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alone competent to express an opinion in the light of the facts disclosed in Mr. Jamieson's report. As regards the
export of lard, Mr. Jamieson's remarks are interesting, and I venture to hope that full consideration will be given to the possibility of meeting the Chinese to some extent on
the lines of the suggestion contained in the penultimate paragraph of Mr. Jamieson's despatch, if any such arrangement is feasible within the four corners of the existing legislation
on the subject in the United Kingdom.
I have, etc.
(Signed) A. Francis Aveling.
In the absence of His Majesty's Minister.
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Importation into United Kingdom of food-stuffs from China.
General Series.
7 (D9/30)
and 3 copies)
Copy to H.M. Minister
at Nanking.
Sir,
age 9
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OFFICE OF H.M. COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR,
SHANGHAI.
April 5, 1930.
With reference to your despatch No. 44 (6/5/W) of
November 20th last transmitting copy of a despatch from the
Foreign Office enclosing correspondence with the
Ministry of Health with regard to the regulations
governing the importation of articles of food into
the United Kingdom, I have the honour to report that
I duly called on Mr. P.W. Tsou and communicated to
him the substance of the Ministry of Health's letter.
Mr. Tsou was quite friendly and although at that time (early in January) the Bureau for Inspection and
Testing of Commercial Commodities was not fully organised,
he conducted me over the premises and outlined the
work which was proposed to be done in regard to the
testing of Cotton, Silk, Egg and Food products, etc.
Mr. Tsou of course requested my assistance in
obtaining the recognition by the Health Authorities
at home of the certificates issued by his Bureau as
being certificates issued by "a competent authority in
the country of origin".
I asked Mr. Tsou how he was going to get over
the difficulty of lard and other food products brought
down to Shanghai for export from other parts of the
country: Mr. Tsou said that they hoped to establish
a slaughter-house on modern lines with veterinary
inspection at Jukao, an important centre of the pig
industry/
Sir Miles Lampson, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.0.,
His Majesty's Minister,
Peking.
age 9
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industry in this province, and also that they intended
to send travelling inspectors throughout the country
with a view to improving conditions.
I asked whether there were any Chinese Municipal
slaughter-houses as I would like to see how the exam-
ination was actually carried out. Mr. Tsou replied
that while it was hoped that such slaughter-houses
would be erected in due course, at present there were
none in existence, but that he would arrange for me to
see a Cannery and a Lard Factory.
Accordingly a few
days later, in company with Mr. Tsou and Dr. Evangel-
ista, a Philippine veterinary surgeon attached to the
Bureau, I visited the Tai Foong Canned Goods Co., on
Ferry Road, and the Yung Tai Chang lard factory, 21
Woosung Road.
The Tai Foong Co. is a well known Chinese concern
which does a big business in hams and canned pig
products. I was favourably impressed with the cleanli-
ness of the place and the conditions under which the
live pigs were kept, but no work was being done at the
time and I was unable to have a practical demonstration
as to how the veterinary examination is carried out.
The Yung Tai Chang lard factory is a typical old-
fashioned Chinese hong, but there also work was over
for the day and I was unable to see the processes in
the manufacture of lard, although there was a general
air of cleanliness about the premises.
I felt that these visits had not served any very
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