SKINNER, Charles James (SANDAKAN), Acting Judicial Commissioner; b. Dec. 20, 1854; m. Edith Wilhelmina Velge. Educ.: Chatham House School, Ramsgate; University College, Bath; studied at Walter Wren's Coaching Estab. for Indian Civil Service; Cadet Civil Service, Straits Settlements, 1876; held posts as Collector of Land. Revenue, Police Magistrate, Superintendent of Education, Deputy Commissioner of Lands and in Secretariat in that service; acting Chief Magistrate, Singapore, 1888;. resigned, Sept., 1889; was lent twice (1877-78 and 1882-83), to British Resident, Perak; abridged the Straits Settlements Penal Code and translated it into Malay for use of native chiefs and headmen; spent 1889-99, in private ventures, in course of which acted as Editor of "Pinang Gazette," 1890-92, and by turning that paper from tri-weekly into daily gave Penang its first daily paper; in 1899, joined the service of Chartered Co. of British North Borneo and.served as Magistrate and Treasurer, Labuan; Magistrate in Charge and Deputy Governor, Labuan, 1901-03; acting Judicial Commissioner, British North Borneo since 1903. Club: Saudakan. Address: Sandakan, British North Borneo.