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CHAPTER I
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Officers in charge and tours, etc. performed by them
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CHAPTER II
TREATMENT OF DISEASES
Contagious diseases
Mortality ..
(a) Equine
Equiae mortality—diseases pertaining to equities
(b) Bovine
Rinderpest ..
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Anti-rinderpest inoculations and Iodine solution injections
Foot-and-mouth disease
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Haemorrhagic Septicaemia
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Blackquarter
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Anthrax
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Other contagious diseases
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(c) Other animals
Mortality amongst other animals .. .. .. ..
CHAPTER III
NON-CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Cases treated in veterinary hospitals and on tour
Cattle poisoning
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CHAPTER IV
VETERINARY HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES
Number of veterinary hospitals and dispensaries ..
Grants in-aid for construction of veterinary hospitals
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CHAPTER .V
PARAS.
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LABORATORIES
AND
EXPERIMENTAL
TRETMENTS
Laboratory work
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Auti-rabic treatment ..
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Experiments and investigations on diseases
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CHAPTER VI
BREEDING
OPERATIONS
(i) Horse and pony stallions
Number of stallions, stud work and stallion stands
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Stallion depot
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(ii) Donkey stallions
Number of iack donkeys and stud work
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CHAPTER VII
FAIRS AND SHOWS
Fairs and shows
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CHAPTER VIII
Propaganda
Propaganda..
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CHAFIER IX
ESTABLISHMENT
Subordinate establishment .. .. .. ..
Casualty amongst staff
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Scholarships .. .. .. ..
Lectures on cattle
discases
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Training in goat virus and serum simultaneous method of inoculation
Tours of veterinary inspectors
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CHAPTER X
EXPENDITURE
Expenditure of the department
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CHAPTER XI
GENERAL
REMARKS
Death of Captain Hickey
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Award of sanads
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Special feature of the year's work ..
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Acknowledgment of work done by the subordinate staff and officers of
the department
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Table no.
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LIST OF APPENDICES
II—Deaths from contagious diseases amongst animals
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III—Results of preventive inoculations
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IV—Number of animals treated and castrated by veterinary assis-
tant surgeons on tour
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V—Number of animals treated at hospitals and dispensaries
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VII—Total strength of subordinate establishment
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X—Return of horse, pony and donkey stallions
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XI—Services and produce of horse, pony and donkey stations
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XIV A—Cost of the department
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Annual report on the Civil Veterinary Department, United
Provinces, for the year 1933-34
CHAPTER I
GENERAL
ADMINISTRATION
1. Captain S. G. M. Hickey, I.V.S., held charge of the Department
as Director till his death from heart failure on August 1, 1933. I took
charge of the office of Director on August 4, 1933, and continued
till the end of the year. Captain Hickey was away from headquarters
for 3 days. I toured for 78 days, visited 24 districts and inspected
19 veterinary hospitals and dispensaries.
I also went to Hissar
and Bombay for the purchase of suitable stallions.
2. A new post of Circle Superintendent, with headquarters
at Lucknow, was created from April 1, 1933, consequent on the
abolition of 3 posts of Deputy Superintendents. There were there-
fore three circles of Superintendents, and the names of the officers
who held these posts and the amount of touring and inspection
done by them may be seen from the following statement :—
Superintendent ..
Agra
Superintendent ..
Allahabad
Suparintendent ..
Lucknow ..
Mr. Raza Husain ..
Mr. Davies ..
Myself ..
Mr. Tahir Mirza ..
Khan Sahib Ghulam
Qadir.
Khan Sahib Ghulam
Qadir
Mr. Raza Husain ..
Date up to which
ho worked as
Superintendent
November
19,
1933.
March 31, 1934
May 19, 1933
November
19,
1933.
March 31, 1934
November
24,
1933.
March 31, 1934
No of days
on tour
121
46
24
93
50
80
35
No of
veterinary
dispensaries
inspected
48
8
11
46
22
31
22
3. Mr. H. B. Shahi, M.SC., M.R.C.V.S., D.T.V.M., who was a
United Provinces Government scholar for Veterinary Education
abroad, has been appointed to the temporary post of Veterinary
Investigation Officer in the five-year scheme of the Imperial Council
of Agricultural Research and joined the department on April 4,
1933. He underwent a post-graduate training at the Imperial Insti-
tute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar, for 6 months, on completion
of which he actually took over charge of his duties. He toured for 78
days and conducted tests of tuberculosis and Johne's disease,
carried out immunisation of cattle with goat-virus firstly as an
experimental measure and then in a mass scale and made a general
survey of contagious bovine abortion, bisi poisoning and several
other obscure diseases.
