ABSTRACT

The title of Adviser is sometimes bestowed on persons distinguished for some particular service (for instance, with regard to home industries, commerce, etc.) The title of Adviser of the fourth rank was bestowed, in accordance with a :Memorial from the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, on ~ ~ m Chang1 P-nan2 and ~Jt E: iii Ch'en2 P-hsi3, who initiated the building of two private railways in Kwangtung Province, mJ i£ll • 1M} Ch'a02 Shan3 T'ieh3 Lu4, the Ch'ao-chouShan-t'ou (Swatow) Railway, and *" ~ me fa Hsin1 Ning2 T'ieh3 Lu" Hsin Ning Railway.