VENNING, Alfred Reid (KUALA LUMPUR), Secretary, Federated Malay States; b. May 18, 1846. Unofficial J.P., and Deputy Coroner, Matale District, Ceylon, 1876; Treasurer and Collector of Customs, Selangor, Oct., 1884; also Chairman, Sanitary Board, Kuala Lumpur, June, 1890; Special Commissioner to report on Cocos Keeling Islands, 1893; acting Government Secretary, Selangor, Oct., 1893, to July, 1894; acting Chief Magistrate, Selangor, March, 1897; Secretary to Government, Perak, Sept., 1897; Federal Secretary, Federated Malay States, Aug., 1903. Club: Royal Societies, London. Address: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federated Malay States.