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(4). The Allbless Fountain.
(5). One new road, with removal of much undergrowth.
(g). A large number of wants of the hospital have yet to be supplied
and are specified.
(h). Owing to sickness of the Farrier, the shoeing has not been so
thorough as it might have been. Fresh proposals are before Government
under this heading.
(i). The services to the hospital of the Manager, Mr. B. R. Tavaria,
of Mr. Shroff, and of Dr. Nariman are acknowledged. Also the indebtedness
of the hospital to His Excellency the ex-Grovernor for substantial support
in publicly opening the isolation ward and inspecting the hospital.
(j.). Much benefit is foreseen from the liberal donation of a Patho-
Bacteriological Laboratory by Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit and the consent
of Government to keep it up and equip it ; also from the recent reconstitu-
tion of the College clinical staff as made by Government.
(k). It is calculated that each student who graduated in 1889 had
the opportunity of practically studying about 7,000 cases of injury and
disease in the hospital before graduation, and it is urged that, therefore,
the hospital fulfils amply its aim of affording a valuable school of Practical
Veterinary Surgery and Medicine.
14. Order and discipline have been satisfactorily maintained during the
past year.
15. The following occasional students have attended :—
(1). Mr. N. T. Metha, L.M. & S., Clinical Classes, 1st term.
(2). „ J. G. Dosi, L.M. & S.
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A special course of six lectures on " Minor Injuries and Diseases of Troop
Horses " was delivered this year. Twelve gentlemen, for the most part troopers
and officers of the Bombay Light Horse, attended (in addition to the College
students).
16. Concerning the several departments of the College the following are
the principal matters needing notice :—
Anatomical.—The system of work was improved, more subjects were dis-
sected, and some skeletons and preparations were made for the Museum.
Chemical.—Classes in Practical Chemistry were organized and a definite
syllabus drawn up and worked through. The branch for analysis remains to
be organized in the coming year.
Pharmaceutical.—The new building was occupied, the system of dispensing
and issue of drugs, also instruction of students, improved, and a scheme for
pharmaceutical experiment drawn up for action hereafter. Specimens of native
drugs were added to the Museum. A course on Toxicology has been in-
stituted.
Botanical.—Some specimens were added to the Museum, a plot of ground
for growth of English and Indian grasses has been obtained in the hospital, and
pot specimens of food and medical plants are being prepared.
Riding School.—I hoped to have used our Farrier Major as a Riding
Master, to insure that each student before graduation shall know how to ride.
For the present the suggestion that a certificate of ability to ride or evidence of
such ability be called for from each candidate for the diploma is before the
Committe.
The students have had a special course of instruction on Post-Mortem Exa-
minations and Pathological Anatomy this year. The post-mortems made on
fatal hospital cases and carcasses of animals sent from the Victoria Gardens, &c.,
have given us ample material to work on. A series of deaths from suspected
poisoning of animals in the Victoria Gardens gave us some valuable specimens
in Comparative Anatomy.