We must not, however, get all at once to the fascinating subject of reminiscences, but a word must be sajd about Dir. Wilki As_will be noted below, he was. born in Yokohama, his father being Mr. and subsequently Sir Hiram Witki son, who held among other positions. those of Crown Advocate and Chief Justice here.
Mr, Wilkinson was called.to the Bar in 1889, and a. year or two later came qut to: Shapghal, being here while'his father awas. engaged on the famous Caraw murder trial in Xakahama. He was acting Crown Adygeate here at imes between 1804 and 1897,, Acting, Chief Justice in 1898 and Acting Assistant Judge in Korga the seme year. From 1903 until 1905 he was Acting Judge of H. M. Court Siam, and since the latter year has been Crown Advocate here. Sin 1016 he has, also been. judge, at Wei haiwei, Ho-holds the-bronze medal of the Royal Humane: Society fae snying life from drowning.
There.are the bare details of a caneer of extraordinary. interest, One would wish to try to picture in court where naturally the public caw most of him. One. thing about him. as Crown Advocate wes that there was-never any mincing of matters with a jury: there wore the plain facts of the case to be told in-plain language; and this was.a guiding principle in his conduct. of etiminal cozes, Thave was another thing that pressed the observer.at the Su-'Preme Court and that was an abso-_ lutely unparalleled mastery of pid gin English, Mr, Wi supposed to. get marsied on appointent 'An experience which was impro: jed even on my youthful mind was when my amah somehow let my Perambulator run down the part of the steep hill which ends at the' Wrench Consulate-Ganeral. The amah promised me a ship if I would say nothing about it." T expected no Joss than one of the men-of-war in harbour, and, was bitterly disappointed on Being given a small. model wooden boat.
T remember being taken Home by my father across the Pacific, with my infant brother, "in a paddle! steamer, In these days one had to stop off in the train at Salt Lake City, and there T was taken to the Mormon Temple. As a very small fay, unaccompanied by my father, 1 was looked at and,.as far asf sed, by a good many the Temple. (Brigham Youyg was then chief of the Temple).
On being called to the bar and finding: that it would-be many years, ever, before the fees earned would equal my expenses at No. 3 Brick Court in the Middle Templ T-came to China as legal assistant to my father, then the Crown Advocate.
At Colombo, on leaving the P.& O. S.-Oceana (on which I had been rashly secretary of the sports—a position which T have never occupied since) I joined the P. & O. S. Rosetta. "Also coming on here up to Shanghai were young student interpreter including E. C. (now Sir Ernest) Wilton. H. Goffe, H: H. Fox and/H. A. Little,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.