OURA, Kanetake (TOKYO), Member of House of Peers; b. at Satsuma, May, 1850. Appointed Governor of Shimane -ken, 1893; subsequently Governor of several Prefectures; Inspector-General of Metropolitan Police, 1898-1900 and 1901-1903; Minister of Communications from Sept., 1901 to Jan., 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.