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ment was discontinued and the mares either transferred or sold. The zebra
stallion will be sold.
216. Pony mares for mule-breeding.—The number has been increased by
transfer from 35 to 38. The results have not been very satisfactory during the
year, only 9 mules having been born. The question of the retention of this
branch of the farm will be carefully considered next year after the result of an
improved system has been noted.
217. Sheep.—Progress has been made with sheep-breeding, the total amount
of stock having increased from 356 to 486 during the year. Experiments
will be continued with the Merino. This will not prove expensive as sheep cost
very little to feed and are very profitable to keep. The farm could very well
bear a much larger flock and make money out of them. The price of wool,
the world over, has fallen considerably during the year and the price realised
from our wool fell to Rs. 36-13-3 per maund.
218. Cultivation.—The clearing of Sully and Kharwan cultivation lands
has been gradually taken in hand and the water courses cleaned out The
Sully Minor canal has been silt cleaned and the banks cleared of jungle and
repaired. The communications are gradually being improved, roads being
made up with kunkur and properly raised.
219. Machinery.—This is in fair order. A large indent for component
parts has been sent in and when they arrive the whole of our machines will be
put into good working order. New carts are being made up, the whole of the
old ones being worn out. The buildings are in good repair.
220. Taking all things into consideration, the results of the year's work at
Hissar are distinctly good and it may be looked on, from the point of view of
the new system of accounts, as a self-supporting institution. This is the first
year in which this system of account has been working and we have not yet
received any report from the Examiner who went through them.
221. Table XVIII shows the expenditure on the farm to have been Rs.
1,13,321-13-10 the receipts Rs. 74,058-7-1 and the valuation of the stock, etc.,
Rs 3,07,879-0-3, against an expenditure of Rs. 1,16,190-15-10, receipts Rs.
91,357-3-7 and valuation of stock of Rs. 2,64,850-4-6, respectively, last year.
An examination of these figures will show that the increased value of stock in
hand is greater than the excess of expenditure over receipts by Rs. 3,765-5-0.
Considering the great difficulties which have had to be contended with, the
results obtained appear highly satisfactory especially when it is considered
that many improvements have been effected in making roads, tree-planting,
etc., which have not been taken into account.
222. I consider that Mr. Wilson has worked exceedingly well at Hissar as
have also the European staff employed, and that they deserve credit for the
results achieved.
PART C GENERAL.
Expenditure of the
Department.
223. Table XIX has been omitted from this report as the information
regarding the expenditure of the Department has not been received from he
Accounts Officers. When necessary particulars come to hand Table XIX will
be furnished as an addendum.
General Remarks.
224. Substantial progress has been made in nearly every Department of
our work which is increasing rapidly in every direction and out of all proportion
to the staff available to cope with it. In a young and growing Department this
is inevitable It is obvious that the amount of European supervision required
for 50 Veterinary Assistants will not suffice for 100 and, starting as we did in
many cases with very small establishments, the proportion of Imperial officers
asked for was correspondingly small. As the Department expands, therefore,
it becomes necessary to increase the staff of officers so that proper supervision