LIEN-K'UEI (HSINCHIANG ), Military Assistant Governor; native of Manchuria. Secretary in Board of War; Kan-liang Tao, Kansn. Nov., 1892; Hsi-ning Tao, Kansu, April, 1893; Judge, Anhwei, Nov., 1898; Treasurer, do., Feb., 1993; Military Assistant Governor, Kobdo, April, 19.:5; Governor, Hsinchiang (New Dominion, Chinese Turkestan ) Sept., 1905.