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b. July SO, 1862. Educ.: in Paris. Clubs: Hongkong and Jockey. Address: 8 Kennedy Road, Hongkong.


BERKELEY, Sir Henry Spencer (HONGKONG), Kt.; Attorney General; b. Sept. 6, 1851; m. Katherine,,d. of S. S. Cassin, Antigua, West Indies. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1873; Attorney General, Leeward Islands, 1877; Solicitor General, 1878; Acting Colonial Secretary, 1883; Attorney General, Fiji, 1885-89; Chief Justice, 1889-1902; also acted as Administrator; arrived Hongkong, June, 1902; Attorney General, 1902 to date; acted as Chief Justice on two occasions; Chairman of the Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association. Clubs: Junior Carlton, London; Hongkong. Address: Peak, Hongkong.


BERKELEY, Hubert (TAIPING), District Officer, b. June 25, 1864. Midshipman, R.N.R., 1881; to Perak, 1884; police, 1886; Superintendent of Penghulus, 1889; acting Collector and Magistrate, Upper Perak, 1891; assistant Magistrate, Gopeng, 1894; acting District Magistrate, Kuala Kangsar, 1896; District Magistrate, Upper Perak, 1889; District Officer, Klang, 1893; District Officer, Upper Perak, 1906. Address: Taiping, Perak, Federated Malay States.


BERNARD, Basil Henry Francis (PERAK), F.M.S. Civil Service; b. Jan. 13, 1874. Appointed to Civil Service, 1896; held vaiious positions in Selangor and Perak until appointed Acting Deputy Conservator, Perak, 1903. Address: Perak, Federated Malay States.


BERNER, Iwan (SHANGHAI), A.I.E.E.; General Manager of Great Northern Telegraph Co.; b. Nov. 2, 1850 at Copenhagen; m. Feb. 23, 1876. Educ.: University of Copenhagen; Matriculated as " Candidatus Philosophiae"; after studying English Language and Literature at Univ. of Copenhagen for 5 years entered service of Great Northern Telegraph Co., 1875; Telegraph Operator and Electrician, Newcastle and Aberdeen, 1875-76; Assistant, London Office, 1876-83; Superintendent Hongkong, 1882-85; Acting General Manager, Shanghai, 1885-86; Secretary, Copenhagen, 1887-97; acting-General Manager, Shanghai, 1897-98; Secretary, Copenhagen, 1898-1900; General Manager, Shanghai, since 1900. Publications: Translations of English Literature into Danish (Dickens, Bulwer Lytton, etc.). Decorations: Knight of Dannebrog; Officer of Rising Sun; Knight of St. Anna.. Clubs: Shanghai; Race, Shanghai. Address: Shanghai, China.


BERRINGTON, Arthur Tewdyr Davies (TAIPIXG), B.A.; Judicial Commissioner; b. Sept. 7, 1854, e. s. of Arthur Davies Berrington, J.P., D.L., of Panty-Goitre, Abergavenny; m. 1900, Beatrice, d. of Rev. J. Rathborne, Rector of West Tytherley, Hants. Educ: Clifton College and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1878; called Inner Temple, 1879; Oxford Circuit; J.P. and D.L.