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non-attendance. From Class A, 1 was removed from the rolls, in accordance
with Rule 14a, Section "C" of the College Rules and Regulations, having been
plucked three times in this class, and 4 left as they found the work unsuited
to them. The number of students on the College rolls, at the end of the year
under report, was 33—vide Appendix "C."
An employé of the Uganda Railway attended for three months as a casual
student.
As in the previous year, the date of the commencement of the collegiate
year was freely circulated by means of advertisements in the various newspapers,
both English and vernacular, of the Presidency, and by notices in the several
Indian Provincial and Colonial Government Gazettes.
A large number of inquiries were made regarding the College by students,
and 18 joined, showing an increase of 10 over the last year.
Out of the 18 students, 5 belong to the Bombay Presidency proper, 3 came
from Káthiáwár, 4 from Kolhápur, 3 from Travancore, 2 from Madras and 1
from Ceylon.
Appendix "D" shows the different nationalities of the students on the
College rolls at the end of the year.
In the new admissions there were 2 Europeans or Eurasians, 2 Native
Christians, 1 Mahomedan, 1 Pársi and 12 Hindus.
Appendix "E" shows the number of students supported by Native States,
Local Boards, Municipalities, &c. The number of students attending under
this head was 7 as against 7 and 8 in 1898-99 and 1897-98, respectively. Of
these 7 students, 3 are Hindus, 2 Mahomedans and 2 Native Christians. Owing
to the continuance of plague and to the fact that small-pox also broke out, the
attendance of the students has been in many instances somewhat erratic, but,
taken on the whole, it was better than last year. The existence, however, of
these two maladies has no doubt interfered considerably with the studies of the
students. A death from small-pox in the hospital compound having been re-
ported to me by the Hospital authorities, I at once had the whole College staff
and students vaccinated as a safeguard.
Employment of Graduates.
4. Of the 9 students that graduated this year, 1 has gone into private
practice, 1 has been appointed as Veterinary In-
spector under Act XIII of 1899 (Glanders and
Farcy), 2 as Assistant Veterinary Officers at the College, 1 is studying
medicine at the Grant Medical College, and the remainder are unemployed.
From the Graduates of past years, 1 has been appointed Lecturer at the
Bengal Veterinary College on a salary of Rs. 150 per mensem rising to Rs. 200,
one as Lecturer to the Salutri Class at the College on a salary of Rs. 100 to
Rs. 150, and 1 as Itinerating Veterinary Graduate, Karáchi District, on a
salary of Rs. 55 per mensem.
The Commanding Officer of the 2nd Bombay Lancers offered the appoint-
ment of Farrier Major of the regiment to the Graduates of the College, but, I
regret to say, it was refused. Negotiations in regard to two appointments as
managers of Government Farms in North Behar on salaries of Rs. 200 rising to
Rs. 400 for Graduates possessing agricultural experience were carried on, but no
final settlement has taken place.
I have again to record that the call for the services of Graduates by Native
States, Municipalities and others is on the decline, due no doubt to the same cause
as last year, viz., plague, to which we must now add famine—causes that divert
money into other channels than in paying for the treatment of animal diseases.
Mr. C. Buckel, a very promising Graduate, employed by the British Pro-
tectorate at Uganda, died from abscess on the liver while returning to India.
Salutri Class.
5. As the outcome of the Committee ordered by Government in their
Resolution in the Revenue Department, No. 4157,
dated 23rd June 1898, orders were passed in Govern-
ment Resolution, Revenue Department, No. 4231, dated 19th June 1899, for
the inauguration of the Salutri Class at the College and also for the drawing
up of a scheme, or Syllabus, for the course. In accordance with which the