Peking, Dec. 31.
Over 200 superfluous clerks in the Cabinet Office have been dismissed the new Cabinet. Finding that the staff was unnecessarily large the Premier consulted the heads of the various departments and the head clerks at a meeting that lasted three hours. It was decided to retain men who fulfilled the following conditions 1.—Those who held substantive posts.
2.—Those who had passed the civil Those who had attended the] Cabinet. office every da The Bureaux of © Appointments, Statistics and Law Compila-! tion have not yet been dealt with jin this retrenchment. scheme, but the personnel of these offices is now receiving the attention of the authorities and it is probable that sweeping reductions in staff will shortly be made.—Reuter.
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