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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE CIVIL VETERI-
NARY DEPARTMENT IN SIND FOR THE YEAR 1915-16.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
Mr. J. G. Cattell held charge of the office of the Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department, Sind, Baluchistan and Rajputana, from 1st April 1915
to 12th March 1916, when he had to take leave on account of ill-health and
Khan Sahib S. G. Haji, Deputy Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Sind, acted for him to the end of the year.
Mr. Cattell was on tour in Sind for 94 days and travelled 2,733 miles by
rail and 459 miles by road. He was on tour in Baluchistan for 80 days when
he travelled 2,981 miles by rail and 373 miles by road. He also spent 16 days
and travelled 2,964 miles by rail and 68 miles by road to attend a meeting of
the Board of Agriculture in India held at Pusa and to study the working of
the Government Cattle Farm at Hissar in the Punjab.
During the year under report Mr. Cattell inspected the veterinary
dispensaries at Karachi, Hyderabad, Mirpur Khas, Dadu, Larkana, Jacobabad,
Tatta, Sujawal and Shikarpur and the Army Remount Department stallion
stables in the Larkana and Upper Sind Frontier districts.
He toured under canvas in parts of the Larkana district. He attended
and assisted on the Judging Committees at the horse show at Jacobabad, the
cattle shows at Shikarpur and Karachi and the mule show at Larkana. When
touring in the province the Superintendent checked the inoculation work
performed by Veterinary Assistants and when possible attended outbreaks of
epidemic disease. He made enquiries regarding cattle breeding in the province.
He inspected several sites for a cattle breeding farm.
From the 25th October 1915 the Superintendent had to undertake the
control and management of all equine diseases in the Baluchistan Horse
Breeding Circle in addition to his own duties which added largely to his work
and responsibility.
2. Mr. E. S. Farbrother, I. C. V. D., remained attached to the Superin-
tendent's office up to 13th July 1915, when he joined the Indian Army
Reserve of Officers.
He was on tour in Baluchistan for 40 days and travelled 2,180 miles by
rail and 315 by road.
3. Khan Sahib S. G. Haji held the post of Deputy Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department, Sind, throughout the year. He was on tour in
the province for 151 days. He travelled 7,424 miles by rail and 1,240 miles
by road and visited 103 villages. He inspected all the veterinary dispensaries
in the province twice except those at Tatta, Sujawal and Kandhkot, which were
inspected only once.
The Deputy Superintendent checked inoculation work and attended
outbreaks of disease when possible. He helped to make arrangements for and
acted as a member of the Judging Committee at the Karachi Cattle Show. He
also acted as a member of the Judging Committee in the cattle section at the
Shikarpur Show.
He toured in the Upper Sind Frontier and Larkana districts in order to
make enquiries about the disease dourine.
I.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
4. There are no Veterinary Colleges or Schools in Sind. There were six
stipendiary students studying at the Bombay Veterinary College at the begin-
ning of the year. One man passed the diploma examination and one failed in