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1865-72; Bishop of Victoria, 1874-95; widower. Publications: Translated New Testament and Common Prayer Book into Chinese. Address: English Church Mission, Shanghai.


BURGESS, Harry Astell (PORT DICKSON), F.M.S. Civil Service; b. July 13, 1871. Joined service 1894, in Demarcation office, Kinta; acting assistant District Magistrate, Tan-Jong Malim, 1895; acting assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Matang, 1896; acting Collector of Land Revenue, Kuala Kangsar, 1897; acting assistant District Magistrate, Ipoh, 1899; acting Secretary to Resident, acting Registrar of Courts, Larut, June, 1900; acting District Magistrate, Upper Perak, Jan., 1902; Distiict Officer, Temerlok, Pahang, 1903; acting District Officer, Port Dickson, 1904. Address: Port Dickson, Perak, Federated Malay States.


BURGESS, Percival James (SINGAPORE), M.A., F.M.S., Government Analyst and Science Lecturer; b. July 5, 1873. Educ.: Cambridge. Has held present position since 1900; Manager Malacca Rubber Plantation. Address: Singapore, Straits Settlements.


BURN-MURDOCK, Alfred Maule (KUALA LUMPUU), F.M.S. Civil Service; b. July 7, 1S68. In Forest Department, Burma; Chief Forest Officer, F.M.S., 1901; Conservator of Forests, 1903. Address: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federated Malay States.


BURNSIDE, Edmund (KUALA LLM. Pt u), F.M.S. Civil Service; b. Oct. 13, 1873. Private Secretary to Chief Justice, Ceylon, 1883; joined F.M.S. Civil Service, 1888; assistant Magistrate at Kinta, and acting assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Larut, 1890; acting assistant Secretary to Government, 1890; 2nd assistant Secretary to Government and Clerk of Councils, 1891; acting Magistrate, Larut, 1893; Collector of Land Revenue, and assistant District Magistrate, Lower Perak, 1894; Collector of Land Revenue, Lower Perak, 1895; acting District Treasurer, Lower Perak, 1896; acting District Magistrate, Matang, 1898; District Officer, Ulu Langat, 1903; Collector of Land Revenue and Registrar of Titles, Kuala Lumpur, 1904; Secretary to Resident, Selangor, Dec., 1904. Address: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. Federated Malay States.


BUSH, Harry A. (XEWCHWANO\ Merchant; b. Shanghai, April 5, 1865; m. Maud Frances McGlew, of Brooklyn, 1895. Educ.: Bognor College, Forest School, Cheltenham, England. Was educated for Army; resigned Army in April, 1881, to join firm established by father at Newchwang in 1860; entered firm as shipping clerk, and taken into partnership in 1883; now senior partner; holder of considerable mining concessions in Manchuria; is strenuous upholder of British interests, and has done much to assist Britishers in Manchuria and North China; was of great assistance to Japanese in recent war, and has been decorated,by Japanese Emperor; was awarded