Peking, Sept. 25.
Old residents throughout China will greet with great pleasure the news from the Ministry of Finance that the Chinese Government is trying to secure the services of Mr, C. Wilton, formerly of the Brit. ish Consular Service in China, as ce-Director of the Salt Administration. During his 30 years in China he occupied many widely separated posts and knew the country thoroughly, but he was best known as an expert on Tibetan affairs and on all matters pertaining to the opium traffic. For ten years he participated in almost all negotiations between the British and Chinese Governments having to do with the opium trade or opium suppression in China and had every detail of the history of opium traffic at his finger tips. It would be; difficult indeed to find a foreigner better suited either by _temperament or training for an important Chinese administrative post. Mr. Wilton's last appointment in China was as Consul-General in Hankow.
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