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APPENDIX XIII.
DISPENSARIES.
1
marhi Veterinary Hos-
ital.
RECRIPTS.
Last year's balance.
2
...
By local fund grant.
3
Rs.
200
By Government grant.
4
...
By municipal contribution.
5
...
By other sources.
6
Rs.
1,027
A.
16
P.
6
Total.
7
Rs.
1,227
A.
13
P.
6
EXPENDITURE.
Pay.
8
Rs.
256
A.
1
P.
3
Travelling allowance.
9
Rs.
16
A.
11
P.
0
Me di c i
ne s , i
ns t
r
ume nt s ,
4c, Ac.
10
Rs.
127
A.
0
P.
0
Fur ni t
ur e, l ands, &c.
11
Rs.
695
a.
0
p.
0
Contingencies, stabling,
hous e- r
ent , Ac.
12
Rs.
132
A.
11
P.
3
Transfer to India Veterin-
ary Dispensary Fund.
13
...
Total.
14
Rs.
1,227
a.
13
p.
6
Bal ance.
15
...
SITAMARHI SUBDIVISIONAL OFFICE,
The 9th April 1897.
C. C. Russell,
Subdivisional Officer.
APPENDIX XIV.
Statement showing the number of animals treated by the Veterinary Assistant during the year 1896-97.
District.
1
Muzaffarpur
(Sitamarhi Sub-
division).
Tahsi l .
2
...
RINDERPEST.
Died.
3
5
Relieved.
4
...
Cured.
5
27
Total.
C
32
ANTHRAX.
Died.
7
...
Relieved.
8
...
Cured.
9
...
Total.
10
...
POOT-AND-MOUTH
DISEASE.
Died.
11
...
Relieved.
12
...
Cured.
13
1
Total.
14
1
Pleuro-Pneu-
MOHIA.
Died.
15
...
Relieved.
16
...
Cured.
17
...
Total.
18
...
Charbon Symp.
tomatique.
Died.
19
...
Relieved.
20
...
Cured.
21
...
Total.
22
...
OTHER DISEASES.
Died.
23
4
Relieved.
24
...
Cured.
25
111
Total.
20
115
Total treated.
Died.
27
9
Relieved.
23
...
Cured.
29
139
Total.
30
159*
Number of villages
visited.
31
21
Number of Veterin-
ary
Assistants
employed.
32
1
* The result of 11 patients are not known.
APPENDIX XV.
Statement showing receipts and expenditure on Veterinary Dispensary during the year 1896-97.
District.
1
Patna ...
Receipt.
|
Last
year's
balance.
2
Rs. A. P.
...
By Local Fund
grant.
3
Rs. A. P.
...
By
Govern-
ment grant.
4
Rs. A. P.
...
By Municipal
grant.
6
Rs. A. P.
169 14 3
By other sour.
ces.
6
Rs. A. P.
...
Total.
7
Rs. A. P.
159 14 3
REPENDITURE.
Pay.
8
Rs. A. P.
20 0 0
Travelling al-
lowance.
9
Rs. A. P.
Medicines, in-
struments, &c.
10
Rs. A. P.
134 0 9
Furniture, &c.,
&c.
11
Rs. A. P.
...
Contingencies,
house-rent,
stabling, &c.,
&c.
12
Rs. A. P.
6 13 6
Transferred to
Indian Veteri-
nary Dispen-
sary Fund.
13
Rs. A. P.
...
Total.
14
Rs. A. P.
159 14 3
Balance.
15
Rs. A. P.
...
Syed Fuzl Imam,
Vice-Chairman.
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APPENDIX XIX.
Roll of Country-bred Remounts purchased at Sonepur by Ressaldar Farzand Ali for the use of the 3rd Bengal Cavalry.
Progressive number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Colour.
2
Bay ...
Roan
...
Bay
...
Chesnut...
Bay ...
Do. ...
Do.
Grey
...
AGE.
Years.
3
5
4
4
3
4
5
7
6
Sex (horse,
mare, colt,
filly or
gelding).
4
Gelding ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Entire ...
Mare ...
Gelding ...
Mare ...
Do. ...
PEDIGREE.
Sire (name
and
breed).
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
Arab ...
Dam
(breed).
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Date of purchase.
7
18th November 1896
18th
„ „
18th
„
„
18th „ „
25th
„
„
25th
„
„
26th
„ „
26th
„ „
PRICES
PAID.
