Peking, Jan. 10.
In consequence of the satisfactory showing of the Maritime Customs and the Salt Gabelle, favourable comments have been appearing in the Chinese papers eulogizing the ability of foreigners, especially Sir Richard Dane.
Tt is also hinted in several papers that in view of the immense difficulty of reorganizing the Chinese land taxation throughout the Republic, the services of such capable men as the foreign Chief and Vice-Chief of the Salt Administration should be secured by the Government to work together with reliable Chinese officials to effect the desired reform, This is important because in former times Chinese opinion was generally bitterly opposed to the employment of foreigners. Both Sir Dane and Mr. von Strauch are expected back in Peking from Yunnan and Szechuan during the course of this month.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.