( 2 )
CHAPTER II
TTREATMENT OF DISEASES
Contagious diseases
Mortality Table II.
4. Cattle epidemics were almost as severe in the year under review
as in the past year and the reported mortality was
54,450 as against 55,110 in the year preceding.
(a) Equine
Table II.
5. The death roll under this head increased, there being 188
cases as against 98 last year.
Two cases of glanders were detected in the districts of Saharan-
pur and Muzaffarnagar, the animals were destroyed and necessary
precautionary measures were taken.
One case of anthrax was detected in the Garhwal District.
One hundred and thirteen cases of surra were discovered during
the year of which 70 were from the Naini Tal District. There were
72 cases of deaths from other contagious diseases as against 86 in the
past year. This head includes piroplasmosis, tetanus, strangles, etc.
and diseases caused by internal and external parasites.
(6) Bovine
Rinderpest. Table II
6. This disease was less severe than in the previous year and the
reported mortality was 40,450 against 43,600
during 1932-33. The number of deaths was over
a thousand in 12 districts, the highest number was in the Naini Tal
District where it was 6,379 ; the lowest number was in the Hamirpur
District where it was only 3. Extra staff was deputed to several
districts to cope with the work. Inoculations and other preventive
measures were adopted.
Anti rinderpest in-
oculations. Table III.
7. Inoculations were performed in 1,282 outbreaks and the
number of anti-rinderpest inoculations rose from
177,594 in the previous year to 184,057 in the
year under report. Besides this number, 180
inoculations by the serum simultaneous method and 8,101 by
the goat-virus alone method were performed. It was for the
first time that serum simultaneous inoculations were carried out
in the province during the course of a natural outbreak of rinderpest
in the village. The promising feature of the goat-virus alone method
of inoculation is its extremely low cost (which is about an anna per
animal) and anticipated long duration of immunity. The treat-
ment of rinderpest with iodine injection was continued during the
year with successful results in the first and second stages of the disease.
Foot-and-mouth
disease. Table II.
8. Foot-and-mouth disease appeared in 41 districts of the
province and the reported deaths numbered 1,086
as against 1,587 in the previous year. Curative
methods and hygienic measures were adopted as
far as possible and had beneficial effects.
( 3 )
Haemorrhagic sep-
ticaemia. Tables II
and III
9. Eight thousand, two hundred and seventy cases of deaths
were reported from this disease as compared with
6,680 last year. It spread over the whole of the
province except the Dehra Dun and Hamirpur
Districts and the Kumaun Division. It was most severe in the
Meerut District where the number of deaths was 686. The number
of inoculations performed was 46,653 as against 40,177 in the
preceding year. Besides this number 1,498 animals were immunised
with haemorrhagic septicaemia vaccine at the Government Cattle
Farms in the Muttra, Jhansi, Naini Tal and Kheri Districts.
Blackquarter.
Tables II and III.
10. Five hundred and seventy-six cases of deaths were reported
from this diseases as against 561 in the previous
year. The number of inoculations performed was
3,973 against 3,929 last year.
Anthrax. Tables II
and III.
11. This disease was of a severe type as is evident from 924
reported deaths this year against 394 in the
one preceding. The number of inoculations per-
formed was 2,195 compared with 1,325 last year.
Other
contagious
diseases. Table II.
12. Six hundred and seventy deaths were reported under this
head as against 532 in the year preceding. They
comprise liver-fluke, cow-pox, pleuro-pneumonia,
etc.
(c) Other animals
Table II.
13. Two thousand, two hundred and eighty-six cases of deaths
were reported to have occurred amongst animals
other than equines and bovines. They included
cases of rabies, distemper, piroplasmosis, fowl cholera and other
parasitic diseases.
CHAPTER III
NON-CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES
Table V.
14. The number of cases treated at the veterinary hospitals and
dispensaries during the year under report was
379,661 as against 327,878 in the previous year.
Cases supplied with medicines but not brought to hospitals numbered
57,038 against 56,101 last year. Both sets of figures indicate a
comparative increase of work done.
Tables IV and V.
15. Ninety-five thousand and twenty-three cases of animals were
treated by veterinary assistant surgeons while on
tour in the interior of villages as compared with
93,183 in the year preceding. The number of castrations performed
rose during the year to 72,850 as against 55,285 in the previous year.
