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May, it was agreed that four new men should be entertained, and they were to be sent
to Rajkote for instruction in the monsoon, the Chief expressing his willingness to do
everything in his power to have the process thoroughly carried out in his territory.
I accordingly wrote for the men in June, but they did not come until November ; this
delay was caused by the principal Karbaree, Bhugwanjee Kurrumjee, —who, while
professing to take an interest in the subject, and promising a great deal, invariably
thwarts the wishes of his Chief,—in this case refusing to allow the Oomedwars any
subsistence allowance, or to render them any assistance. Two men, having been in-
structed, were sent to their districts in December, and another one has lately left
Rajkote.
16. Arriving at Rajkote on the 18th of February, I left for the districts on the
26th of March, first inspecting the work of General No. 281, which I found carelessly
done ; he was supplied with fresh lymph, and warned to be more careful: he has since
been dismissed for being absent without leave. I thence passed through the districts of
Gondul, Jaitpoor, Joonaghur, Bantwa, and Porebunder, and inspected the work of seven
Chiefs' Vaccinators ; I found it done in a careless manner, and the lymph in use of a
questionable character. One man, whose work was very bad, was at once discharged.
The others were supplied with fresh lymph. At Porebunder I remained for a week
awaiting the orders of the Political Agent, who was out with a field force, and by him
I was directed to proceed to Nowanuggur. Scarcely any inhabitants of the districts
through which I passed had been vaccinated for the last three years. At Nowanuggur
I found the children well vaccinated in the town and immediate neighbourhood, but
nothing had been done at a distance; this the Vaccinator declared was the fault of the
Karbaree, who would not give him assistance in visiting the districts. I next went to
Jooria, where the Vaccinator had confined his work to the town and neighbourhood, and
had taken to cultivation ; he was discharged. On my way to Rajkote I inspected some
villages which were in charge of General No. 113, Runchore Myaram, and found his
returns entirely false ; he was discharged. I arrived in Rajkote on the 15th of June.
During the monsoon all the Vaccinators within a reasonable distance were called in and
instructed in filling tubes. I started again on the 10th of October, first inspecting
work supposed to have been performed by the Station Vaccinator during the preceding
year; I found scarcely one successful case. I then moved to Chotugla, inspecting
work of General No. 103, performed during the monsoon ; I found the work satisfac-
tory, but he had neglected to visit many villages in the district. I therefore took him
with me and established him at Anundpoor, from which I proceeded to Bandla, a
district belonging to the Chief of Nowanuggur, where vaccination had never been
performed; I therefore sent for a Government Vaccinator and stationed him there. I
next visited Surdhar, inthe Rajkote District, where I found the work done by the Station
Vaccinator in a satisfactory manner. I returned to Rajkote on the 15th of November,
and started again on the 21st, inspecting the districts of Gondul and Kotra, which I had
visited in March of this year. I found the work much better done, most of the cases