SCHROEDER, F. (YOKOHAMA), Proprietor and Editor "Eastern World"; b. Oct. 18, 1846; m. in Tokyo, 1887. Educ.; Koenigsberg, Prussia; Burg College. Chief Officer, British mercantile marine up to 1873; Government service, Berlin, to 1878; Government service, Koenigsberg to 1880; sub-editor, "Japan Herald," 1881-84; wholesale bookseller, Tokyo, 1885-92; in Sept., 1899, established " Eastern World." weekly paper and printing office, of which is still editor and sole proprietor. Publications: Commentaries on Japanese books and numerous pamphlets on social, financial, and economic matters in Japan; notes on Commercial Codes of Japan. Address: No. 730, Yokohama, Japan.