This gradual increase of work reflects credit to the staff and a
mention may be made of M. Shamsuddin, Veterinary Assistant
Surgeon, Phulpur, District Allahabad, and Babu Balkrishna Srivastava,
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Dudhi, District Mirzapur, who performed
2,963 and 2,503 castrations respectively.
( 4 )
Cattle poisoning.
16. Two cases of cattle poisoning were reported from the Dis-
tricts of Gorakhpur and Azamgarh. The accused
person in the Gorakhpur District has been pro-
secuted and dealt with legally, whereas the case
of the Azamgarh District is under investigation.
CHAPTER IV
VETERINARY
HOSPITALS
AND
DISPENSARIES
Veterinary hospitals
and
dispensaries.
Table V.
17. There were 171 veterinary hospitals and dispensaries at the
end of the last year but an addition of one was
made in the Unao District and another in Agra
City during the year under review. The total
number, therefore, came to 173 at the close of the year.
Grants-in-aid for con-
struction of Veteri-
nary hospitals.
18. As in the last two years, no contribution could be granted to
local boards for the construction of veterinary
hospitals and dispensaries during this year also
owing to the prevalence of financial stringency.
Applications received from district boards for monetary assistance
could not be entertained.
CHAPTER V
LABORATORIES AND EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS
Laboratory work.
19. Seven hundred and fifty-eight smears were microscopically
examined at the headquarters and circle labora-
tories during the year as against 1,309 in the
preceding year.
They comprised Bacteriological,
Pathological,
Helminthological and Entomological cases. Interesting specimens
received for examination have been properly preserved and kept in
the musuem of the laboratory. The smears examined were from
different species of animals and the result of the examination is
summarized in brief as under :—
Lucknow Laboratory
Agra Laboratory
Allahabad Laboratory
Total
Positive
161
65
62
288
Negative
324
62
84
470
Total
485
127
146
758
Anti-rabic treatment.
20. Thirty-two cases of rabies were dealt with at the Isolation
Wards during the year, out of which 15 were treat-
ed with anti-rabic vaccine obtained from Kasauli
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with very satisfactory results and 17 were either discharged after
the full period of observation or destroyed and their brains sent to
Kasauli for examination.
Experiments and in-
vestigations on
di-
sease.
21. The prevalance of bovine contagious abortion was sus-
pected in a herd of Sahiwal cattle at the Manjhra
Government Cattle Farm. Serum of 14G head of
cattle was prepared and despatched to the
Imperial Veterinary Research Laboratory at Muktesar for the agglu-
tination test which showed that 37 per cent. of the tested cattle
gave evidence of the infection. A similar test was also carried out
at the Mission Goat Breeding Farm at Etah.
Experimental work on the control of " Fascioliasis " amongst
cattle in the Almora District with " carbon tetrachloride " was
continued during the year and the measures adopted were found to
have brought the disease under control to a considerable extent.
Experimental investigation was continued on the incidence of
helminth parasites in pariah dogs. During the year, 100 dogs were
examined and as a result much valuable information and data were
collected.
The incidence of hook-worms which have been identified as
anoylostoma caninum was found to be 77 per cent. In addition
other nematode, cestode and trematode worms were discovered and
their incidence varied from 2 to 80 per cent.
Tuberculin tests against tuberculosis and Johne's disease were
carried out at the Government Manjhra Cattle Farm and the Allah-
abad Agricultural Institute Farm and investigations revealed the pre-
valence of Johne's disease and tuberculosis amongst some of the
cattle. Further survey and biological tests conducted, if possible,
at regular intervals will throw further light on the extent of infec-
tion and spread of these diseases.
Experiments on the chemo-therapy of " barsati " and " nasal
granuloma " were conducted with antimosin and it was found that
the product has a beneficial effect on the course of the disease. This
product was found to be superior to tartar emetic in that it can be
administered subcutaneously, is less toxic, more efficacious and with
its administration the dangers of tartar emetic injections are
eliminated.
Experimental investigation was continued on the helminth para-
sitic infection of poultry. It has been found that chickens are more
susceptible and the mortality amongst them sometimes attains a
very high figure.
22. Seven hundred and seventy-three cases were treated at
the headquarters as against 549 in the preceding year. A sum of
Rs.1,175-12 was realized towards treatment charges, etc. against
Rs.l,038-9 last year. The cases treated were, as usual, of special
interest and some were of an obscure nature.
( 6 )
CHAPTER VI
BREEDING OPERATIONS
(i) Horse and pony stallions
Table X.