Highest.
8
Rs.
340
A.
0
P.
0
Lowest.
9
Rs.
250
A.
0
P.
0
Average.
10
Rs.
296
A.
4
P.
0
REMARKS BY PURCHASING OFFIC
Glass of
remounts
obtained
compared to
former years.
11
General opinion
regarding horses
exhibited for sale,
as compared with
other fairs and
with former
years.
12
Suggestion
improveme
in connect
with the
fair.
13
E. H. ELLIOT, LT.-COL.,
Commanding 3rd Bengal Cavalry.
FYZABAD,
The 7th January 1897.
APPENDIX XX.
LIST OF PEIZE-WINNERS AT THE SONEPUR FAIR.
DESCRIPTION OF CATTLE.
1
Best bullock (any breed) ...
Best single bullock ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Best pair of bullocks ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Best cow with calf (Patna) ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Best cow with calf (any breed)
Ditto
ditto
...
Best cow with calf ...
Best cow buffalo (any
breed).
Ditto
ditto ...
Ditto
ditto ...
Age.
2
Yrs.
4
4
4
6
6
4
6
6
6
6
6
6
4
3
8
8
8
Colour.
3
Red and
white.
Grey
Cream
Grey ...
Do. ...
Dark
grey.
Grey ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Red ...
Do. ...
Grey...
Do. ...
Red ...
Black
Do. ...
Do. ...
Name of owner, with residence.
4
Sowdagar Ahir, Bankipore ...
Roupun Singh, Achki ...
Jugget Singh, Manikpur ...
Bikram Rout, Surmaraon ...
Gopal Mahtoe, Chamtha ...
Ram Dhari Singh, Ramdaschak
Ram Lakhan Pandy, Locha ...
Mohabir Singh ... ...
Nond Lal Ahir, Bankipore ...
Ditto
ditto
Bosont Ram, Badshahiganj ...
Ally Hossein, Benares ...
Gungoo Ahir, Lucknow ...
Deo Lal Singh, Ramdaschak ...
Ballu Ahir, Revelgafij ...
Ramphul Ahir, Sotachak ...
Bulkum Ahir,
ditto
...
Total ...
Amount
of
prize.
5
Rs.
15
10
6
4
12
8
5
4
10
5
2
10
5
10
10
5
2
123
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THE MEASUREMENTS OF SOME OF THE CATTLE IN THE SHOW AT SONEPUR.
SEX.
1
Buffalo (single) ...
Ditto ...
Bullock (single) ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Bullock (pair) ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Cow ... ... ...
Age.
2
Yrs.
6
8
4
4
6
7
2
2
7
7
Height at shoulder.
3
In.
54
524
55
61
53
60½
52
56
67
55
Height at croup.
4
In.
50
50
50½
56
48
55
50
52
54
51
Height at elbow.
5
In.
18½
20½
10
17
15
17½
17
17½
21
21
Length.
6
In.
77
79
66
78
71
73
64
71
71
85
Length of horn.
7
In.
20
15½
Nil
4½
7½
74
3
4
5
7
Length of ear.
8
In.
10
10
7
11
9
8½
7
8
6
11
Length of face.
9
In.
16
19
20
22
20
22
18
21
22
20
Breadth of forehead.
10
In.
6
7½
8
8
7
8
7
8
8
84
Girth at chest.
11
In.
86
80
69
73
66
79
66
68
68
79
Girth at abdomen.
12
In.
90
87
66
78
72
85
67
71
72
86
Girth at forearm.
13
In.
17
14
17
14
13
15
13
15
15
16
Girth at shank.
14
In.
9
74
7
6½
5
7
6½
7
7
74
Length of neck.
15
In.
19
21
14
19
15
12
11
11
11
18
Length of shank.
16
In.
8
84
10
10
9
94
94
9
84
84
Colour of skin.
17
Black
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Badaim
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Colour of hair.
18
Black
Do.
Grey
Do.
Cream
Grey
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
BREED.
19
Panjabi.
Do.
Shahabad.
Hansi.
Bhagalpur.
Sitamarhi.
Chapra.
Do.
Do.
Hansi.
APPENDIX XXI.
List showing the prises awarded at the Kalimpong Fair, held in December
1896, for ponies.
Serial
number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
NAME OF PRIZE
WINNERS.
2
Kinohuck Gyalpa ...
