CHAO ERH-HSUN, General (MUKDEN), metropolitan graduate, 1874. Appointed Prefect of Kuei-Yang; Kuei-Tung Tao, Kuei-chow, Oct., 1890; Judical Commissioner, Anhui, April, 1895; Judical Commissioner, Shansi, July, 1898; Financial Commissioner, New Dominion, Nov., 1898; Financial Commissioner, Shansi, 1902; Governor, Hunan, Jan., 1903; acting President, Board of Revenue, Aug., 1904; Officiating President, Board of Revenue, Dec., 1904; Promoter of the scheme for the formation of Bank of the Board of Revenue; Tartar-General of Mukden, Manchuria, 1905-6.