23. At the beginning of the year there were 56 stallions belong-
ing to the department for horse-breeding in the
province excluding the selected districts, viz.
Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Bulandshahr and Aligarh, where horse-breeding
is controlled by the Army Remount Department. Four stallions
were purchased during the year, two were destroyed and one died,
the balance left at the close of the year being 57.
Table XI.
24. Forty-seven stallions were employed on stud during the year
and they performed 1,907 coverings. The num-
ber of coverings last year was 1,888. The average
was 40.6 per animal per year.
25. There has been no change in the number of stallion stands
during the year. The stallion stand at Etah which was under con-
templation is almost complete and the matter relating to the selec-
tion of a suitable stallion for the stand is under correspondence with
the Chairman, District Board.
26. It is a pleasure to note that the progeny of Government
stallions continued to show improvement.
Stallion Depot.
27. Satisfactory work was continued to be done at the Stallion
Depot at Moradabad where stallions from districts
were afforded rest and treatment as necessity
demanded.
(ii) Donkey stallions
Table X.
28. The year opened with 7 jack donkeys on the roll of the de-
partment for mule-breeding in the province. Four
were newly purchased from the Government
Farm at Hissar, thus there were 11 jacks at the close of the year.
Table XI.
29. Eight donkeys were at stud work and the number of their
coverings was 244 during the year, against 218
last year, making an average of 30.5 as against
27.2 per animal.
CHAPTER VII
FAIRS AND SHOWS
Fairs and shows.
30. A number of cattle and horse fairs and shows was held in
the province during the year in which the officers
and the subordinate staff of the Department
participated.
The Kulkula fair (Gorakhpur) was held twice in the year. The first
one was held in April and was attended by me when I presided over
the prize distribution. I also attended the Dewa fair in the
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Bara Banki District, the Tanda rural exhibition in the Fyzabad District
and the Chandapur fair in the Rae Bareli District. Mr. T. S. Davies
attended the District exhibitions at Saharanpur and Aligarh, the
Nauchandi fair at Meerut and the Makanpur fair in the Cawnpore
District. In these exhibitions and fairs he acted as a member of the
Judging Committee for award of prizes and also inspected and
checked the work of the subordinate staff deputed there.
Mr. Raza Husain attended the Etawah Exhibition and Poultry
Shows at Bewar and Shikohabad in the Mainpuri District. At Etah
he worked as a member of the Judging Committee.
Khan Sahib M. Ghulam Qadir attended the Kakora fair (Budaun),
the Debi Patan fair (Gonda) and the Magh Mela Exhibition in
Allahabad.
M. Mohammad Tahir Mirza attended the Dadri fair (Ballia) in which
he presided over the prize distribution and also the Dewa fair (Bara
Banki) where he supervised the whole veterinary arrangements with
the assistance of the veterinary inspector of the Fyzabad Circle. A
temporary veterinary hospital was also opened there under the charge
of the Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Bara Banki, as an emergent
measure which was highly beneficial to the rural public for the treat-
ment of live-stock brought to the fair.
Arrangements for the treatment of sick animals at other fairs and
shows and for the check of outbreaks of contagious diseases, were also
of immense good to the stock-owners.
Veterinary exhibits.
31. Veterinary exhibits were displayed at the District Exhibition
at Saharanpur, the Dewa fair, the Magh Mela
Exhibition and at a rural exhibition held at
Tanda, District Fyzabad. The exhibits were also taken to the Ram-
nagar Cattle Fair, in the Tarai and Bhabar Government Estates
and successfully displayed there. There appears to be an increasing
demand for these and for the demonstration of other novel exhibits,
that have an educative value, but an improvement in this direction
is only possible when finances improve.
CHAPTER VIII
PROPAGANDA
Propaganda.
32. Propaganda work in a modest form, with the very limited
resources of the Department, was undertaken. I
delivered a lecture at the Kulkula fair (Gorakh-
pur) on the proper upkeep of cattle and general measures to be
adopted to prevent the spread of cattle diseases.
Khan Sahib M. Ghulam Qadir delivered a lecture at the Debi Patan
fair (Gonda) on veterinary aid and the welfare of cattle in general.
The subordinate staff also delivered lectures at the different fairs
and exhibitions and distributed pamphlets to interested people deal-
ing with the common contagious diseases of animals.
( 8 )
Demonstrations of the painless method of castration by Burdizzo
clamp had a great effect and the gradual increase in the number of
castrated cases bears a testimony to this fact.
CHAPTER IX
ESATBLISHMENT
Establishment. Table
VII.
