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148 by road. Khan Sahib S. Ahmed toured for 27 days, travelled
1,620 miles by rail, 46 by road and 206 by river steamer. He visited
Asansol, Darjeeling, Ghoom, Kurseong, Kalimpong, Diamond Harbour,
Dacca and Mymensingh.
5. Assistant Director, Western Range, Rai Sahib N. N. Majumdar.
—Toured for 20 days, travelled 1,282 miles by rail and 43 by road.
He visited Ghoom, Uluberia, Chinsura, Kharagpur, Midnapore, Gar-
betta and Jhargram. His tours were necessarily restricted because
the Khan Sahib's travelling had to be met out of the voted grant at
first class rates, and the grant under this head for the year had not been
increased accordingly. During the latter part of the year full
advantage was taken of the Rai Sahib's ability in headquarter office
work and his touring was restricted rather than that of the Assistant
Director, Eastern Range. He was on leave for 15 days during the
year.
6. Assistant Director, Eastern Range, Babu M. P. Chosh.—
During the year Government was pleased to confirm this officer in the
Lower Provincial Service and he visited Calcutta to appear before the
Selection Board. He toured for 96 days and travelled 2,013 miles by
rail, 1,293 by steamer, 105 by boat and 218 by road. Portions of this
Range were severely affected with cattle disease and he introduced the
application of Goat Tissue Vaccine initiating both his inspectors and
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons to this work which was new to them.
He visited Barisal, Pirojpur, Patuakhali, Cox's Bazar, Satkania,
Chittagong twice, Chandpur, Noakhali, Kishoreganj once, Mymen-
singh, Comilla 3 times, Joydebpur 5 times in connection with exhibi-
tion, Manipur Farm 12 times. It is due to his influence that not only
this work has prospered, but the number of castrations of scrub bulls
has greatly increased in this Range, and the officers under him have
displayed greatly increased zeal in propaganda work for the improve-
ment of cattle.
7. Veterinary Investigation Officer—Imperial Council of Agri-
cultural Research, Mr. M. B. Menon.—This Officer had a particularly
strenuous year and did a great deal of extremely useful work. The
manufacture of Goat Tissue Vaccine which had been his main duty
during the previous year, he had reduced to a routine and trained 2
other members of the staff so that they were able to carry it on under
his supervision. This released him to a very great extent to devote
his time to the investigation of other important diseases. He toured
300 days, travelled 11,578 miles by rail, 2,031 by road, 416 by steamer.
He visited Kalimpong, Ghoom, Darjeeling, Kurseong, Rajshahi,
Kharagpur, Dacca and Kanchrapara. In the course of these tours he
investigated the following diseases:—
Haematuria, Tuberculosis, Johne's disease, Contagious Abortion of
cattle, White scour of calves, Filariasis of cattle (Calcutta sore), Mange
of calves, Theileriasis of cattle, Bovine Mastitis, Sterility in cows and
Bovine Lymphangitis. Also measles in pigs and Fowl Typhoid.
He conducted further experiments in regard to Goat Tissue Vaccine
to ascertain the duration of its potency under different conditions and
the immunity conferred with varying doses. A full report of his work
has been forwarded to Government and to the Imperial Council of