Chomak Darji
...
Uzla Kazi ...
Kechong ...
Pasong Lemba ...
Ditto ...
Ugen Kazi ...
Description of
animals.
3
Bhutia pony ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto (under 5 years)
Ditto ...
Ditto (entire, any age)
Ditto ...
Total ...
Descrip-
tion of
prize.
4
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
1st
2nd
...
Amount.
5
Rs.
45
25
20
30
20
20
15
175
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APPENDIX XXII.
ROLL OF MULES PURCHASED AT THE KALIMPONG FAIR BY CAPTAIN W. H. ALLEN,
ASSISTANT COMMISSARY-GKENERAL, FOR THE USE OF THE COMMISSARIAT
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.
Progressive number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
61
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
Colour.
2
Iron Grey
Bay ...
Black ...
Bay ...
Do. ...
Dun ...
Grey ...
Dun ...
Do. ...
Chestnut
Brown ...
Dun ...
Brown ...
Grey ...
Brown ...
Grey
...
Brown ...
Black ...
Brown ...
Bay ...
Bay ...
Grey ...
Bay ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Brown ...
Bay ...
Grey ...
Brown ...
Grey ...
Brown ...
Bay ...
Brown ...
Grey ...
Bay ...
Do. ...
Grey ...
Brown ...
Bay ...
Chestnut
Grey ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Brown ...
Bay ...
Do. ...
Grey ...
Bay ...
Do. ...
Grey ...
Do.
...
Dun ...
Grey ...
Brown ...
Black ...
Bay ...
Grey ...
Bay ...
Do. ...
Grey ...
Do. ...
Bay ...
Brown ...
Do.
...
Grey ...
Brown ...
Do. ...
Bay ...
Do. ...
Dun ...
Do. ...
Black ...
Brown ...
AGE.
Years.
3
6
5
6
6
5
6
6
4
6
7½
6½ 4
6½
7
6
5
6
4
6
6½
6½
6½ 4
7
5
5
9
7½
6
5
7
4
7
5
5
6½
5
5
5
6
5
5
6
63/4
5
6
6½
5
63/4
6½ 7
4
5
6
5
5
7
6
4 6
6
6
5
5
5
6½
5½
6
4
5½
6 6
6
Sex (horse, mare,
colt, filly or geld-
ing).
4
M
M
G
M
M
M
G
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
G
G
G
M
M
M
G
G
G
M
M
M
G
M
M
G
M
G
M
G
M
M
M
M
M
M
G
G
G
M
G
G
M
G
M
M
M
M
G
M
G
G
M
G
M
G
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
G
M
G
M
PEDIGREE.
Sire (name
and
breed).
5
Dam
(breed)
6
Date of purchase.
7
Purchased on 3rd December 1896.
J
PRICES PAID.
Highest.
8
Rs.
130
120
185
135
135
120
135
120
130
135
120
120
140
145
115
145
155
120
170
185
100
135
120
180
175
135
150
135
130
125
135
140
130
130
130
130
135
125
190
200
165
200
130
120
120
130
125
115
125
115
130
130
115
115
115
130
120
130
120
120
125
130
110
125
135
120
110
110
120
110
180
110
150
115
Lowest.
9
Average.
10
REMARKS BY PURCHASING OFFICER.
Class of
remounts
obtained com-
pared to
former years.
11
General opinion
regarding horses
exhibited for sale,
as compared with
other fairs and
with former years.
12
Suggestion
for im-
provement
in connec-
tion with
the fair.
13
APPENDIX XXIIA.
Serial
No.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
NAMES.
2
Nuna
...
...
...
...
Uzen Kazi
...
...
...
Ditto
...
...
...
Gessing
...
...
...
Do.
...
...
...
Uzen Kazi
...
...
...
Gessing
..
...
...
Total ...
Amount.
3
Rs.
36
35
35
35
35
35
35
...
Total.
4
Rs.
245
REMARKS.
6
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APPENDIX XXIII.
LIST OF PRIZE-WINNERS AT THE SURI FAIR HELD IN JANUARY 1897.
NAME.
1
Revd. J. P. Meik ... ...
Raja Ram Runjan Chakraberty ...
Babu Beui Madhub Mukerjee ...
Revd. J. P. Meik ... ...
Sari Jail ... ...
Mr. R. A. D. Bignell ... ...
