Tientsin, June 7.
Rumours to the effect that the Salt Administration in East Hopel he undergone radical changes in its organization and that a North China Salt Company has recently been or~ ganized by the Japanese are discredit fed by the Changio Salt Inspectorate today. The Salt Tax collection machinery, it is pointed out, is operating as usual and go are the salt police in East Hopei.
Referring to the decreased salt collections recently, it is pointed out that the months of June, July and August are usually the "lean" months of a year. Taking the year as a whole, It is not expected that salt Feventie will fall short of the usual average—Central News. to watch by the body during the! night said that he had enjoyed ten years of friendship with Mr. Summers and would like to end it in this way.
Of his untiring devotion to the well-being of the men of His Majesty's Navy it would be impossible to speak too highly, and one would only call fo mind the handsome gift which expressed the appreciation of that work by the Lords of the Admiralty. Truly the sailors will miss "Dan."
Tre funeral took place in the cemetery within the grounds of the Roman Catholic Seminary. The Which had remained all night in the Rankine Memorial Hospital was tra ferred by a bearer party from H.MS, JCockchafer to the tug Ewo, "and was escorted by most of the foreign community and a company of Chinese such as had never been known 10] attend the funeral of a foreigner in this port. General sorrow at the ess of a real friend was evidenced on all sides and many a one will miss the kindly smile and the cheery' word which were ever associated with Mr. Summers.
The Ewo with the bearer party and many of the foreign community, the: Patung with others, a party" from HAMS. Cockchafer, and several representatives from ships in port and 8 cargo lighter full of Chinese proceeded slowly down river to a point nearly opposite the Convent. There, all disembarked and the corlége slowly wended its way to the Chapel where a service was conducted before the body was committed 10 its last resting place, The pallbearers were Mr. Ide of Messrs. Jardine Matheson Ca, Lid, Capt. Osmond of te 38. Tungwo," Capt. Shinn, of the s. Wuhu, Messrs. "Frandsen, Sawyer,
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