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TABLE VII.
Showing Total Strength of Subordinate Veterinary Staff employed during the year 1913-14.
Province.
1
Bombay Presi-
dency.
How occupied.
2
In Schools and
Colleges.
In Dispensaries...
On other work ...
Whether paid from
Provincial or
Local Funds.
3
......
Local
...
Provincial ...
Provincial ...
Total ...
Veterinary
Inspectors.
4
...
...
...
3
3
Veterinary
Assistants.
5
...
1*
49
8†
1‡
59
Subordinate
Teaching Staff.
6
......
.......
.......
......
......
Remarks,
7
* At Násik.
† Used as
reserves.
‡ Manager,
Northcote
Cattle Farm,
Chharodi.
TABLE VIII.
Return of Stud Bulls for the year 1913-14.
District.
1
West Khándesh
...
...
East
Khándesh
...
...
Násilc ... ...
Ahmednagar
...
...
Poona
...
...
Sholápur
...
...
Sátára
...
...
Belgaum
...
...
Dhárwár
...
...
Bijápur
...
...
Ratnágiri
...
...
Kánara
...
...
Kolába
...
...
Thána
...
...
Surat
...
...
Broach
...
...
Kaira
...
...
Panch Maháls
...
...
Ahmedabad
...
...
Total ...
Property of Government.
Number
on 1st
April
1913,
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Obtained during
the year.
Number.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Average
price
paid.
4
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Casual-
ties
during
the year.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Balance
remain-
ing on
31st
March
1914.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Property of Local Bodies.
Number
on 1st
April
1913.
7
4
8
2
1
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
3
8
1
13
44
Obtained during
the year.
Number.
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 2
2
Average
price
paid.
9
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 125
...
Casual-
ties
during
the year.
10
2
...
2
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
... 1
10
Balance
remain-
ing on
31st
March
1914.
11
2
3
...
1
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
3
5
1
14
36
Remarks.
12
32
TABLE IX.
Showing Main Results of the Working of the Provincial Cattle Farm
during the year 1913-14.
Province.
1
Gujarát
(Ah-
medabad).
Name of
Farm.
2
Northcote
Cattle Farm,
Chharodi ....
Total ...
Receipt.
Sale of
Animals.
3
Rs.
5,147
5,147
a.
0
0
p.
0
0
Sale of
Produce.
4
Rs.
1,700
1,700
a.
0
0
p.
0
0
Other
Heads.
5
Rs.
110
110
a.
0
0
p.
0
0
Total.
6
Rs.
6,957
6,957
a.
0
0
p.
0
0
Expenditure.
Salaries
of Establish-
ment.
7
Rs.
4,775
4,775
a.
0
0
p.
3
3
Feed and
Keep of
Animals.
6
Rs.
4,661
4,661
a.
4
4
p.
9
9
Cultivation
Expenses.
9
Rs.
2,286
2,286
a.
0
0
p.
0
0
Province.
1
Gujarát
(Ah-
medabad).
Name of
Farm.
2
North cote
Cattle Farm,
Chharodi ...
Total ...
Expenditure—continued.
Purchase
of
Animals.
10
Rs.
225
225
a.
0
0
p.
0
0
Other
Heads.
11
Rs.
6,518
6,518
a.
9
9
p.
0
0
Total.
12
Rs.
18,465
18,465
a.
14
14
p.
0
0
Valuation of Stock, Grain and
Fodder remaining at the close of the
year as detailed on the reverse.
Cattle.
13
Rs.
33,745
33,745
a.
0
0
p.
0
0
Grain.
14
Rs.
115
115
a.
7
7
p.
6
5
Fodder.
15
Rs.
11,557
11,557
a.
12
12
p.
9
9
Total.
16
Rs.
45,418
45,418
a.
4
4
p.
2
2
Remarks.
17
33
Valuation Statement of Cattle, Grain and Fodder in hand at the
close of the year 1913-14.
Number or Quantity.
No.
4
233
46
37
39
27
5
9
10
15
12
19
...
9
8
18
13
504
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Quantity.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Mds.
31
9
6
19
seers.
