CO129-527-17 Export of lard and ham from Hong Kong and China 10-9-1930 - 27-4-1931 — Page 11

useful purpose and while I expressed to Mr. Tsou my

appreciation of the work which his Bureau was under-

taking I avoided any expression of opinion as to the

acceptance or non-acceptance of the Bureau's certifi-

cates, feeling as I did in entire agreement with the

opinion expressed by Mr. Brett on this point in his

despatch No. 11 (General Series) of July 17th last.

I therefore took no further action hoping that

Unfortunately

Mr. Tsou would let the matter drop.

Mr. Tsou has again returned to the charge.

Some little time ago he wrote informing me that

his Bureau were certifying lard for export to England,

and subsequently at a luncheon party he brought the

matter up again.

I said that before I could do anything in the

matter I must have some more knowledge of the conditions

under which live-stock brought into Shanghai was

examined and slaughtered, and it was arranged that I

should have a talk with Dr. C.3. Wang, the head of the

Health Department of the Municipality of Greater

Shanghai.

Accompanied by Dr. S. C. Cheng and Dr. Y. S. Huang

of the Inspection Bureau I called on Dr. Wang at his

office in Nantao. Dr. Wang commenced by showing me

plans for the construction of an elaborate Municipal

Slaughter-house in Chapei, costing $500,000, work on

which it is hoped will be commenced in June, provided

the money is forthcoming, which I venture to think is

somewhat

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