6
(3).—Produce.
Number foaled showing
averages to mares covered
and per stallion employed
at stud.
54. Nine mule and 13 donkey foals are reported to have been dropped
during the year under report giving an average of 9.00 and
6.50 per stallion employed at stud and 23.68 and 50 00 per
100 mares covered.
Castrations.
55. Table XIII shows that 88 colts, 86 horses and 2 mules were castrated
during the year under report by the Veterinary Assistants
paid from Provincial funds.
III.-CATTLE DISEASE INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION.
56. Again this had to be left in the hands of Veterinary Assistants and
for the usual reason my time was so much taken up with Horse-breeding operations.
Information collected, out-
breaks during the year.
Treatment.
57. No information was collected and the out-breaks of disease recorded
is a decimal fraction per thousand of the cattle in the 5
districts, the total reported to have been attacked with
disease is 1,260 nearly 900 less than last year.
IV.—CATTLE-BREEDING.
58. The remarks made in para. 56 equally apply here.
V.—VETERINARY INSTITUTIONS.
Dispensaries,
59. I have to record that no Veterinary Dispensaries have been opened
this year.
60. On receipt of your letter dated 12th August 1902, No. 101 C. for-
warding me printed copy of my annual report for 1901-02 together with copy of
a review thereon I immediately opened a correspondence with all Deputy Com-
missioners asking each if he saw his way to open a Veterinary Dispensary in his
District.
The Deputy Commissioner Hazara said his District Board could not main-
tain one and from the physical state of the district a Veterinary Hospital would
not afford advantages commensurate with its cost, and that the Chief Commis-
sioner in para. 4 of his proceedings No. 1367 G. of 8th August 1902, had not
considered the advisability of one in Hazara. I am afraid Kohat will not be able
to do anything for want of funds.
61. I have seen and approved of sites and buildings in Peshawar and
Bannu. The Deputy Commissioner of the former informed me (in March) that
arrangements were in progress to put the work of the building (i.e., certain alte-
rations and additions which I shewed the Secretary District Board would be
necessary) for the Veterinary Dispensary in hand at once and he would advise me
when it was completed. In the meantime he requested me to give him an estimate
of the monthly cost of maintaining the same.
With regard to Bannu at the close of the year the Deputy Commissioner
secured a building after considerable trouble. I trust it will not be much longer
before it is to be opened.
62. With regard to Dera Ismail Khan I pointed out to the Deputy Com-
missioner that it would be advisable to entertain a Veterinary Assistant whose
sole work would be to manage the hospital as there is only one man in the
district who I consider could not run a Hospital and attend to his work in the
district as well with any thing like satisfaction and asked him to inform me if
he could arrange for this but I regret I have not as yet received his reply. There
was an unfortunate delay with regard to making a start in this district as when
I visited the Deputy Commissioner it appears my correspondence in connection
with the scheme had been accidently overlooked in his office.