Babu Tinkari Mukerjee ...
„ Beni Madhub Mukerjee ...
Chand Sheik ... ...
Shukuddy Sheik ... ...
Babu Sheik
...
...
Sheik Lajee ... ...
Dinu Sheik ... ...
Taru Mondal ... ...
Muhammad Chand Mallick ...
Mari Shah ... ...
Babu Joykrishna Ghosal ...
Sheik Puran ... ...
Krishna Mistri ... ...
Revd. J. P. Meik ... ...
Mr. R. A. D. Bignell ... ...
Babu Nogendra Nath Banerji ...
Revd. J. P. Meik ... ...
Babu Devendra Prosad Sinha ...
Mr. R. A. D. Bignell ... ...
„ B. C. Seal ... ...
Tinkari Mal ... ...
Golum Rosul ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Sheik Maniruddi ... ...
Babu Nagendra Kumar Das ...
Suresh Chandra Sirkar ...
Ananta Lal Karmakar ...
Thana.
2
Bolpur ...
Dubrajpur ...
Labpur ...
Bolpur ...
Sadar ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Labpur ...
Suri ...
Nalhati ...
Bolpur ...
Do. ...
Suri ...
Suri ...
Mowreswar ...
Suri ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Bolpur ...
Do. ...
Sadar ...
Do. ...
Bolpur ...
Do. ...
Suri ...
Do. ...
Bolpur ...
Suri ...
Do. ...
Suri ...
Bolpur ...
Sakulipur ...
Suri ...
Prize.
3
1st ...
2nd ...
3rd ...
1st ...
2nd
...
3rd ...
Extra ...
Do. ...
1st ...
2nd ...
3rd ...
Extra ...
Do. ...
1st ...
2nd
...
3rd ...
Extra ...
Do. ...
1st ...
2nd ...
3rd ...
Extra ...
1st ...
2nd ...
3rd ...
Extra ...
1st ...
2nd ...
3rd ...
1st ...
2nd ...
3rd ...
Extra ...
Amount.
4
Rs.
20
15
10
20
16
10
10
6
20
15
10
5
5
10
8
5
3
2
15
10
5
5
15
10
5
5
8
6
4
8
6
4
2
Class of cattle.
5
Bull.
For showing a Hansi
(cross bred) bull.
Ditto.
A country bull.
Cows.
A Hansi cow.
A half-bred Patna.
A country cow.
Ditto.
Ditto.
A pair of Bullocks.
Dogla Hansi.
Country bullock.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Single Bullock.
A country bullock.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Heifer.
Best cross-bred Hansi.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Bull Calf
Half-bred Hansi.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Sheep.
Patna Ram.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Goats.
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APPENDIX XXIV.
LIST OP PRIZE-WINNERS AT THE BERHAMPORE SHOW.
Number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
5
6
NAME OF EXHIBIT.
2
Ox ... ... ...
Ox ... ... ...
Buffalo bull ... ...
Buffalo cow ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Bull ... ...
Pair of cart bullocks
Ditto ...
Single bullock ... ...
Pair of plough bullocks ...
Country stallion over 14
hands.
Ditto under 14 hands ...
Country mare over 14 hands
Ditto
ditto ...
Country gelding over 14 hands
Ditto
ditto
Total ...
NAME OF PRIZE-WINNER.
3
Cattle Class.
Bhugwan Pandey of Buxar ...
Baynath Dubey of Kharaicha ...
Rai Shanker Dyal Singh ... ...
Bigon Singh of Chaugain ...
Bachui Ahir of ditto ...
Rai Shanker Dyal Singh ... ...
Bandhan Ahir, Chaugain ... ...
Sheo Sarun Kahar of Buxar ...
Sheo Sarun Pandey ... ...
Thakoor Rai of Daulatpur ...
Total ...
Horse and Pony Class.
Raghu Singh of Sroha ... ...
Ram Kheoli Tewari, Shahpore ...
Subag Panre,
ditto ...
Ram Sevoy Rai,
ditto ...
Sital Prosad,
ditto ...
Lalji Singh,
ditto ...
Total ...
First prize.
4
Rs.
10
5
5
15
...
7
15
...
10
...
...
20
...
25
...
20
...
...
Second prize.
5
Rs.
Third prize.
6
Rs.
Special prize
Ditto
...
...
10
...
...
10
Extra
...
...
...
10
...
15
...