20
31
0
30
Lbs.
14,13,200
25,220
...
...
Description.
Cattle.
Bulls ... ...
Cows ... ...
Heifers, three-year old
...
Heifers, two-year old ...
Heifers, yearlings ...
Cow calves ... ...
Bulls, four-year old ...
Bulls, three-year old ...
Bulls, two-year old ...
Bulls, yearlings ... ...
Bullocks, four and half-year old .
Bullocks, three-year old ...
Bullocks, two-year old ...
Bullocks, yearlings ...
Castrated calves ...
...
Bull calves ... ...
Bullocks working ...
Total, Cattle ...
Grain and Fodder.
Guvar, crushed ... ...
Gram, crushed ...
...
Bran ... ...
Oil-cake ... ...
Hay ... ...
Jowari Karbi
...
...
Total, Grain and Fodder ...
Grand Total ...
Rate
Rs.
250
80
50
35
25
15
150
100
75
50
100
75
...
45
35
40
150
...
Rs.
1
1
1
1
a.
12
2
4
12
p.
6
0
6
0
8-0-0 per
1,000 lbs
10-0-0per
1,000 lbs
...
...
Value.
Rs.
1,000
18,640
2,300
1,295
975
405
750
900
750
750
1,200
1,425
a.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
...
405
280
720
1,950
33,745
Rs.
56
17
7 1
34
11,305
252
11,673
45,418
0
0
0
0
0
a.
1
1
1
9
9
3
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
p.
9
8
0
0
7
2
2
2
Remarks.
N 5—9
34
TABLE X.
Return of Horse, Pony and Donkey Stallions under Local Bodies for the
year ending 31st March 1914.
Details.
1
Balance on 1st April 1913 ...
Increase
...
Decrease ...
Purchased in India ...
Total ...
Died ... ...
Sold ... ...
Destroyed ...
Transferred ...
Total ...
Balance on 31st March 1914 ...
Horse and Pony Stallions under Local Bodies.
Horses.
Arab.
2
6
4
10
...
...
...
...
10
T. B.E.
3
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
Country
bred.
4
3
...
3
...
...
...
....
...
3
Austra-
lian.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
6
10
4
14
...
...
...
...
...
14
Ponies.
Arab.
7
21
...
21
1
1 ...
...
2
19
Persian.
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Country
bred.
9
3
1
4
...
...
...
...
...
4
Total.
10
24
1
25
1
...
1
...
2
23
Details.
1
Balance on 1st April 1913 ... ...
Increase
...
Decrease ...
Purchased in India ...
Total ...
Died ... ...
Sold ... ...
Destroyed . . . ...
Transferred ...
Total ...
Balance on 31st March 1914 ...
Total
Horses and
Ponies.
11
34
5
39
1
...
1
...
2
37
Donkey Stallions under Local Bodies.
Italian.
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
....
...
Cyprian.
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Country
bred.
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Persian.
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
16
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks.
17
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
35
TABLE XI.
Service and Produce of each class of Horse, Pony and Donkey Stallions during the year 1913-14.
Horse, Pony
or
Donkey.
1
Horse ...
Pony ...
Donkey ...
Grand Total ...
Province.
2
Deccan ... ...
Gujarat ...
Total ...
Deccan ... ...
Gujarát ... ...
Total ...
Deccan ...
Gujarát ... ...
Total ..
Deccan ...
Gujarát ... ...
Total ...
Stallions
on
Register
on 31st
March
1913.
3
5
5
10
18
6
24
...
...
...
23
11
34
Stallions actually
employed at Stud.
Year
under
report.
4
5.96
4.99
10.95
17.25
5.84
23.09
...
...
...
23.21
10.83
34.04
Previous
year.
5
5.00
3.04
804
16.95
6.87
28.82
...
...
...
21.95
9.91
31.86
Number of Mares
covered.
Year
under
report.
6
269
197
466
794
283
1,077
...
...
...
1,063
480
1,543
Previous
year.
7
222
125
347
623
319
942
...
...
...
845
444
1,289
Average number of
Marcs covered per
stallion employed
at Stud.
Year
under
report.
