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Principal was requested to consult the following officers in reference there-
to :—The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, an officer of the Army
Veterinary Department, and the Deputy Director of Agriculture. I accordingly
met the above-mentioned gentlemen at Poona on the 19th August 1899, when
rules and a Syllabus for the Salutri Class were drawn up and submitted to
Government for sanction, which was accorded in their Resolution, Educational
Department, No. 1655, dated 24th November 1899.
The entertainment of an Instructor for this class was also sanctioned,
and the services of Mr. A. I. Shaikh, an Inspector under Act XIII of 1899
(Glanders and Farcy), were transferred to take up this appointment.
The class opened on the 4th January, and at present there are 39 students
on the roll. Eight students left as they were found unsuited for hard practical
work. Of the 39 students remaining, 1 is a Native Christian, 8 are Maho-
medans and 30 are Hindus.
Physically these men are distinctly in advance of those who come up for
the three years, or Graduate, Course and, so far as I can judge, many of
them will turn out most useful Salutris.
Although the widest publicity was given both by Government and the
College to the Military, Political and District Civil Authorities, only 4
students have been sent here by them—2 from the Remount Depôt at
Ahmednagar, 1 from Rájkot State and 1 from Akalkot State.
None of the Military students mentioned in the preamble of Government
Resolution, Revenue Department, No. 4231, dated 19th June 1899, have joined,
nor any of those proposed to be sent by Local Boards and Municipalities—vide
paragraph 1 of Government Resolution, Educational Department, No. 1655,
dated 24th November 1899. Efforts might be made to induce these bodies to
send men next year.
The number of men now under tuition and the nature of the curriculum
will necessitate the appointment of a second instructor when the senior class
is formed in January next.
Veterinary Educational Con-
ference.
6. A Conference, of which I was a member, of Principals of the various
Veterinary Colleges and Schools, was held at Umballa
on the 29th January last to consider the most suitable
curriculum which would tend to uniformity of teach-
ing at the various Veterinary Educational Establishments in India. This was
the main object aimed at during the deliberations of the Conference and, as far
as local circumstances would permit it, this has been done.
Deputations for Cattle Dis-
ease repression.
7. Mr. Y. B. Bhagwat, G.B.V.C., was deputed
to do duty at the Ahmedabad Famine Cattle Camps.
Extra duties.
8. (a) Controlled the Glanders and Farcy De-
partment in Bombay.
(b) Inspected horses in Bombay and Bándra Stables, at the Harbour and
the Sewri Lazaretto.
(c) Treated sick animals of the Commissariat Department.
(d) Performed the duties of receiving and despatching stallions imported
for the Civil Veterinary Department. Eight horses and 79 donkeys were
landed and despatched. Besides this 27 horses purchased in Bombay were
received and despatched.
(e) Advised the Commissioner of Police regarding the purchase and casting
of horses.
(f) Acted as a member of the Veterinary Educational Conference.
(g) Acted as a member of the Committee appointed to draw up a Syllabus
and scheme for the Salutri Class.
(h) Deputed by Government to visit the Cattle Famine Camps at Ahmed-
abad.
(i) Inspected horses proceeding on service to South Africa.