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almost any statements. In Hovin Hypurgee small-pox was prevalent at the time
of our visit, and the vaccinator had been able to do but little work by reason of the
lukewarmness of the village officers in giving him assistance. The Superintendent
General of Vaccination represented it to the Collector, but I have not yet heard if a
better state of affairs as yet obtains or not.* Here I parted with Dr. Pinkerton, who
had been with me now nearly three weeks, and from whom I derived considerable
information regarding the office records, &c., some of which it seems had been unneces-
sarily kept for some time, and had added not a little to the extra work of the office.
Since their discontinuance and the use of more printed forms there is a good deal less
labour, but still a competent English writer is urgently required in my office. I then
visited the Shindagee vaccinator, Gungadhur Ramchunder, who is doing very little
work. He is dissatisfied with his removal from the Sholapoor to Kulladghee district.
His lymph was good. He did not understand the new forms, as I may say very few
of the vaccinators do. He was working very irregularly in his talooka, going from one
village to another at long distances apart instead of working straight forward. I next
met the Indee talooka vaccinator, Ramchunder Trimbuck, at Utharga. This is another
of those transferred from Maratha districts, and he experiences some difficulty in
getting on with his work. He had very good lymph in some villages, though his old
work in the village of Seerkunhallee was very indifferent. At Benkunhallee small-
pox was present in the village at the time of my visit, though the village officers were
evidently desirous of concealing this from me, and I only found it out accidentally as
I was leaving. The Koolkurnee had much obstructed the work, and his conduct I
brought to the notice of the Collector. The Foujdar of the talooka had just arrived
and he fully bore me out in my suspicions of this man. I requested the Foujdar to
see that measures were taken to prevent any infected persons leaving the village,
and directed the vaccinator to continue his work here with more activity. The Patel
seeing the consequences apparently of his neglect, now readily tendered his assist-
ance to the vaccinator. At Beejapoor, were I next travelled to, the vaccinator's work was
not very satisfactory. His lymph was fair, but I established English lymph, received
from the Superintendent General of Vaccination. This vaccinator has not done as
much work as he should have done. He was afraid of vaccinating too many, lest he
should have none to vaccinate after a time, for his operations have been confined al-
most solely to the town of Beejapoor. Now, however, he will work in villages at a
distance also. This man is sharp enough, but is indolent and requires a deal of look-
ing after. I again met the Superintendent General of Vaccination at Jutt and the
Superintendent of the Central Circle. I then visited the Jumkhundee State, whose
vaccinator was unfortunately working in the Dharwar district, so that I did not see him.
I examined however his old work in the town of Jumkhundee and some villages, and the
result of my inspection of schools in Jumkhundee and three villages are as under:—
* Mr. Monk Mason issued instructions to Mamlutdars to assist the Vaccinators.