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(6) Inspect cattle pounds for sanitation, &c.
(7) Whenever tahsildars find difficulty in the correct compilation of out-
break reports specially as to the nomenclature of diseases, they
should avail themselves of the advice of the Stock Inspectors.
(8) Stock Inspectors working in the pony-breeding districts should check
and report the results of mares covered on form, which will be
supplied to them, and also attend to the Government stallions
when required by the officers in charge.
(9) Stock Inspectors should submit tri-monthly diaries of their work, to
the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, through the
Collector of the District in which they are working.
(10) Stock Inspectors should submit direct to the Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department, tri-monthly reports of outbreaks com-
piled from the village reports on the form and also any special
reports called for by the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment.
(11) Stock Inspectors will receive every possible assistance from the
taluk and village officials in the proper discharge of their duties.
They will have a taluk peon during their movements in the taluk.
(12) If serious outbreak of disease be reported from districts other than
the five selected, the Inspectors having no disease in their circles
will be deputed to investigate such outbreaks.
No reports on the survey work have yet been received. The Superin-
tendent has been addressed on the subject and a plan for the collection of
information has been sent for adoption. It is little use awaiting the reports of
district officers regarding the outbreak of disease, as it is generally not reported
to these officials. What is required for the survey is a record of all the serious
diseases which exist and are known to the people, their native names, &c., and
this can only be obtained by careful enquiry village by village. If my sug-
gestions are carried out by the Government of Madras, we shall by next year
have a very good knowledge of the diseases affecting cattle and their distribu-
tion.
537. NORTH PUNJAB.—The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
North Punjab, states:—
Cattle-breeding.
"Beyond collecting and compiling statistics on the various forms of cattle disease in the North Punjab, I
have done little with regard to the actual direction of the measures taken to suppress cattle disease, my time
being wholly taken up in horse-breeding."
538. NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES.—No arrangements have yet been made
for the Survey. The Superintendent remarks in his Provincial report to the
Director of Land Records.
"I am glad to find that you have taken up the question of appointing a separate officer and establishment
for dealing with cattle disease and cattle-breeding. Taking into consideration the importance of the subject
from a civil and military view the wonder is that the appointment has been deferred so long.
"The loss of cattle is only the first loss to a zemindar. When rinderpest invades a district it takes off
60 to 70 percent. of the cattle attacked, and those that recover are useless for months: the zemindars are
afraid to replace the plough bullocks as the newly imported animals die in the same way as their predecessors,
the land lies uncultivated and poverty and famine are the result."
"Looking at cattle disease from a military point of view. The transport bullock forms an important item
in most of our frontier expeditions and how often have the transport arrangements been crippled by the appear-
ance of cattle plagues amongst these animals; you can scarcely collect 2,000 cattle and work them for a month
without having an outbreak of rinderpest or foot and mouth disease amongst them, in spite of every precaution
being taken. From this, it will be seen that cattle disease causes the loss of lakhs of rupees in these provinces
every year, and Government, in order to combat it spend Rs. 300 a month on 15 Veterinary Assistants most of
them fresh from the Lahore school with no person to properly direct or supervise them. Until we have a full
staff of Veterinary Assistants, with Inspectors and a Veterinay Officer we cannot hope to make any impression,
on cattle disease and we shall then begin to find out the extent to which it exists."
539. The returns, such as they are, will be found in Table M, page xcix.
BENGAL.—No arrangements for Survey have yet been made. The Super-
intendent remarks:—
"During the year under review cattle disease may be said to have been practically non-prevalent except
with regard to foot and mouth disease. It may be deemed a matter for congratulation that there has been so
little cattle disease of an epidemic nature, and that this was of a benign form."
Anthrax.—"This disease seems, according to reports received, to be extremely rare. Only one mild out-
break in point of numbers appears to have occurred in the Midnapore Collectorate. The outbreak lasted for 10
days."
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