MERKLINGHOUS, Peter (SHANGHAI), LL.D.; German Assessor, Mixed Court; b. at Cassel, July, 1868. Educ.: Latin Colleges at Cassel, Wiesbaden, and Coin; University at Marburg and Berlin. Had four years' service in Prussian Courts of Justice at Coin and Berlin; student interpreter at Peking, 1895; acting Consul at Chefoo, 1902; German Assessor. Mixed Court, Shanghai, 19J3. Decorations: Prussian Order of the Crown with Swords; German China Medal; Legion d'Honueur; Italian Order of the Crown; Order of the Double Dragon. Clubs: Club Concordia, Shanghai; Kolonialgesellschaft, Berlin; Deutscher Flottenverein. Address: German Consulate-General, Shanghai, China.