Copy.
No.3363/1924.
Sir,
Enclosure No. 11.
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Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hong Kong,
5th September, 1928.
With reference to previous correspondence
terminating with Sir C. Clementi's letter to the Governor-
General of 8th December, 1925, on the subject of action
arising out of certain certificates which had been issued
by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon of Hong Kong for meats
exported to Canada, I am directed to forward the accompanying
on the subject of the issue of similar certificates in
See Enclos.9 & 10. copies of correspondence with the Veterinary Director General
connection with the importation of merchandise packed with
products of the soil: and to inform you that Captain W. J. E.
Mackenzie, M.C., M.R.C.V.S., the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon,
has appealed to me to enter the strongest possible protest
against the refusal of the Veterinary Director General to
recognise his official signature.
2.
In paragraph 2 of the Deputy Governor-General's
letter of 14th October, 1925, it is stated that:-
"There was, however, no ground for coming without "enquiry to a definite conclusion as to whether the
"difficulty in this case was due to defects in the "system, permitting a substitution after the issue "of a certificate, or to laxity in its enforcement, "and in so far as certain expressions of the Canadian
officials
The Secretary of State for External Affairs,
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