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
prize
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
7
Rs.
10
5
5
15
10
7
15
10
10
...
97
20
10
25
15
20
10
100
APPENDIX XXV.
Services and Produce of each class of district Donkey Stallion during 1896-97.
Class of
Donkey
STALLION.
1
Persian ...
Total ...
Stallions on register.
2
1
1
Donkey Stallion
actually employed.
For mule
breeding.
Year under report.
3
1
1
Previous year.
4
1
1
For donkey
breeding.
Year under report
5
...
...
Previous year.
6
...
...
Number of mares
covered.
Pony
mares.
Year under report.
7
...
...
Previous year.
8
16
16
Donkey
mares.
Year under report
9
...
...
Previous year.
10
...
...
AVERAGE OP MARES
COVERED PER STALLION
EMPLOYED AT STUD.
Pony
mares.
Year under report
11
...
...
Previous year.
12
16
16
Donkey
mares.
Year under report
13
...
...
Previous year.
14
...
...
Result op previous year's
coverings.
Pony mares.
Number of mule produce.
15
...
...
Number not held.
16
...
...
Number not known.
17
...
...
Donkey mares.
Number of donkey produce.
18
...
...
Number not held.
19
...
...
Number not known.
20
...
...
Average result of previous
YEAR'S COVERINGS PER STALLION
EMPLOYED AT STUD.
Pony mares.
Average of mule produce.
21
...
...
Average of not held.
22
...
...
Average of not known
23
...
...
Donkey mares.
Average of donkey produce.
24
...
...
Average of not held.
25
...
...
Average of not known.
26
...
...
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APPENDIX XXVI.
Cost of feed, keep, attendants, & c. of Government donkey stallions in
1896-97.
PROVINCE.
1
Bengal ...
District.
2
Sikkim (Darjee-
ling).
Number
of
stallions.
3
1
Total
annual
cost.
4
Rs. A. P.
71 8 0*
Average
per
donkey.
5
...
REMARKS,
6
* This amount in-
cludes the expen-
diture up to June
1896. No account
after that month
has been received
here.
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APPENDIX XXVIIA.
DISTRICT.
1
Burdwan
...
...
Ditto
...
...
Bankura
...
...
Ditto
...
...
Midnapore
...
...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Hooghly
...
...
Name of disease.
2
Not known
Rinderpest
...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
... ......
......
Cattle-pox ...
Rinderpest ...
Character of the
disease.
3
Not known
Ditto ...
Epidemic ...
Ditto ...
......
....
Epidemic ... ...
Ditto ...
...
Date of outbreak.
4
30th December 1896 ...
4th March 1897 ...
4th November 1896 ...
8th February 1897 ...
.....
......
3rd December 1S96 ...
Affected.
5
996
312
99
....
340
ANIMALS.
Died.
6
Not known
Ditto
607
264
95
...
97
Percentage
of deaths.
7
1
66.5
43.7
How the information about the
outbreak was received in
this office.
8
From the Calcutta Gazette of 30th
December 1896.
From the District Officer
...
...
From the Calcutta Gazette, dated 4th
November 1896. (The District
Officer
was requested,
with
reference to this Gazette, for a
report of the disease at the Ganga-
jalghati and Onda thanas.)
Prom the District Officer
...
...
From the Calcutta Gazette, dated
15th August 1896. (The District
Officer was referred to this Gazette
and requested to report.)
From the Calcutta Gazette, dated 7th
October 1896.
From the District Officer
Ditto
Remarks made by the District
Officers as to the outbreak
of disease.
9
No remarks have been received in this
office.
Asked advice for suppression of the
outbreak.
Reported that the outbreak was abating
and no further assistance was required.
Remarked that the outbreak was com-
mitting serious deaths of cattle in the
Sonamukhi and Gangajalghati thanas,
and was requested to send two trained
Veterinary Assistants. In subsequent
reports the District Officer has
remarked that some trained men are
required to instinct the people of the
Sonamukhi thana about the treatment
of their cattle, and also stated that
cattle disease is spreading in some
parts of the Gangajalghati thana.
Reported that no assistance was required
No reply has been received ... ... ...
Sent a report, but not in due form
Asked advice to suppress the disease
Action taken by the Civil
Veterinary Department, Bengal.
10
Copies of the rules for guidance in
epidemics of rinderpest were sent
to the Magistrate and attention
was called to the report in the
Calcutta Gazette.
