Mr. Strickland to Act as Chief in Sir R. Gamble's Absence Peking, July 5.
Reuter's Agency learns that the Minister of Finance has, by an order dated July 4,_ appointed Mr. W. R. Strickland to act ad interim as Associate Chief Inspector of the Sah Administration.
At the same time Mr. Strickland, who, owing to the illness and subsequent departure of Sir Reginald Gamble, had been prevented in the spring from taking the leave of absence for which he had applied, has been granted five months' leave, which he is anxious to take as soon as_ possible. He expects to leave Peking about the middle of next month and has recommended that Colonel Ruxton should officiate for the present as Associate Chief Inspector.—Reuter.
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