8
45.13
39.48
42.56
46.03
48.46
46.64
...
...
...
45.80
44.32
45.33
Previous
year
9
44.40
41.12
43:16
36.76
46.43
39.55
...
...
...
38.50
44.80
40.46
Remarks.
10
TABLE XII.
Showing average cost of feed, keep, attendance, &c., of Horse, Pony and Donkey Stallions
during the year 1913-14.
Province.
1
Deccan ...
Gujarát ...
Poona
...
...
...
Ahmednagar ... ...
Sholápur ... ...
West Khándesh ...
East Khándesh ...
Násik ... ...
Total ...
Ahmedabad
...
...
Kaira ... ...
Pálanpur Agency ... ...
Panch Maháls ... ...
Total ...
Grand Total ...
Horse.
Year
under
report.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Previous
year.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Pony.
Year
under
report.
4
519
454
522
497
...
765
503
436
406
384
482
430
479
Previous
year.
5
568
413
670
417
...
837
531
468
353
480
413
446
505
Donkey.
Year
under
report.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Previous
year.
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks.
8
N 73
36
TABLE XIII.
Abstract of particulars regarding Horse Fairs and Shows held during the year 1913-14.
District.
1
Number of Horse Fairs and Shows held.
2
Total
number of
animals
present.
Year under report.
3
Previous year.
4
Total
number
competing
for prizes.
Year under report.
5
Previous year.
6
Total
number of
Horse Stock
(not including
branded
mares)
present.
Belonging to breed-
ers.
7
Belonging to dealers.
8
Number of Remounts
purchased.
For Remount De-
partment.
9
Nil
For Native Cavalry.
10
For Police.
11
Total.
12
Price paid for
Remounts.
Highest price.
13
Lowest price.
14
Average price.
15
Number of Mules
purchased.
By Government.
16
By others.
17
Total.
18
District.
1
Price paid
for Mules by
Government.
Hi ghes t price.
19
Lowe s t price.
20
Ave r
a ge price.
21
Total
number of
animals
sold.
22
Prize money provided.
From
Imperial
Funds.
23
From
Provincial
Funds.
24
Nil
From Local Funds.
25
From other sour-
ces.
26
Total.
27
Amount
actually
awarded.
28
Number of medals
awarded.
29
Amount
sanctioned by
Government
of India
for next
year's
Fair or
Show.
30
Re-
marks.
31
37
TABLE XIV.
Abstract of particulars regarding Cattle Fairs and Shows held during the year 1913-14.
District.
1
Ahmedabad
(Sar-
khej) ...
Number of Cattle Fairs and
Shows held.
2
1
Total number of Stock present.
Bulls.
3
32
Bullocks.
4
193
Cows.
5
683
Young stock.
6
118
Buffaloes.
7
...
Camels.
8
...
Others.
9
...
Average price of animals sold.
Bulls.
10
Bullocks.
11
Cows.
12
Buffaloes.
13
None were sold.
Camels.
14
District.
1
Ahmedabad
(Sar-
khej) ...
Amount realized in fees.
15
.....
Total number of animals
competing for prizes.
16
1,026
Prize money provided.
From
Imperial
Funds.
17
Rs.
...
From
Provincial
Funds.
18
Rs.
500
From Local Funds.
19
Rs.
373
a.
9
p.
0
From other sources.
20
Rs.
10
Tot al .
21
Rs.
883
a.
9
p.
0
Amount actually
awarded.
22
Rs.
510
Number of medals award-
ed.
23
2
Remarks.
24
N 5—10
38
TABLE XIV-A.
Statement showing the cost of the Civil Veterinary Department in the Bombay Presidency
proper during the Financial year 1913-14.
Major Heads.
1
1. Superintendence
...
...
2. Veterinary Instructions ...
3. Subordinate Establishments
4. Hospitals and Dispensaries.
6. Breeding operations ...
6. Frizes
...
...
7. Fairs and Shows ... ...
Total ...
Amount
Imperial.
2
Rs.
23,157
19,702
a.
0
2
p.
5
8
......
......
42,859 3 1
Provincial.
