Governor of Kiangsu, who took office on Tuesday, is already 37 years of age, but is still in perfect health. He is a native of Tinghsien, in the province of Chihli, He passed all his competitive examinations and received the high degree of ""Hanlin" some 20 years ago, during the tsing dynasty, and his official career began with the office of magistrate in the province of Kuangsi. He was later transferred to Szechuan, at the request of Tsen Chen-hsuan, then Viceroy of that province. When the latter became Viceroy of Liangkuang, Mr. Wang accompanied him to Kuangtung and was made prefect in the province of Kuangsi.
Mr. Wang was afterwards transferred to Fengtien, and later became Director-in-chief of the Bureau of Police in Mukden, at the time when Sion Liang was Viceroy of Manchuria, before the end of the former dynasty. On leaving Mukden, he amused his subordinates by telling them that they should not go to the station to sce him off, as they would "lose face" if they did so. None of his subordinates, however, dared to be absent at the time of his departure, and he embarrassed all of them by appearing there in his ordinary clothes, carrying his bedding on his shoulder, and entering a third-class compartment occupied by many coolies.
Under Yuan Shih-kai, he was first made a magistrate of his native district in Chihli and afterwards became Chief of the Bureau of Censors. He was in charge of the investigation of likin in Kiangsu in the fourth year of the Republic of China. He was also in charge of the investigation into the conditions of management of five ra ways (Peking-Mukden, Peking-Changkiakou, Peking-Hankow, Tientsin-Pukow, and Pienlu).
Mr. Wang is credited with having been the first to expose the fact that Chang Tso-lin's soldiers had taken the principal part in the recent mutiny at Tungchow, and to this exposure is attributed the fact that Chang repudiated his offer of $50,000 for the relief of the people who suffered from the actions of the mutinous soldiers. He was Vice-Director of the Famine Relief Committee appointed during the great flood in the vicinity of Tientsin some two years ago. He became Chief Magistrate of Chinshouyin last year, and two months ago received his present appointment. It is understood that out of his monthly salary of $1,000, as Civil Governor, he will keep one-tenth for himself, one-tenth for his wife. three-tenths for the other members of his family, using the remaining five-tenths for presents to those Chihli men who may come ask him for employment. His
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