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Star. Address: Tanglin Barracks, Singapore, Straits Settlements.


WILSON, G. Gordon (Penang), Assistant P.M.G. Cadet, S.S., Nov. 1899; ag. 4th Magistrate, Singapore, April., 1902; passed final examination in Chinese, Aug. 1902; ag. Supt. of Money Order Branch and Saving Bank, Singapore, May, 1903; ag. assist. P.M.G., Penang, Oct. 2, 1903, Supt. of Money Order Branch and Saving Bank, Singapore, but continued to act in Penang. Address: Penang, Straits Settlements.


WILSON, William (HONGKONG), Actg. Chief Manager, Hongkong and "Whampoa Dock Company, since Oct., 1905; previously Supt. Eng.; b. 1853. Address: Kowloon Dock, Kowloon, Hongkong.


WINTERBURN, W. G. (HONGKONG), M.I.N.E.; Engineer; b. Whitby, Yorks, 1862; m. 1894, Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Watson, Toronto, Canada. Passed extra 1st class Board of Trade exam, in engineering at Glasgow, 1887; Japanese first eng. of first grade, Tokyo, 1889; came to China, 1887; gained Gillies' gold medal for competitive paper read before Hongkong Inst. Engineers and Shipbuilders, 1895; several silver medals and diplomas for articles in technical journals; Vice-Presdt. Institute Marine Engineers, Lond. Address: c/o Geo. Fenwick and Co. Ld., Hongkong.


WISE, Alfred Gascoigne (HONGKONG), LL.B.; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, b. Aug. 15, 1854, at Colombo, Ceylon, s. of late Alfred Wise; m. Augusta Frances, d. of A. N. C. R. Nugent. Educ.: Repton; Trinity Coll., Cambridge. Called to Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1878; Pol. Mag., Hongkong, 1884; Registrar, Supreme Court, etc., 1892; Puisne Judge, since 1895. Clubs: Conservative; Thatched House; Hongkong. Address: The Peak, Hongkong.


WISNER, Rev. C. F. ( CANTON.), M.A., D.D.; President of Canton Christian College; b. Sept. 25, 1858; m. July 29, 1889. Educ.: University of Wooster, Ohio; Presb. Theol. Seminary, Allegheny, Pa.: Princeton Theol. Seminary, Princeton, N.J. Address: Canton Christian College, HONGKONG, Canton, China.


WODEHOUSE, Philip Peveril John (HONGKONG), Asst. Supt. of Police; b. Sept. 26, 1877. Educ.: Elizabeth College, Guernsey. Joined the Col. Service in 1897; was Chief Clerk and Dep. Reg. of marriages in Reg. Genl.'s Dept. until March, 1901, when transferred to police for service with Indian contingent; was attached to Punjaub police for one year (1901-2) and served iu various stations in that province; was officer in charge of general census of Colony, 1900. Clubs: Grosvenor, Piccadilly; Hongkong. Address: Central Police Barracks, Hongkong.


WOLFE, Edward Dudley Corscaden (HONGKONG), B.A., Cantab.; Hongkong Civil Service; b. May 3, 1875. Educ.: Tonbridge Sch.; Cains Coll., Cambridge. Appointed