3
Rs.
10,937
48,101
56,667
(a) 44,248
(b) 41,069
(c) 848
a.
6
11
3
7
5
11
p.
4
4
1
3
1
0
......
2,01,872 12 1
Local.
4
Rs. a. p.
......
144
16,700
55,991
(d) 5,856
0
10
11
1
0
11
2
11
......
4,488
83,180
7
15
7
7
Total.
5
Rs.
34,094
69,947
73,367
1,00,240
48,925
848
4,488
3,27,912
a.
6
14
14
2
7
11
7
14
p.
9
0
0
5
0
0
7
9
Remarks.
6
(a) Grants to Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries ... ... ... ...
Establishment under the Glanders Farcy Act ... ... ... ...
(5) Horse, Mule and Donkey breeding operations ... ... ... ...
Cattle breeding operations ... ... ... ...
(c) At Horse shows ... ... ... ...
At Cattle shows ... ... ... ...
(d) Horse, Mule and Donkey breeding operations ... ... ... ...
Cattle breeding operations ... ... ... ...
Rs.
31,577
12,670
44,248
22,612
8,457
41,069
a,
14
8
7
0
4
5
p.
11
4
3
9
4
1
......
848
848
5,201
654
5,856
11
11
11
6
1
0
0
1
10
11
39
REVIEW BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE.
Below letter No. 3127 of 24th June 1914 from the Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department, Bombay Presidency, Poona, to the Under Secretary
to Government, Revenue Department, Bombay.
No. A—6778 of 1914
Poona, 20th July 1914.
Forwarded with compliments.
2. During the year under report the prevalence of cattle disease was
about normal except in the case of foot and mouth disease which was exceptionally
wide-spread. Veterinary Assistants attended a large number of outbreaks of
disease, but the failure in the supply of rinderpest serum prevented progress
in the inoculation campaign.
3. Four new dispensaries were opened, which brings the total of new
dispensaries up to fifteen during the five years since the Department was reor-
ganised. During that period also the number of sick animals treated annually
has doubled, and the number of villages visited by Veterinary Assistants has
increased fourfold.
4. The Chharodi Farm has been steadily improved of late years and
represents a valuable property. It is hoped that its annual balance sheet will
soon show an improvement.
5. Local Bodies maintained 36 stud bulls, but there is nothing on record
to show how far their services were of value to breeders. The question of making
good stud bulls available for breeders is a difficult one, and the Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department, has been asked to go into the matter.
6. The Department has developed considerably under Colonel Maxwell,
who has now retired after three years' careful superintendence in this Presidency.
G. F. KEATINGE,
Director of Agriculture.
42
5. The increase in the number of Veterinary Assistants and dispensaries,
together with the growing attendance at the latter, shows clearly that there is
a demand for veterinary treatment throughout the province. The zamindars of
the Shahbandar division themselves subscribed Rs. 17,000 for a dispensary at
Sujawal, which was opened this year. But this demand it has not been possible
to meet hitherto owing to the difficulty of obtaining men for the Department on
the low initial pay offered. Government, however, have been pleased to raise
the pay of the two lowest grades of the Veterinary Assistants in Sind from
Rs. 30 and Rs. 45 to Rs. 40 and Rs. 50, respectively, and in accordance with
their instructions contained in Government Resolution No. 4bll, dated the
22nd December 1913, the Commissioner is submitting further proposals to render
the department more attractive.
6. Amongst other matters dealt with during the year were the compila-
tion of a complete set of rules and departmental instructions and the issue of
orders to secure the prompt intimation by the revenue department to Veteri-
nary Assistants and superior veterinary officers of the outbreaks of cattle disease.
7. Bearing in mind the difficulty hitherto experienced of securing trained
local veterinary graduates to take charge of the dispensaries as they are opened,
the work of the department has progressed successfully during the year and
with the opening of new dispensaries in charge of trained assistants, more rapid
development may be looked for in future.
W. H. LUCAS,
Commissioner in Sind.
To
THE CCHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
Revenue Department, Bombay.
