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

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