T'ANG SHAO-YI (PEKING), Minister of Wai -wu -pu ( Board of Foreign Affairs ), native of Kwangtung. Formerly Sec. to Yuan Shih-kai when Resident in Corea; Consul-General in Coren after Japanese war: since employed in Northern Railways Administration; in Shantung with Yuan Shih-kai, winter, 1900; Customs Taotai, Tientsin, Feb., 1902; Expectant Metrop. Official of 3rd rank with brevet of Deputy Lieut.-General to proceed as Special Comm. to Tibet, Sept., 1904; returned from Tibet, winter, 1905; Minister of Wai-wu-pu, 1905-6; appointed assistant Superintendent of Taxes with control over Customs, May 10, 1906, but appointment cancelled after protest by British Government.