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No great progress has been made with the experiments with inoculation
against rinderpest undertaken by the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, Bombay, partly owing to the delay in the receipt of reports of outbreaks
and partly to the sporadic nature of the outbreaks. Twenty-seven villages were
visited and 177 cattle successfully inoculated.
Veterinary Dispensaries.
17. In the Presidency proper 20,497 animals or 1,715 more than during
the preceding year were treated in the various Vete-
rinary Dispensaries, and the number of cases cured and
relieved together formed 88.5 per cent., showing an improvement of 5.82 per cent.
The number of animals treated in Sind was 5,053 or 214 more than during the
previous year, and the number of cured and relieved was the same as during
that year, viz., 95.5 per cent.
The work of the various Veterinary Assistants has been commended, espe-
cially that of Messrs. Bhatt and Modak in the Presidency proper and Messrs.
Haji and Asudamal in Sind.
The remark made by the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Bombay, that anthrax regularly appears in certain tálukas of the Belgaum
District, and that it would be advisable if strict measures were taken for the
disposal of the carcasses should be brought to the notice of the Collector.
The attention of the Itinerating Veterinary Assistant, Kaira (Mr. Patel),
should be again called to the remark made by the Superintendent, that his
report, like his last, contains much useless and irrelevant matter.
Veterinary-Major Morgan states that no report was received from the
Itinerating Veterinary Assistant, Khándesh, as the dispensary was temporarily
closed during the year. The Itinerating Assistant, Mr. Kulkarni, took charge of
the Dhulia Veterinary Dispensary on the 1st July 1900, on the removal of Mr.
Somney and ought to have submitted a separate report on the Itinerating Dis-
pensary for the period it was worked.
The unsatisfactory financial condition of the Khándesh Veterinary Dispen-
saries noticed last year is due to the District Local Board not having drawn the
Government contribution towards the pay of the Veterinary Assistants for a
number of years. The subject is under consideration.
The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Baluchistan and Sind,
states that the annual report from the Shikárpur Veterinary Assistant was not
received although it was both written and telegraphed for. The Collector should
call for the explanation of the Veterinary Assistant, who it seems has only
supplied bare figures for the use of the Superintendent.
Table N of the Sind report has not been properly filled in. No entries
have been made against Nausháhro, and only 29 cases are shown against Shikár-
pur; while Table L, and the body of the report, show that as many as 347 cases
were treated at the former dispensary and 964 at the latter. The figures in
both the tables should tally, and it is hoped greater attention will be paid in
filling in the tables in future.
Miscellaneous.
18. It is satisfactory to note that all the district returns were punctually
received by the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department, Bombay.
Conclusion.
19. The work done by both the Superintendents
was satisfactory.
FRED. YOUNG,
Acting Director, Land Records and Agriculture.