34
1897.
Barometer
reduced to
32°
Month.
January
February
March
...
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November...
...
December
Mean.
29.946
29.904
29.865
29.821
29.774
29.664
29.629
29.672
29.760
29.840
29.898
29.951
Temperature of
Air,
Mean.
Maxi¬
mum.
81.1
81.4
84.3
88.7
90.7
89.5
84.9
85.3
85.6
87.4
87.0
84.6
Mini-
mum.
67.1
68.1
71.2
77.6
80.7
80.1
77.7
77.8
77.1
76.7
72.0
68.7
Noctur-
nal
Radiation
Thermo-
meter.
Mean.
58.4
58.9
62.0
71.0
75.7
77.6
76.3
75.7
74.8
70.9
61.5
54.3
Tempera-
ture
in Sun.
126.8
128.9
131.9
135.6
138.7
131.2
123.5
126.4
130.3
134.1
132.4
128.1
Temperature of
Evaporation.
Mean
67.5
67.7
71.3
76.5
78.7
80.1
78.4
77.9
78.0
76.8
70.5
67.5
Mini-
mum.
62.2
62.5
67.4
73.1
76.1
76.6
75.1
75.1
74.8
73.2
65.3
62.2
Computed
Vapour
Tension.
Mean F°.
.599
.597
.593
.841
.908
.966
.936
.917
.917
.863
.653
.578
Relative
Humidity.
Mean °F.
69
69
73
74
74
79
87
85
85
78
66
65
Rainfall.
Inches.
0.01
...
...
...
...
14.40
30.19
13.82
20.60
2.51
...
...
Remarks.
First case of Surra
occurred 26th Nov-
ember. Total rain-
fall up to date 81.52
inches.
RAJPUTANA.
Jodhpore.—In the autumn of 1894, Surra attacked the Stud of Sir Pertab Sing at Pali, some eighty
miles south-east of Jodhpore in Rájputána, when the losses among the brood mares were very heavy ;
fifty died during the months of September to November. Veterinary-Captain Hagger examined the
blood of seven mares suffering with the disease on December 7th, 1894, and found the Surra hæmatozoon
swarming in three instances, few in one, and absent from the blood of two. At a later date all these
seven animals succumbed, and in addition others sickened and died.
Camels.
Bikanir.—An outbreak of Surra occurred among camels in Bikanir, Rajputana, in March 1891, and
continued until 1894. The disease in this animal is said to pursue its course in certain cases for a
period of three years, and for this reason, is termed " Tei-barsa," though many attacked with it suc-
cumb in less time. Surra is also known in some parts of Rajputana (Bikanir) as ' Sukal,' and in the
Ajmere-Merwara District as ' Galtia ' owing to one of the prominent symptoms being ' rapid wasting,'
'drying up' or ' melting away ' of the animal's body.
Camel-men and others state that the disease has been known in nearly every State in Raj-
putana for ages, and some camel-owners know it by all the above three names. Some believe it to be
contagious, others that it is neither infectious nor contagious. Many say it is curable or rather that
the animals recover from it, while the more intelligent argue that it is almost invariably fatal.
This disease has been enzootic in the Darbar Shutra-Khana and Stud for years, and in this depart-
ment of the State it is estimated that thousands of camels have died from it.
The following statement shows the number of camels which died from the disease in the Shutra-
Khána and Stud, from March 1891 to October 1894.
TABLE IX.
Showing the number of Camels died of the respective diseases, from 21st March
1890 to 6th April 1894.
Sambats.
Sambat 1947 (A.D. 21st March 1890
to 8th April 1891).
Sambat 1948 (A.D. 9th April 1891 to
28th March 1892).
Sambat 1949 (A.D. 29th March 1892
to 18th March 1893).
Sambat 1950 (A.D. 19th March 1893
to 6th, April 1894).
Total ...
Tei-barsa.
96
32
23
77
228
Disases.
Sukal.
...
...
...
100
100
Galtia.
22
1
18
41
82
Total.
118
33
41
218
410
(Signed) W. LOCH, Colonel,
Political Agent, Bikánir.
The Ganga Risala Regiment was raised in 1889, and has been maintained at an average strength
of nearly 400 camels. The disease first appeared among them in March 1891, and from that time up