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I inspected this dispensary and found it flourshing. The success of the
institution is due to the interest taken in it by Raja Baikantha Nath De,
Bahadur, the Vice-Chairman, and other influential gentlemen.
13. Chittagong.—The Magistrate reports that during the year funds
were raised, and an old tumble-down building was reconstructed and made
suitable for the Veterinary Dispensary. A stable was also erected with
six stalls. The dispensary was properly equipped with instruments and
medicines, and was opened to the public on 3rd December by the Commis-
sioner of the Division. Table L (a) shows that 7 in-patients and 12 out-
patients were treated at the dispensary since its opening by the Veterinary
Assistant, Tara Pada Bhattacharjee, who was in charge of it. Table N shows
that 886 animals were treated by him and another temporary Veterinary
Assistant in 31 villages.
The total receipts of the dispensary were Rs. 2,450, of which
Rs. 2,109-8 were spent, leaving a balance of Rs. 340-8 (Table 0). The
necessary funds were supplied by the District Board, Khas-mahal Fund, Court
of Wards Department, and by subscriptions raised to celebrate the visit of His
Honour the Lieutenant-Governor to Chittagong in December 1899.
The dispensary is managed by a Committee, with the Magistrate as
Chairman.
Two Veterinary Assistants have been engaged, Babu Ashu Tosh Biswas,
in charge of the dispensary, and Babu Tara Pada Bhattacharjee, for mufassal
work.
The dispensary was inspected by Mr. E. H. Brand, the Senior Lecturer,
Bengal Veterinary College.
14. Burdwan.—The Chairman of the District Board reports that during
the year, the Veterinary Assistant, Narain Das Kapur, treated, at the dispensary,
280 animals against 383 in the previous year, the results of which are detailed
in Table L (a). He visited 49 villages, where he treated 330 animals against
417 in the previous year, of which 224 were cured, 10 were relieved, and 96
died (Table N). Besides the work done by the District Board Veterinary
Assistant, a temporary assistant worked for about a month in the Raniganj
subdivision, -and inoculated and treated cattle in some of the villages where
there was an outbreak of rinderpest. Table O shows in detail the income and
expenditure of the dispensary during the year. The Municipalities of Raniganj,
Asansole, and Katwa continued to contribute Rs. 5 each, and the Burdwan
Municipality Rs. 10, a month towards the maintenance of the dispensary.
The total amount paid by the Burdwan District Board was Rs. 745-2-11
against Rs. 542-13-9 in the previous year.
The dispensary continued in two rooms in the cutchery compound, and the
Veterinary Assistant attended from 7 to 10 A.M., while he remained at Sadar.
Accommodation for two in-patients was added to the dispensary during the
year.
I inspected this dispensary, and found it in a fairly satisfactory condition
considering that the Veterinary Assistant is only a "two years' " man from the
Ajmere School.
15. Howrah.—The Ramessur Malia Veterinary Dispensary will be opened
on the 15th May.
16. Darbhanga.—A dispensary was opened and two Veterinary Assistants
engaged, one in charge of the dispensary and the other for mufassal work.
17. Sripur.—It was sanctioned by Government to establish a Veterinary
Dispensary at Sripur at the expense of the Hathwa Estates. The building
is not yet completed.
18. Palamau.—A proposal has been made to open a dispensary in this
district. Plan and estimates have been sent.
19. Monghyr.—A dispensary will shortly be opened by the Municipality.
and a Veterinary Assistant appointed.
20. Cooch Behar.—A proposal has been made to establish a Veterinary
Dispensary and to employ a Veterinary Assistant in the Cooch Behar State
Plan and estimates have been sent.
21. Purnea.—During a visit to Purnea, I ascertained from the Collector
that Rs. 3,000 had been subscribed towards a Veterinary Dispensary, but further
steps had not been sanctioned, because there was no guarantee that funds to