KU CHAO-HSI (SHANGHAI), Managing Director, China Merchants Steam Navigation Co.; native of Kiaugsu; provincial graduate. Kirin Tao, July, 1882; Fengtin Tao, Shensi, Dec., 1888; transferred for service in Formosa, October, 1891; Taotai, Formosa, Dec., 1891; holds Brevet rank of Judge; appointed Managing Director, C.M.S. Navigation Co., in winter, 1893.