The District Officer was requested to
appoint a Veterinary Assistant to
investigate the outbreak, and to
report in the prescribed form, but
no reply has been received.
Two Veterinary Assistants have been
appointed, as requested by this
Department.
The District Officer was asked, with re-
ference to the Calcutta Gazette, for
a report of the cattle disease pre-
vailing at Binpur.
A copy of the rules for guidance in epi-
demics of rinderpest was sent with
the request to send a report in due
form and to appoint a Veterinary
Assistant.
A Veterinary Assistant has been ap-
pointed.
A Veterinary Assistant was sent, and
also a copy of the rules for guidance
in epidemics of rinderpest.
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DISTRICT.
1
Angul ...
...
...
Do
...
...
...
Calcutta ... ... ...
Name of disease.
Rinderpest ...
Symptomatic
anthrax.
Rinderpest ...
Character of the
disease.
Epidemic ...
...
Ditto
...
...
Ditto
...
...
Date of outbreak.
4
July 1896
...
...
March 1897 ... ...
Ditto
...
...
Affected.
5
406
...
171
ANIMALS
Died.
6
227
...
150
Percentage
of deaths.
7
55.9
...
87.7
How the information about the
outbreak was received in
this office.
8
From the Calcutta Gazette, dated
4th November 1896.
Reported by the District Officer ...
Reported by th Commissioner of
Police.
Remarks made by the District
Officers as to the outbreak
of disease.
9
Reports that the outbreak has abated,
and forwards copy of the measures
taken by him to suppress the out-
break.
Asked for instructions
...
...
...
Asked advice
...
...
...
...
...
Action taken by the Civil
Veterinary Deparment, Bengal.
10
A copy of the rules for guidance in
epidemics of rinderpest was sent.
A Veterinary Assistant has been sent.
Veterinary Captain Raymond diag-
nosed this outbreak in Strand
Road and advised the Commission-
er of Police. A Veterinary Assist-
ant was repeatedly sent to inves-
tigate cattle disease. Necessary
instructions were given by the
Veterinary Assistant to the Police
Officers, as well as to the owners
of cattle. A passed student was
also sent for instruction.
xxvii
As regards treatment, I am informed by a horse shipper that dipping tanks have been
erected in various townships in Queensland, and the cattle are bathed in a mixture contain-
ing phenyle and other ingredients so as to destroy the ticks.
There is also a disease which occurs in North and South America—the Leewards Islands and
Jamaica, which is called Texas fever. It is due to protozoa conveyed by ticks, Moreover, the
disease occurs in South Africa. Dr. Salmon and others have investigated Texas fever in
America, but more recently Professor Williams of Edinburgh has visited Jamaica to investigate
Texas fever there, and says it is carried by ticks. The symptoms are the same in America
as in Australia. It has been said in the Live Stock Journal of Chicago that a sick animal
covered with ticks and showing a high degree of temperature is almost sure to be suffering
from Texas fever in the early stages. The treatment recommended by Professor Williams
is similar to that carried out in Queensland.
I am unaware if tick plague ocours in this country.
The present correspondence originated in a communication from Australia. The ship
mentioned brought over 400 horses and lost some 76 on the voyage from bad ventilation
and bad accommodation, the vessel being quite unsuited for the purpose of carrying animals.
I saw the horses at Garden Reach, and they showed no symptoms that related to tick
plague. I have also seen some of this ships-load at Muzaffarpur, and they were free from
the disease, and which is not surprising as it is known that the " tick plague " does not attack
horses, and in this instance the animals were bathed during the voyage with phenyle and
water to destroy the parasites. But we must bear in mind that shippers bring more forage
than is necessary to last the voyage with them, and this forage is landed here, and if the
horses go up-country, any of the remaining forage goes too. We are told that the tick is
very tenacious of life, that it comes from the ground originally; it is therefore, quite possible
that tick plague might find its way into this country in the forage brought from Queensland
and elsewhere.
The measures suggested were similar to those recommended in Jamaica:—
1st.—No cattle should be landed from Australia, America (North and South), South
Africa, the Leward Islands and Jamaica, without a clean bill of health
signed by Veterinary Surgeon.
2nd.—A quarantine of three months should be imposed upon all cattle landed from
infected countries.
3rd.—During quarantine animals should be dressed with suitable remedies to destroy
ticks.
