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IIIb.103086/48/28.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH,
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January, 1931.
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I am directed by the Minister of Health to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant (72902/30), in regard to the alleged export from Hong-Kong of lard of Chinese origin under cover of a Hong-Kong Official Certificate, and to state that the information upon which his letter of the 10th September last was founded was contained in a Despatch from the Office of
H.M. Commercial Counsellor at Shanghai dated the 5th April, 1930 and addressed to H.M. Minister at Peking. A copy of the Despatch was received from the Foreign Office, with a covering memorandum dated the 22nd August, 1940 (F.4370/4370/10), and the paragraph relating to the matter is as follows:-
"I am informed that at the present time
Chinese dealers ship lard to Hong-Kong where it is mixed with the local product and after examination by the Government Analyst exported to England. I make this statement with all reservation, but I was so informed not only by Mr. Tsou but also by a foreign exporter"
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S.W. 1.