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progress. At Shillong there was no accommodation for in-patients during the year.
New quarters with hospital accommodation have been provided, hut they were not
completed before the close of the year.
31. There was an increase in the amount of fees received at Shillong and Silchar
dispensaries.
SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENT.
32. Table VII shows the strength of the Subordinate Veterinary Establishment as
it stood Assam on the 31st March 1912. At the beginning of the year there were
two Inspectors and 24 Veterinary Assistants. Nine graduates of the Bengal Veterinary
College joined the Department. Two Veterinary Assistants resigned, two were
dismissed from the Department and five transferred to Eastern Bengal districts. There
were thus at the close of the year 2 Veterinary Inspectors and 24 Veterinary Assistants
in this Province.
33. A brief account of the work performed by the Inspectors is given below :—
(1) Veterinary Inspector Mr. S. Mukkerjee continued to holl charge of the
Assistants in the Assam Valley Districts, in the districts of Khasi and Jaiatia Hills
and Naga Hills with his headquarters at Jorhat. He was on tour for 255 days,
travelled 6,649 miles by rail, 907 miles by steamer and country boat, and 1,313 miles
by road. He visited 9 5 village and tea estates in his enquiry into the results of
inoculation and investigation of outbreaks of diseases. He inspected the following
dispensaries and Assistants:—Shiilong Gauhati, Dhubri, Bilashipara, Tezpur, Mangal-
dai, Nowgong, Jorhat, Mariaai, Golaghat, Sibsagar and Dinrugarh three times, the
Assistants at Goalpara and Barpcta twice, Kohima, Gauhati Tonga and North Lakim-
pur once during the year. He attended the outbreaks of suspected Glanders at
Gauripur (Goalpara) and Shillong station, of Surra in the districts of Nowgong, Naga
Hills and Lakhinpur as an Inspector under the Act. He also inspected the cattle at
the Agricultural Farms at Shillong and Jorhat.
(2) Veterinary Inspector Mr. G. P. Sen was in charge of the Assistants in the
Surma Valley with his headquarters at Silchar throughout the year, with exception
of 2 months when he was on privilege leave. He also hell charge of the Chittagong
Division; the Veterinary Inspector, Dacca Division, having been deputed to the post
graduate class at the Bengal Veterinary College, Mr. Sen was also placed in charge of
the Dacca Division from the 10th November 1911 to 4th March 1912, in addition to his
charge in the Surma Valley and Chittagong Division. He was on tour for 216 days
and travelled 5,204 miles by rail, 1,060 miles by steamer and 1,620 miles by road and
country boat. He visited 89 Villages and tea gardens in his enquiry into the results
of inoculation and inspection of the work of the Assistants in the interior. He
inspected the dispensary at Siichar four times, the Assistants at Karimganj, Srimangal,
Habiganj and Sunamganj three times ; Hailakandi and Sylhet Assistants were each
inspected 4 times during the year. His work also consisted in the inspection of
breeding bulls and visiting cattle fairs and shows in the districts.
Besides his ordinary duties the Inspector was also engaged in an investigation
into the practices carried on by the Godagas in the interior. He visited some 20
villages in this connection and found that these Godagas carried on an extensive
work, inliicting much unnecessary cruelty without doing any good.
A serum depôt was also placed under his charge at Siichar to facilitate the distri-
bution of sera to the Assistants in his circle and the arrangement worked well. During
his absence from headquarters either the Staff Veterinary Assistant or the Local
Assistant, then available, conducted it.
The details of his work on the East Bengal districts are noted in the Annual
Report of Bengal.
Mr. Sen is a hard-working, reliable officer and takes an interest in his professional
work.
31. During the year under report the Staff and Reserve Assistants were deputed
to the following Districts and Subdivisions:—Siichar, Hailakandi, Sylhet, Karimganj
Gauhati, Mangaldai, Golaghat and Garo Hills. In the last-named district one Staff
and a Reserve Assistant worked for about four months on two occasions and their
services have been reported to have been appreciated by the people. An Assistant
will be permanently posted in the district as soon as one is available.