40 Years in Chinese Customs: A
Family that Came to China 160 Years Ago In September next Mr. E. Gordon Lowder retires from the Customs. To-day -he goes on leave in anticipation of that farewell. The loss sustained through his departure is one which will be felt keenly both by the Service and by foreign residents in China as a whole, particularly those who have been in a position to appreciate his personality and work. He is now the senior European member of the Customs both in years and length of service, having been appointed just 40 years ago. Mr. Lowder's family connexions with China and the East have existed for some 160 years, a period great in its tradition of loyal and substantial service by Englishmen overseas and one which, as the representative of a Icng line of colonial servants, he has upheld with distinction and success.
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