CO129-515-2 Exportation of meat to Canada- various certificates 20-12-1928 - 20-12-1928 — Page 11

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CUSTOMS & EXCISE, CANADA

Port of Victoria, B.C.

Feb. 4, 1925.

F. C. Jones, Esq.

Inspector, Health of Animals Branch,

Department of Agriculture (Dom)

119 Pender Street West, Vancouver, B.C.

Sir:

Seizure at this port of a shipment of

15 cases Dried Duck from China.

I have to inform you of the seizure at this port

of fifteen cases of dried duck, invoiced as sausage from Sam

Wo Hing Co., Hong Kong, consigned to Wing Hong Yuen of this

city. The goods are held pending the instructions of the

Department.

For your information I would state that the duck

was packed beneath a covering of sausage, with the intention

of ensuring the importation into Canada as sausage.

The certificate given by the Veterinary Surgeon in Hong Kong covers sausage only, a certificate for dried

duck packed in China being unprocurable, hence the attempt

to smuggle this shipment.

Yours truly,

(Sd.) F. V. Davey

Collector, Customs & Excise.