MATSUO, Shinzen (TOKYO), Governor of Bank of Japan, Member of House of Peers; b. Feb., 1843, at Uwajima. For some years Director of the Financial Bureau of Treasury; appointed to present position, 1903. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
MATSUOKA, Koki (TOKYO), Minister of Agriculture and Commerce; Member of House of Peers; b. at Tokushima, June, 1816. Appointed President of Tokyo Appeal Court. 1890; Procurator -General, 1892; Vice-Minister of Home Affairs, 1894 and 1898; President of Court of Administrative Litigation. 1898; appointed to present post, 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
MATTHEWSON, Rev. Wesley F. (OSAKA), Minister of the Gospel; b. Sept. 12, 1868, s. of a Free Methodist Minister, Rev. A. B. Matthewson, of New York; in. Aug. 22, 1894, Minnie D. Wright, a successful teacher in Michigan Schools. Educ.: at Seminaries in Spring Arbor, Michigan; North Chili, New York; graduated from Spring Arbor, Michigan, 1890. Entered Ministiy in 1894; ordained in 1897 and 1898; elected Member of Free Methodist General Conference in 1902; elected Superintendent of Japan Mission Free Methodist Church, 1902. Address: Tennoji, Osaka, Japan.
MATTOX, Rev. Elmer L. (HANGCHOW), M.A.; Minister and Missionary of the Presbyterian Church of U.S.A.; b. March 3, 1869; in. April 18, 1893, Emma Edna King. Educ.: Parsons College, Iowa; McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Arrived in China, Oct., 1894; teacher in the Hangchow Presbyterian College, since 1894. Address: Presbyterian College, Hangchow, China.
MA WEI-CHI, General (SZECHWAN), Commander -in -Chief; native of Yunnan. Brigade General, Ch'ao-chou, Kwangtung; Commander-in-Chief, Szechwan, July, 1902; commanded expedition to Tibet to avenge murder of assistant Imperial Resident in spring, 1905; rewarded with brevet button, premier military rank, 1905.
MAXWELL, Charleton Neville (PENAN), Acting District Officer; b. June 22, 1892. Private Secretary to Governor of Straits Settlements, 1893; Junior Officer, Selangor, Feb., 1894; acting 2nd assistant District Officer, Ulu Selangor, April, 1894; Transport Officer, June, 1894; acting assistant District Officer, Kuala Lumpur, June, 1895; ditto, Sungei, Bes, Jan., 1896; acting assistant Government Secretary, Oct., 1893; acting District Officer, Ulu Selangor, Dec., 1893; assistant Auditor, April, 1897; acting assistant District Officer, Sungei Bes, May, 1897; acting District Officer, Kuala Langat, Sept., 1897; 2nd Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, and acting assistant District Officer, Sungei Bes, Jan., 1899; acting Registrar of Courts, Nov., 1901; acting District Officer Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan, May, 1902; District Officer, Kuala Langat, Selangor, Jan.,