43
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE CIVIL
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT IN SIND FOR THE
OFFICIAL YEAR 1913-14.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
Mr. J. G. Cattell remained in charge of the office of Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department, Sind, Baluchistan and Rájputána, throughout the
year, He was on tour in Sind for 127 days, travelled 3,769 miles by rail
and 454 miles by road. He toured under canvas in the Nawabshah district,
inspected all the dispensaries in the Province once or more than once, and,
where necessary, selected sites for others. He personally attended several
outbreaks of contagious disease and checked inoculation work.
Mr. E. S. Farbrother was attached to the office of Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department, Sind, Baluchistan and Rájputána, for training from
the 20th March 1914. He travelled 753 miles by rail with the Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department, and inspected the Veterinary dispensaries at
Karáchi, Hyderábád, Mirpur Khás and Shikárpur.
I.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION
Veterinary Colleges and Schools.
Of the four stipendiary students studying at the Bombay Veterinary College,
one passed out and joined the Subordinate Civil Veterinary Department, Sind.
Two more scholars were sent during 1913-14, thus making a total of 5 stipendiary
students studying at the College at the end of the year.
II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
(1) Contagious disease, outbreaks, mortality, preventive inoculation, etc.
Outbreaks of contagious disease were reported from all the districts in Sind.
Seventy-three deaths were reported in equines, 895 in bovines and 94 among
other animals as compared with 106, 1,959 and 412 deaths, respectively, last
year.
Equines.
Glanders.—Two cases were diagnosed in the Karáchi district and destroyed
under the Glanders and Farcy Act.
Anthrax.—Six deaths (2 in Karáchi, 1 in Nawábsháh and 3 in Lárkána
districts) were reported from this disease during the year under report.
Surra.—Sixty-two deaths were reported from surra—1 in Karáchi, 25 in
Hyderábad, 25 in Thar and Párkar and 11 in Lárkána district, against 102
deaths reported last year.
Other Contagious Diseases.—Three animals have died from other contagious
diseases—1 each from rabies and South African horse sickness in Karáchi
district and one from tuberculosis in Nawábsháh district.
The case of South African horse sickness was detected among officers'
chargers which arrived at the Karáchi port per R. I. M. S. " Hardinge" from
Aden en route to Dera Ismail Khan, and one horse was destroyed.
Bovines.
Rinderpest.—The disease broke out in the Karáchi and Lárkána districts,
and 246 deaths occurred out of 521 attacked during the year under report,
against 1,367 deaths reported last year.
No anti-rinderpest inoculations were performed owing to the fact that the
disease had died out before being reported, or the owners refused it.
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Foot and Mouth Disease.—The disease broke out in the Karáchi, Hyder-
abad, Lárkána, Thar and Párkar, Sukkur and Upper Sind Frontier districts.
Of the l,989 animals affected by the disease 38 died, against 4 animals died in
the preceding year.
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia.—Was
reported from Karáchi, Hyderabad,
Nawábsháh, Thar and Párkar, Larkána and Sukkur disiricts. Three hundred
and thirty-nine uninoculated and two inoculated animals died out of 381 attacked
by the disease, against 237 died last year.
During the year under report the efficacy of permanganate of potash in the
treatment of hæmorrhagic septicæmia was tested, but the tests were not exten-
sive enough to allow of any definite conclusions being drawn.
Preventive Inoculation.—Eight
hundred and fifty-six inoculations were
performed against this disease in the Lárkána and Nawábsháh districts against
93 inoculations performed last year.
Black-quarter.—During the year 1913-14, forty-six animals were attacked,
all the cases proving fatal. Last year the number of deaths from this disease
totalled 32. The disease broke out in three districts, viz., Karáchi, Lárkána
and Sukkur.
Anthrax.—Thirteen
animals were attacked and died of anthrax in the
Lárkána district.
Other Contagious Diseases.—Two hundred and eleven deaths were reported
to have occurred from other contagious diseases during 1913-14 against 313
deaths reported last year.
Other animals.
Black-quarter.—Two
animals died from black-quarter in the Lárkána
district.
Anthrax.—Twenty deaths froms this disease were reported in Karáchi and
Lárkána districts, against 2 deaths reported last year.
