we shall extend the results of [5] and prove that if f = z o a x ? z [[x]] is algebraic over q (x), where a = 1, ƒ 1 and if ? , ? ,..., ? are p-adic integers, then 1 ? , ? ,..., ? are linkarly independent over q if and only if (1+x) ,(1+x) ,…,(1+x) are algebraically independent over q (x) if and only if f , f ,.., f are algebraically independent over q (x)