BROWN, David E. (HONGKONG), General Agent for China, Japan, India, etc., Canadian Pacific Railway Co.; b. March 20, 1855, at Owen Sound, Canada. Entered railway service with Great Western Railway of Canada, May, 1875, as freight and ticket clerk and telegraph operator; with Northern and North Western Railway of Canada as agent at Alliston, Barrie and Orillia, relieving agent, travelling auditor, cashier and spec, travelling agent, 1879-1883; since 1883 with Canadian Pacific Railway Co.; freight agent, Winnipeg, Manitoba, for three years; appointed District Freight and Passenger agent for Pacific Division, Sept., 1886; promoted Assistant General Freight and Passenger agent, Western and Pacific Divisions, in charge of Railway and Pacific Steamship traffic, May, 1889; transferred to Hongkong to take charge of Co.'s Pacific Steamships and traffic of China, Japan, India, Australia, and intermediate territory, June 1, 1893. Club: Hongkong. Address: Hongkong.