Rabies.—Forty-two deaths from rabies (34 in the Karachi, 5 in Thar and
Párkar, 2 in Lárkána and 1 in Sukkur districts) were reported during the year
1913-14, against 22 deaths reported last year.
The number of cases of rabies is increasing in Karachi, and it is desirable
that some steps should be adopted in order to try and suppress this disease.
Distemper.—Seventeen deaths were reported (16 in Hyderabad and 1 in
Sukkur district).
Bubonic Plague.—Three cases were detected among baboons by the Veteri-
nary Graduate in charge Richmond Crawford Veterinary Dispensary, Karachi,
in the Karachi Zoological Gardens during the year 1913-14. The three cases
were fatal.
Pleuro-Pneumonia Contagiosa.—Ten goats died from this disease, against
190 deaths reported last year.
(2) Other diseases.
Table IV.—During
the year 381 villages were visited by Veterinary
Assistants on tour and 2,918 animals were treated and castrated. Last year 237
villages were visited and 1,362 animals treated.
(3) Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries.
There were 11 veterinary hospitals working during the year, as against
8 last year. The additions were one at Mi pur Khás, one at Dádu in the
Lárkána district and one at Sujáwal in the Karachi district.
Buildings.—Buildings at Sujáwal, Tatta and Mirpur Khás were under
construction and the construction of buildings at Mátli and Dádu has been.
or will be taken in hand shortly.
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Table V.—Veterinary Assistants treated 16,013 animals as in and out-door
patients and performed 74 castrations, against a total of 13,620 animals treated
and 54 castrations performed at the dispensaries during the previous year.
III.—BREEDING OPERATIONS.
There is nothing to be recorded under the headings (i), (2) and (3), as
there are no breeding operations carried on in the Province by the Civil Veteri-
nary Department.
(4) Fairs and Shows.
The annual cattle, mule and agricultural show which is held at Badin had
to be abandoned owing to inadequate supply of water.
IV.—SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENT.
Number, Supervision and Work performed.
There were 11 Veterinary Graduates working in 11 hospitals during
1913-14, as against 8 Veterinary Graduates. Their work has been shown in
Tables IV and V, which was on the whole satisfactory.
Veterinary Assistant Abdul Majid, in charge Veterinary Dispensary,
Lárkána, was presented with a lungi and afrinama by His Excellency the
Governor of Bombay, for his good work.
In future, Veterinary Assistants will do more touring in order to get
in touch with real agriculturists. Up to this time they have not done
much in this respect.
The Deputy Superintendent was on tour for 150 days, against 133 days
last year. He travelled 7,034 miles by rail and 1,122 miles by road, as against
4,040 miles by rail and 1,280 miles by road travelled during the previous year.
He inspected all the Veterinary Dispensaries in the Province and visited
214 villages, against 201 visited last year, and attended several outbreaks
of disease.
V.—EXPENDITURE OF THE DEPARTMENT
Information under this head has been furnished by the Accountant-General
and the Presidents, District Local Boards. Table XIV-A shows that the total
expenditure has amounted to Rs. 78,468-3-10, as against Rs. 70,556-10-2 for
the last year, showing an increase of Rs. 7,911-9-8, which is due to the expansion
of the department.
VI.—GENERAL REMARKS
There was a general improvement in the veterinary work of the Province
during the year under report. There is still a great difficulty in obtaining good
men to work in Sind as the present rate of pay is not sufficiently attractive.
Proposals for improving their pay and prospects have already been submitted.
New rules for reporting outbreaks of contagious diseases have been
sanctioned, and it is hoped that in future there will be an improvement in this
respect. This year the reporting of outbreaks of contagious and infectious
diseases has been far from satisfactory. In several cases Veterinary Assistants
have arrived at the scene of the outbreaks after the disease had died out.
The office of Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, was provin-
cialized from 1st April 1913(vide Government Resolution No. 4611, dated
Bombay Castle, 14th May 1913).
E. S. FARBROTHER, I. C. V. D.,
Officiating Superintendent, Civil Vetarinary Department
Sind, Baluchistan and Rájputana.
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