HALL, John Carey (YOKOHAMA), M.A., I.S.O.; H.B.M. Consul General; b. Jan. 22, 1844, at Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, s. of John Hall of Coleraine and Portrush, Co. Antrim; m. 1876, Agnes, d. of Charles Wyclif Goodwin, Assistant Judge of H.B.M. Supreme Court for China and Japan. Educ.: Coleraine Academical Institution; Queen's College, Belfast. Appointed Student Interpreter in Japan, Dec. 24, 1867; employed in assisting Japanese Prisons Commission, 1871; acting Vice-Consul at Yedo (Tokyo) for some while; 1st class Assistant, April 1, 1877; called to Bai at Middle Temple, June 29, 1881; Assistant Japane.se Secretary at Tokyo, April 1, 1882; acting Consul at Nagasaki, 1882, 1883, 1884, and 1886; acting Japanese Secretary at Tokyo, 1884 to 1886; acting Registrar and Interpreter, Yokohama Court, 1886; acting Consul at Yokohama, 1886 to 1888; acting Judge in Court for Japan.,'at. Yokohama, 1888; acting assistant Judge in Supreme Court for China and Japan at Shanghai, 1888 to 1S89; promoted Consul for Hakodate and Niigata, Oct. 1, 1888; acting Consul at Nagasaki, 1890 to 1892; at Yokohama, 1895 to 1896; transferred to Tamsui (Formosa), Feb. 4, 1893; Consul for Hiogo an I Osaka, Aug. 21, 1896; Consul for Consular District of Hiogo j:ml cities of Kyoto and Osaka, July 28, 1897;. Senior Member of Commission to prepare case in Arbitration proceeding before Hague Tribunal between Great Britain, France, and Germany, and Japan, respecting interpretation of an Article in their Treaties relating to leases in perpetuity in late Foreign Settlements in Japan, Sept. 20, 1902: promoted Consul-Geueral for Consular District of Kanagawa, May 21, 1903. Publications: General View of Chinese Civilization, translated from the French of Pierre Laffitte. Clubs: Royal Societies; Yokohama United. Address: H.B.M. Consulate, Yokohama, Japan.