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STIPENDS.
7. CLASS A.—An examination for the award of Government stipends and
for testing the progress made by the young students was held in class A on the
20th July, the subjects being "Anatomy," "Physiology," and "Exterior and
Handling of animals." Thirteen passed, four failed, and one could not appear
at the examination owing to illness. Four of these students left subsequently.
Of the remaining fourteen, ten held other than Government stipends, viz.,
two from the District Board of Hooghly and one each from the District Boards
of Faridpur, Darbhanga, Gaya, Bankura, Dacca, and Backergunge, one from
the Naraingunge Municipality, and one from the Cooch Behar State, thus only
four Government stipends were awarded in class A.
8. CLASS B.—This class consisted of thirteen students, of whom four held
Government stipends, six held stipends from the District Boards of Patna,
Muzaffarpur, Mymensingh, Rangpur, the 24-Parganas, and Backergunge, one
held a Burdwan Raj stipend, one the Shew Bux Bogla scholarship, and one
having failed last year received no stipend.
9. CLASS C.—Of the thirteen students, six received Government stipends,
one had a stipend from the Cossipore-Chitpore Municipality, and six held District
Board stipends from Cuttack, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Chittagong, and Bogra.
10. Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhuri, a zamindar of Mymensingh, has
deposited Rs. 360 for a "Sir John Woodburn Scholarship" to be awarded to
a suitable candidate of Mymensingh. The donor has been asked to select
a candidate.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
11. An important Conference at Government House prevented His Honour
the Lieutenant-Governor from distributing the diplomas and prizes on the 19th
March, but the Hon'ble Mr. P. Nolan, Senior Member of the Board of Revenue,
very kindly filled the vacancy at short notice. Sir John Woodburn, M.A.,
K.C.S.I., presented a valuable case of instruments to the best student of the
year. Thanks are also due to the Maharaja of Darbhanga, the Maharani
Shaheba of Dumraon, the Hon'ble Mr. C. E. Buekland, i.c.s., C.I.B., Mr. P. C. Lyon,
i.c.s., Maulvi Budruddin Haidar, Khan Bahadur, Raja Sosi Sekhareswar Roy
Bahadur, Dr. Kailas Chandra Bose, Rai Bahadur, C.I.E., Raja Shew Bux
Bogla, and Mr. A. F. M. Abdur Rahman, Barrister-at-law, for their liberality
in contributing to the Prize Fund.
THE MUSEUM.
12. The Government of India have made a special grant of Rs. 600
towards fitting up the museum, and the Government of Bengal have provided
Rs. 2,900 in my next year's budget for models and specimens, for which, it is
hoped, final sanction will be obtained.
THE LIBRARY.
13. Raja Sosi Sekhareswar Roy Bahadur, of Tahirpur, who offered a
prize of Rs. 100 for the best essay on cattle-breeding in Bengal, has proposed to
give the amount towards collecting ancient Sanscrit works on Veterinary science,
which are scattered all over India, for the library. The Director of Land
Records and Agriculture, Bengal, has been asked to inquire of the Asiatic
Society if any such works are available.
BOTANICAL GARDEN.
14. The medicinal plants grown on a part of the rented land proved useful
for instruction purposes.
THE INFIRMARY.
15. Nine hundred and twenty-six horse cases (457 indoor and 469 outdoor)
706 cattle (241 indoor and 465 outdoor), 197 sheep and goat (indoor), and 274 dog
(indoor) were treated at the hospital in 1900-1901 (Appendices I, II, III, and
IV), making a total of 2,103 cases, against 1,591 in 1899-1900.
The percentage of deaths was larger than that of the preceding year,
being 7. 98 against 6.47. This is attributable to a large number of rinderpest