33. The subordinate staff at the end of the
year was as follows :—
Veterinary Inspectors .. ..
„
Overseers .. ..
Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in charge Laboratory and Iso-
lation Wards, Lucknow ..
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons attached to headquarter and
on foreign service in India
Veterinary Assistant Surgeons employed in the districts
(including one in the Agriculture College Veterinary
Hospital, Cawnpore) .. .. .. ..
Total
16
2
1
15
180
214
Casualty
amongst
staff.
34. There were two cases of death and three of retirement on
superannuation pension during the year.
Scholarship.
35. No foreign scholarship was awarded for veterinary educa-
tion nor was any new stipendiary student selected
for training at the Bengal Veterinary College during
the year. Four stipendiary students, who qualified from the Bihar
Veterinary College, and two from Bengal, were taken in the service
of the Department. There were four failures but they were allowed
to continue their studies under Government sanction.
Lectures on cattle
diseases.
36. The subordinate staff of the Department delivered 29 lectures
to the Agriculture classes in vernacular middle
schools, 39 lectures to middle schools, 4 to patwari
schools, one to adult night school, 33 to Ahirs,
97 to village bazar gatherings, 5 to primary schools, 4 to Gram
Sudhar Panchayats, one to the Central Training School, Gorakh-
pur, 3 to Upper Primary schools, 11C to Government Agriculture
schools, 25 to patwaris and one lecture in a co-operative conference
in Farrukhabad. The lectures were on varied subjects relating to
the proper feed and keep of cattle, first-aid, inoculation against
cattle diseases, the necessity of castration, common contagious diseases,
animal husbandry, etc. and the total number was 358.
Practical training.
37. Five veterinary inspectors and 12 veterinary assistant sur-
geons were given practical training in the goat-
virus alone method of immunisation of cattle at
the actual seats of operations and three veterinary assistant surgeons
received such training in the serum simultaneous method of inocu-
lation against rinderpest.
38. The veterinary inspectors toured for 171 days on an average
during the year. They visited 2,288 villages during their tours.
( 9 )
CHAPTER X
EXPENDITURE
Expanditure. Table
XIVA.
39. The total cost of the department during the year was
Rs.4,14,918 as against Rs.4,58,047 in the preced-
ing year. The receipts for the year were
Rs.1,26,381 as against Rs.1,37,866 in
the
previous year.
CHAPTER XI
GENERAL REMARKS
40. The sudden death caused by heart failure of Captain S. G. M.
Hickey, i.v.s., the Director, on August 1, 1933, was a calamity that
befell the department. He had been in the province for about 17
years and by his death the department lost a very able and experi-
enced officer who tried to maintain high efficiency.
41. Eight sanads were awarded during the year to different
persons for assistance rendered to the staff of the Department in
carrying out inoculations.
42. The special feature of this year's work was the new method
of immunisation of cattle by " goat-virus " conducted under the
supervision of the new Veterinary Investigation Officer of this prov-
ince, by which over 8,000 animals were protected against rinder-
pest. Observations during the course of the operations presented vary-
ing results. The adult stock of the villages (both cows and buffaloes)
registered a definite reaction but in the farms there was only
slightly appreciable reaction and in the majority of cases it was
absent. Young stock takes the virus well. Reactions presented
by them under village conditions were more marked and in
some cases severe.
43. The work of both the technical and the clerical staff has on
the whole been most satisfactory and I should like to mention the names
of the following officers for their good work :—
(1) Babu Satya Kumar Mukerjee, Head Assistant.
(2) Babu Ram Pershad, Head Clerk.
(3) M. Mehdi Husain Khan, Veterinary Inspector, Allah-
abad.
(4) M. Shamsuddin, Farm Overseer, Moradabad.
(5) Veterinary Assistant Surgeon Piarey Lal Sharma of
Agra.
(6) Veterinary Assistant Surgeon Nasirul Hasan Qadri of
Naini Tal.
( 10 )
In conclusion, I should like to thank my Circle Superintendents
Mr. T. S. Davies, Khan Sahib M. Ghulam Qadir and Mr. S. M. Raza
Husain for the good help they have rendered me by carrying out their
duties in their respective circles. My thanks are also due to Mr. H. B.
Shahi, the new Veterinary Investigation Officer, who has taken great
pains in introducing the goat-virus method in the Tarai and Bhabar
Government Estates of district Naini Tal.
N. MOHAMED,
KHAN BAHADUR,
Offg. Director, Civil Veterinary Department,
United Provinces, Lucknow.