4th.—No straw, hay or grass should be landed from on board any ship coming from
infected countries, except to be burned in the presence of a special officer.
5th.—Penalties should be imposed.
6th.—A Veterinary Surgeon should be appointed.
R. T. B.—Reg. No, 1115f-600-8-7-97.
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of the Committee in this matter are awaited. An ambulance has recently been
provided to convey sick animals to the hospital. The following statements show
the number of each class of animals treated and the number of operations per-
formed at the institution during the past four years:—
I.
YEAR.
1
1893-94
1894-95
1895-96
1896-97
Total since the open-
ing
...
...
...
HORSES AND PONIES—
Admitted or brought
for treatment.
2
50
285
432
403
1,170
Cured.
3
27
259
398
354
1,033
Died.
4
Nil
7
18
26*
51
Remaining.
5
23
19
16
23
81
CATTLE—
Admitted or brought
for treatment.
6
53
312
234
203
802
Cured.
7
42
267
219
144
672
Died.
8
5
30
15
50
100
Remaining.
9
6
15
Nil
9
30
Admitted or brought
for treatment.
10
3
52
62
102
219
DOGS-
Cured.
11
2
46
46
82
176
Died.
12
Nil
4
11
19
34
Remaining.
13
1
2
5
1
9
SHEEP, DEER AND
GOATS—
Admitted or brought
fur treatment.
14
Nil
12
45
19
76
Cured.
15
Nil
11
42
13
66
Died.
16
Nil
Nil
2
5
7
Remaining.
17
Nil
1
1
1
3
* Of these 10 were destroyed.
YEAR.
1
1893-94 ... ...
1894-95 ... ...
1895-96 ... ...
1896-97 ... ...
Total since the opening
OPERATIONS OF ALL KINDS PERFORMED ON—
Horses
and
ponies.
2
21
120
125
108
374
Mules.
3
20
...
...
...
20
Cattle.
4
4
42
39
39
124
Dogs.
5
...
6
10
15
31
Sheep,
goats
and
deer.
6
...
1
7
4
12
Total.
7
45
169
181
166
561
4. Veterinary Dispensaries.—There is a veterinary dispensary at Sitamarhi,
supported mainly by local subscriptions, with a small grant from the District
Board. The dispensary was opened only in November 1896, and the results so
far have been very encouraging: 159 animals were treated before the end of
the year, of whom 139 were cured, 9 died, and the results in the other 11 cases
are unknown. At Patna the Municipality started a dispensary on 12th February
to meet an attack of rinderpest; 236 cases were treated before 31st March. The
Officiating Lieutenant-Governor trusts that the Municipality will place this
institution, which clearly supplies a want, on a permanent footing. Veterinary
assistants are now also either permanently or temporarily employed by the
District Boards of Bhagalpur, Birbhum, Tippera, Midnapore, Patna, jointly
with the Municipality, Darbhanga and Howrah, and by the Burdwan Raj.
In paragraph 9 of the Resolution of the 5th October 1896, Sir Alexander
Mackenzie stated that he "intended to place before the local bodies of a
certain number of districts a scheme for the establishment of veterinary dis-
pensaries at head-quarters stations with a suitable staff, and to invite them to
co-operate in carrying it out," and Veterinary-Captain Gunn was desired to
draw up a detailed scheme for this purpose. Veterinary-Captain Gunn carried
out these instructions before he left the Province, and his scheme is before
Government.
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No. 2326.
Copy forwarded to the Director of the Department of Land Records and
Agriculture, Bengal, for information and guidance and for communication to
Veterinary-Captain Raymond with reference to his letter No. 1085A., dated the
1st July 1897.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
E. M. KONSTAM,
Under-Secretary to the Govt, of Bengal.
CALCUTTA ;
REVENUE DEPT.—Agri.,
The 4th August 1897.
T.N.R.-Eeg. No. 26080—912—5.8.97.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BENGAL,
FOR
THE YEAR 1896-97.
CALCUTTA:
BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1897.
Price 10 annas.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BENGAL,
FOR THE TEAR 1896-97.
Calcutta:
BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1897.
Indian Hemp Drugs Commission.
VOL. IV.
EVIDENCE OF WITNESSES
FROM
BENGAL AND ASSAM
TAKEN BEFORE THE
INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION.
CALCUTTA:
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, INDIA
1894.
Price Three Rupees.