Shanghai, Jan. 3.
Captain Louis Raymond Carrel, Coast Inspector and. head of the Marine Department of the Chinese Matitime Customs, died at the Country. Hospital at G40. a.m. yesterday following @ short: Mines." Captain. Carrel Wag. born in Paris on March 15, 1084," After serving in the British Mercantile Marine he joined the Chinese Maritime Customs Service revenue cruiser deck omer in 1909. He was detached for service on the Yangtze River and appointed District River Inspector at Hankow in March, 1012, eventually becoming Lower Yangtze River Inspector in July, 1918, In December, 1029, he was transferred to Shanghai and was appointed De-uly Const Inspector in June, 1930, Suceceding Captain H. E. Hillman us Coast Inspector upon the latter's 1¢~ tirement in May, 1036.
In the capacity. of Coast Inspector, Captain' Carrel "has rendered very useful "service to the Chinese Government and to the shipping interests of all nations trading with China. has' been intimately associated. with the development. of the aids to navigation in the Yangtze River, dably the establishment of radio Deacons at Shaweishan, North Saddle and" Guizlaft lighthouses inthe estuary, thereby rendering it coin paratively simple for vessels from North, East and South to make a safe Jandfatt in all kinds" of weather 'When it was decided to make a much needed survey of Pratas "Shoal, Captain Carrel took an' active part the operations.
China Delegate Captain Carrel was a delegate of the Chinese Government on. various occasions at International conferences fat Lisbon, Berlin and other places on the Unification of Buoyage and Light. ing of Coasts and Harbours. "He held the Order of the Chia Ho, Fourth and Fifth Classes, the Order of the Wen Hu, Fourth Clo, and the: Single Rhinoceros Conservancy Medal, Second Class, He. was. appointed Technical Adviser to" the" Yangtze River Commission in 1993 and for several years was Chairman of the!
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