DOBERCK, William (HONGKONG), Director of the Government Observatory; b. 1852. From 1874 to 1883 Astronomer in Charge of the astronomical and meteorological observatory, Markree, Co. Sligo, Ireland. Publications: Has published 20 volumes of observations and researches at Hongkong, and 200 papers on astronomical and magnetic subjects in scientific periodicals, and in the publications of scientific societies and institutions in Europe and America. Address: Observatory, Kowloon, Hongkong.