TAKAHASHI, Sninkichi (TOKYO), President of Hypothec Bank of Japan; Member of House of Peers; b. Aug., 1847, at Satsuma. Appointed Secretary of Treasury, 1874, has been Chief of Customs at Nagasaki, Kobe, Osaka, etc.; Consul at New York; recalled to be Bureau Director in Dept. of Agric and Cumm.; was President of Kyushu Rly. Co. in its inauguration; has held present position since 1900. Address: Tokyo, Japan.