIROSHIMA), M.A., Ph. D.; Presbyterian Missionary and Educationalist; b. 186fi, near Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., Pa.; m. 1900, Julia May Tappan, d. of President Tappan, of Miami University. Educ.: Dickinson College (B.A., 1887, M.A., 1890); Washington, and Jefferson, (Ph. D. 1897); Hanover. Teacher of English and Mathematics, Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1887-189; Professor of Latin and Greek, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Military College, 1889-1890; post-graduate student, University of Leipzig, 1890-1892; special student, University of Oxford, England, 1892; student at Rome and Paris, 1893; Professor, Latin language and literature, Miami University, 1893-1902; graduated, Lane Theological Seminary, 1902; ordained by Dayton Presbytery (Presbyterian Church North), 1902; appointed by Foreign Board Presbyterian Church North, as Missionary to Japan, 1902; Commissioner to 107th General Assembly of Presbyterian Church (North) 1895; Member of Archaelogical Institute of America; American Philological Association. Publicatitons: Translator of Seneca's "Tranquillity of Mind and Providence;" contributor to leading educational journals. Address: 189, Kokutaiji Mura, Hiroshima, Japan.


LANGSTON, Stephen Horatio (RAUB), B.A.; Federated Malay States Civil Service; b. June 24, 1877. Educ.: Westminister, and Keble College, Oxford, (B.A., 1930). Acting assistant District Officer, Kuala Selangor, 1902; acting assistant District Officer, Kuala Kubu and