CO129-515-2 Exportation of meat to Canada- various certificates 20-12-1928 - 20-12-1928 — Page 14

Copy.

No.4287/1925.

My Lord,

See Encl. No.1.

Enclosure No. 2.

Government House,

Hong Kong, 29th April, 1925.

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I have the honour to forward for Your

Excellency's consideration the enclosed copy of a letter

from the Veterinary Director General of the Department of

Agriculture in the Dominion of Canada regarding the seizure

at the Port of Victoria, British Columbia, of 15 cases from

Hong Kong said to contain sausages but in fact containing

dried duck.

It is clear that the substitution was effected

after the certificate of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon had

been obtained but it has not yet been possible to determine

the responsibility for the substitution as the San Wo Hing

Company are not the manufacturers but only the shippers. I should be glad therefore if the original certificate issued by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon could be returned to this

Government for further investigation to be made.

2.

I cannot refrain from expressing my surprise

ani regret that the Veterinary Director General should, without making any enquiry or asking for any explanation, assume that the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon has been guilty either of misconduct or of negligence, for such an accusation is obviously implied by the refusal to accept his certificate

in future.

3.

It is to be regretted that goods which had been certified by a Government Official should have been

His Excellency

General Baron Byng of Vimy, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., M.V.O.,

Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada,

OTTAWA.

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