broke out in 1911, Mr. Wong was made Director of Posts and Telegraph at Hangchow,Chekiang. Upon the establishment of the Provisional government in Nanking in January 1911, he was appointed a Secretary of the Board of Communications. After Yuan Shih-kai was elected Provisional President in Peking, a National Communications Conference was called and Mr. Wong was appointed as Delegate of the Chekiang province. In May 1912 Mr. Wong was appointed a Director of the Ministry of Communications in charge of the Postal Department. From that time on till 1917 he was also Advisor to the National Loan Bureau and Ministerial Secretary to the Directorate General of Posts. In 1917 Mr. Wong was appointed Deputy Director-General of Posts of the Service and also became a Councillor of the Ministry of Finance. In February 1919 Mr. Wong was awarded the Second Class Chiaho Decoration; in April 1920, the Third Class Paokuang Chiaho; and in July 1921, the Second Class Tashou Chiaho Decoration. In April 1922 Mr. Wong was appointed Member of the Commission for the Unification of Postal Service. At the end of 1922 he retired from political service and shortly afterward he joined Ho Kou Coal Mining Company, Peking. Since 1923 Mr. Wong has been the commercial manager of the Hankow office of the Liu Ho Kou Coal Mining Company.
