DANBY, William (HONGKONG), M.I.C.E., Civil Engineer and Architect; b. May 5, 1842. Educ.: Leeds Grammar School; King's College, London. Articled as a Civil Engineer to the Municipal Engineer, Leeds, afterwards Assistant and, subsequently, Deputy Borough Engineer, Leeds, 1866; Chief Resident Engineer (under the late Sir Thomas Hawksley, F.R.S., Past President Institute of Civil Engineers); in charge of the large Washburn Extension of the Leeds C.W.W., 1869-73; appointed assistant to the Surveyor General of Hongkong, Dec., 1873, and was in charge of the detailed surveys and borings for the Tytam Waterworks, 1874-75; had charge of all new Government Public Works and Surveys, 1874-79, resigned from the Government service, Feb., 1879; commenced private practise that year and has since, among other works, erected sugar refineries and docks; elected Lieutenant of local Volunteer Corps, May, 1878; appointed J.P., Jan. 24, 1882; represented the Chinese Government in the settlement of the Shameen Riot claims, Canton, August, 1884; attacked by Chinese in New Territory when on a geological expedition, July 19, 1879; is Past D.S.G.W. Hongkong and South China. Club: Hongkong. Address: Queen's Gardens, and Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.