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He attended an outbreak of glanders at Berhampore, and several outbreaks
of cattle diseases in the districts of Jessore, Khulna and Nadia.
(4) Inspector J, N. Dutt Chowdhury was in charge of the Burdwan
Division from 11th May 1912 to the end of the year. Prior to that Babu
S. N. Dutt was in charge. Babu J. N. Dutt Chowdhury was on tour for 186
days and travelled 6,658 miles by rail and 669 miles by road. He inspected
the dispensary and the work of the Veterinary Assistant at Chinsura and
Burdwan thrice, and Tarakeswar, Midnapore, Contai, Suri and Burdwan
(I. V. A.) and Uluberia twice each. He also checked the work of all these
assistants in the mufassal and attended an outbreak of glanders at Burdwan,
where five ponies were tested by him with mallein, of which one only re-acted
and was destroyed. The cattle shows at Suri, Midnapore and Chinsura were
also attended by him.
(5) Inspector K. C. Sen was in charge of the Chittagong Division from
15th July to the end of the year. Before that date the work of the division
was performed by the Inspector of the Dacca Division in addition to his own
duties. Under the orders of the Superintendent he came down to Belgachia
in March last to be examined for confirmation of his appointment, and succeeded
in passing his examination.
He was on tour for 146 days, and travelled 4,234 miles by rail, 1,315 miles
by road, 755 miles by steamer and 168 miles by boat.
He inspected the dispensaries at Chittagong and Comilla thrice each, and
the work of Itinerant Veterinary Assistants of Chittagong, Comilla and
Noakhali both at their head-quarters and in the interior thrice each. He
visited 116 villages in this connection during these inspections.
STAFF VETERINARY ASSISTANTS.
66. Of the four Staff Veterinary Assistants sanctioned for the province,
the services of one were placed under the disposal of the Director of Agriculture,
Bengal, in connection witn the cattle survey operation. Three only were
therefore actually employed by this department. All these men have on the
whole worked fairly well and have justified their appointments. I consider
Staff Veterinary Assistant a most useful section of the department. It acts as
a training and sorting ground for possible Inspectors. They are employed on
various important duties, especially attending and. helping Veterinary Assistants
and Inspectors with outbreaks of contagious diseases.
RESERVE VETERINARY ASSISTANTS.
67. There were seven leave reserve originally sanctioned for Bengal. Of
these, five were taken to Bihar on the reconstitution of the provinces, leaving two
only for the two divisions of West Bengal, and one was received from East
Bengal and Assam. These three men were, however, found to be insufficient
and disproportionate to the strength of the subordinate staff. Sanction has
therefore been obtained during the current year for the appointment of three
more men under this head.
The work of all the reserve men employed during the year was
satisfactory.
VETERINARY ASSISTANTS.
68. Of the 55 assistants employed, 18 were Stationary and 37 Itinerant.
The details of their work have been given under the respective heads.
69. On the whole the assistants have worked fairly well. 1 wish they
would all take keener interest in their work itself, and that 1 saw less tendency
in some of them to do just enough to escape reprimand.
OFFICE STAFF.
70. On reconstitution of the province three of the original office staff
tayed in Bengal—Head clerk, second clerk and third clerk. The accountant