acting Colonial Treasurer, April to Oct., 1892; Member of Legislative Council, May, 1895; Captain Superintendent of Police and Fire Brigade, 1893, and of Victoria Gaol, 1897; acting Colonial Secretary, Feb. to Sept., 1900; Colonial Secretary, 1902; administered Government of Hongkong, Nov., 1903, to July, 1904; resumed as Colonial Secretary, 1905. Decorations: For services rendered during coolie strike and great plague, 1894. Publications: Guide to Cantonese Colloquial; Yachting in Hongkong. Recreations: Hunting, polo, shooting, rifle shooting, fishing, yachting. Clubs: Windham; Hongkong. Address: Hongkong.
MAY, Lieut.-Commander John (HONGKONG), R.N.; in Command of H. M. torpedo boat destroyer "Handy." Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1900; appointed to command, 19C6. Club: Hongkong. Address: H.M.S. "Handy," Hongkong.
MAYERS, Frederick John (CANTON), F.R.G.S.; Acting Commissioner of Customs, Canton; 6. July, 1870. Educ.: Privately; appointed to I.M. Customs Service, China 1889; Served at Foochow, Tamsui, Kelung (Formosa); Shanghai, Hankow, Chungking, Peking, Soochow, Tientsin and Canton; acted as Chinese Secretary to the Inspector General of Customs, Peking, 1897; in charge of Kiangsu Likin Collectorate, 1898-9; and of Tientsin Native Customs, 1904. Decorations: Double Dragon, 3rd Division, 1st class; Civil Bark, 4th class, China. Vlubs: Thatched House; Grosvenor; Hongkong p Shanghai, etc. Address: Canton, China.
MAYERS, Sidney Francis (PEKING), Assistant Chinese Secretary H.B.M. Consular Service. Appointed Student Interpreter in China, Sept. 24, 1895; Assessor in Mixed Court, Shanghai, 1898 to 1901; acting Vice-Consul at Shanghai, 1900; acting Chinese Secretary, Peking, 1902; Assistant in Chinese Secretary's Office, Peking, from Sept. 16, 1901, to May 15, 1903; 1st class assistant, May 5, 1904; assistant Chinese Secretary, since 1904. Address: H.B.M. Legation, Peking, China.
MA YU-KU'N, General (URGA), Commander-in-Chief; native of Anhwei. Commander -in -Chief, Chekiang; Oct., 1899; do., Chihli, Aug., 1930; junior guardian, heir apparent, Jan., 1902; commanded twenty, three or twenty-four battalions of troops; in 1905-06; ordered to Urga (Kalgan) Nov., 1905, to establish headquarters there.
McALL, Dr. Percy Lonsdale (HANKOW), B.A., M.B., Ch.B.; Medical Missionary; b. July 10, 1870; m., Lillian M. Joyce. Educ.: Bristol Grammar School, Cambridge University and Edinburgh University; scholar of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge; took 2nd class in honours division, classical tripos, 1892, obtaining B.A., degree; in 1893 commenced Medical course at Edinburgh University, graduated M.B., Ch.B., in July, 1898. Reached Hankow Dec., 1898; in joint charge of London Mission Men's Hospital and Medical School for Chinese.
