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Tour.
11. When the year under report commenced I had just arrived and encamped
at Broach. From April up to the close of June, I was en-
gaged in inspecting the work of the talookas of Broach and
Unklesur, and of the following talookas in Surat collectorate, viz. Olpar, Mandvee, Bar-
dolee, Soopa, Chicklee, and Balsar. Vaccinations performed at the Mandvee, Bardolee,
and Balsar Dispensaries were also examined. I left Surat for district work in November.
Oomedwar Jeever Dajee's work in the talooka of Anund in Kaira zillah was examined
and found satisfactory. I arrived in Ahmedabad about the first week of November,
introduced animal vaccination there, and made arrangements for its being carried on
for some lengthened period. During November and part of December, I was employed
in travelling through and examining the work of the vaccinators of Duskroi, Sanund
and Veerumgaum talookas of Ahmedabad zillah. The dispensaries of Sanund and
Veerumgaum were also examined and remarked upon, in accordance with the instruc-
tions of the Superintendent General on this subject. I arrived at Punchasur in Rha-
dunpoor zillah, about the middle of December, from which time up to the end of
January I was engaged in travelling through and examining the work of the vaccinators
of the Native State of Pahlunpoor. Three of these men were found practising various
kinds of dishonesty, one of them in addition had falsified his returns to a considerable
extent. Two men who were most guilty were dismissed at once ; the third, who was
simply guilty of exercising dishonesty in making up his returns, and who was a very
old servant, was severely reprimanded and cautioned that if he again was found doing
the same he would be dismissed. From the commencement of February up to the
close of the year I was engaged in travelling through Mahee Kanta. The work of all its
vaccinators has been examined, and in addition the work of the three vaccinators of the
Government establishment whose talookas lay in my way. During this tour I travelled
through portions, more or less, of all the Government zillahs and through the whole
of the Native States of Pahlunpoor, and Mahee Kanta. The work of 30 vaccinators
and 5 dispensaries has been examined. Of the 30 vaccinators 20 were of the Govern-
ment and 10 belonged to the Native States' establishment. Of 8 men whose work was
unsatisfactory two were fined, and of the five men whose work was bad, one was dis-
missed and two were heavily fined. The two men found making dishonest and false
returns were dismissed forthwith.
Difficult to manage in
Native States.
12. Much difficulty is experienced in managing vaccination in the Native States
of Pahlunpoor and Mahee Kanta: in the former there are the
two Durbars of H. E. the Nawab of Rhadunpoor and of the
Devan Sahib of Pahlunpoor, with which difficulties occur
every now and then regarding vaccination matters. The pay of the vaccinators frequently
falls into arrears ; if this or any other subject, for which the vaccinator may not
have found the necessary relief, is either reported to me or the Political Superintendent,
he becomes distasteful to the Durbar, and his removal is desired. If on the other hand
the vaccinator is in good favour with the Durbar, but not easily amenable to this office,
and a fine is imposed, though yads are returned reporting the infliction of the fine, in