1.0.9.9.565
Fido. bend.
20.12.28
copy conespre. with banadian regarding refusal to accept cents. signed by Sapt. Mackenzie
Briefly the history of this affair is
as follows:-
In 1925 a shipment described as Sausages
and certified as such by Captain Mackenzie,
Colonial Veterinary Surgeon in Hong Kong, was
received in Canada and found to consist not of
sausages but of dried duck. In consequence, the Colonial Authorities informed Hong Yong that they would not in future accept Capt. Mackenzie's certificate. The Governor protested against this assumption that the error was due to Capt. Mackenzie's negligence and suggested that it was
in all probability due to a substitution of the
dried duck for the sausages after the packages
has been certified. After some correspondence
the Deputy Governor General in a letter of the
14th of October, 1925, agreed that there was no ground for assuming Capt. Mackenzie's negligence and apologised for the language used by Canadian.
officials. Hong Kong supplied information showing
that the system of meat inspection in the Colony
was properly organised, that enquiries showed that
the substitution of the dried duck for the sausages,
in the particular shipment in question, must have
been effected after the issue of the certificate.
and stated that an improved system of sealing had been introduced which would effectively prevent
such malpractices in future. There the
correspondence rested until 1928 when the Hong Kong
Government, at the request of the Canadian Authorities.
forwarded