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one casualty during the year. The total number of bulls was thus 11 as compared
with 12 at the end of the previous year. A few applications were received for stud-
bulls but none could be supplied as suitable animals were not obtainable.
34. Table IX shows the results of: the working of the Provincial Cattle Farm at
Shillong for the year. The number of cattle at the beginning of the year was 70 ; 25
calves were born at the Farm, 5 bulls were sold off and 5 animals died ; the total at
the close of the year under report was 85.
During the winter the animals were fed on silage and hay, and they kept in good
condition throughout the season.
The sheep breeding is to be discontinued and 37 animals have already been sold
off. The total number of sheep at the end of the year was 45, against 83 of
the previous year.
FAIRS AND SHOWS.
35. Table XIV shows the number of cattle fairs and shows held in the province.
The figures for the Goalpara district also include the outturns at the weekly or bi-
weekly cattle markets throughout the district. There appears to be a considerable
decrease in the number of stock present at the Katigorah cattle fair (Cachar). This
may be doe to the occurrence of unusual floods during the rains.
36. The annual cattle show at Shillong could not be held this year owing to the
sudden outbreak of cholera in the town.
37. The Sylhet cattle show was discontinued by the Local Board after several
years' trial as the main object was not attained. There was no improvement shown
in the general appearance of the cattle, in the selection of breeding animals, or in the
care of the young stock. At this show every effort was made to instruct the people
by lectures, distribution of pamphlets and demonstrations by a Veterinary Inspector
PART IV—SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENT.
38. Table VII shows the strength of the subordinate staff employed in the
Department during the year under report. The year commenced with a total
staff of 3 Inspectors and 38 Assistants ; one new graduate was taken in ; one
Assistant resigned his appointment, another was removed from the service and the
services of a third were dispensed with for continued sickness so that the total
strength at the end of the year came to 3 Inspectors and 36 Assistants.
39. A brief summary of the work done by the Inspectors and the staff and
Reserve Assistants is given below :—
(1) Babu Satya Charan Mukherjee, Veterinary Inspector, was in charge of the
Dibrugarh Circle except when he was on privilege leave from the 12th March to the
end of the year.
He was on tour for 205 days and travelled 4,294 miles by rail, 984 miles by road
and 1,550 miles by steamer and boats.
He had 12 Assistants under his charge and he inspected their work as follows :—
Tezpur, Jorhat, Moriani, Sibsagar, Nazira, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia four times each,
the two Assistants at Golaghat three times each, Mangaldai and North Lakhimpur
twice each, Kohima once.
During the year he visited and revisited 117 villages and tea estates in connec-
tion with enquiries into the results of inoculation made by Assistants and investigated
outbreaks of Anthrax, Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia, Surra, Epizootic Lymphangitis and
Foot-and-Mouth disease, etc.
He inspected the cattle Farm at Barbheta (Jorhat) and the Pinjrapole at
Dibrugarh, also the breeding bulls at North Lakhimpur and Municipal bullocks and
cattle sheds, pounds and cattle markets in several places.
(2) Babu Guru Prasanna Sen, Inspector, held charge of the Silchar Circle
throughout the year. He was on tour for 175 days and travelled 3,511 miles by rail,
1,248 miles by steamer and boat and 1,502 miles by road. He visited 145 villages
and tea estates in connection with the investigation into outbreaks of disease and
enquiries into the Assistants' work.
He had 11 permanent Assistants under his charge and had also to supervise the
work of 7 Reserve Assistants deputed to work in his circle from time to time. He
inspected their work as follows :—Maulvi Bazar, Srimangal and Sunamganj six times
each, Silchar, Karimganj and Habiganj five times each, and Sylhet and Hailakandi
four times each during the year.