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the Agricultural Conference at Cawnpore. Proceeded to Bombay as a Member
of the Arab Purchasing Committee in February 1907, and visited the Chharodi
Cattle Farm to report on its future working and management. He travelled
13,251 miles by rail, 1,000 miles by steamer and 90 miles by road.
7. During the time Major Pease officiated as Inspector General, he inspect¬
ed the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory at Muktesar and the Rawalpindi—
Srinagar dâk line. He also visited the Government Cattle Farm at Hissar.
He travelled 2,212 miles by rail and 454 miles by road.
PART A.-PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION.
I.-VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
School
8. Table I shows the main results of the work in Veterinary Colleges and
Schools. The same four Colleges, viz., Punjab, Bengal, Bombay and Madras
were training up to the graduate course and the Rangoon School continued its
two years' course in Burmese.
9. The two years' course for the training of Salutris for the Military
Department was abandoned and all the students at the Punjab Veterinary
College now receive three years' training and graduate in the ordinary course.
10. The results of the year's work in all these institutions have been very
satisfactory. Bengal, where owing to the staff being insufficient, the results were
unsatisfactory last year, has regained its position. The Principal and Assistant
Principal returned from leave during the year and two young officers from
England, who had been appointed to the Department, were posted to Bengal
for training. This allowed of proper instruction being imparted to the stu-
dents.
11. The number of students who graduated was 139 against 75 last year.
From the Punjab 65, Bengal 27, Bombay 16 and Madras 12. In Burma, 19
students passed the final examination of the two years' course. The percentage
of passes in the final examination was 90.6 in the Punjab, 87.09 in Bengal,
80.00 in Bombay and 67.8 in Madras.
12. Madras students have come up for examination by a Board of outside
examiners for the first time and considering the weakness of the teaching
staff there, the results may be considered to be fair.
13. There were 570 students remaining under training at the end of the
year and 254 were admitted, against 512 remaining under tuition and 296 ad-
mitted last year. The numbers shown in the reports are as follows:—Punjab
287, Bombay 111, Bengal 65, Madras 67, Burma School 40.
14. An improved educational qualification is now required for candidates
for admission to the Burma School which will improve the class of Veterinary
Assistant available in the future.
15. The demand for trained Veterinary graduates still remains far in excess
of the supply. Every effort is being made to meet it so far as possible, as the
want of trained graduates to fill the sanctioned appointments is seriously retard-
ing our progress.
16. Besides the training of Veterinary graduates, classes for Transport
dressers were held in Bombay and the Punjab, 47 men being trained at the for-
mer and 45 at the latter College. Fifteen farriers were also trained in the Pun-
jab College forge. The proposal to establish a similar class in Bombay has been
abandoned.
17. The buildings and equipment at the various Colleges have been very
considerably improved during the year but much still remains to be done in some
Colleges before they will be in a position to do the work required of them. In
the Punjab, a large out-patient clinic shed, fitted with all the necessary applian-
ces, colic boxes and irrigation sheds, has been erected. Large new anatomical
rooms, comprising a lecture theatre properly fitted, a museum and store for
anatomical and physiological specimens, etc., and a spacious dissecting room,
are being built. This will bring everything connected with anatomy and