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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BOMBAY VETERINARY
COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR 1920-1921.
Mr. Sowerby the Assistant Principal acted as Principal up to 22nd
October 1920 during Mr. K. Hewlett's absence on leave. Mr. Hewlett
resumed charge on 23rd October and remained in charge until the end of
the year.
Mr. Dhakmarvala, 1st Professor acted as Assistant Principal during the
vacancy caused by Mr. Sowerby acting as Principal.
Mr. Vakharia. 2nd Professor who proceeded on six months' combined leave
last year retired on 28th May 1920, and Khan Saheb A. I. Shaikh, 1st Assistant
Professor and Mr. P. Miranda, 2nd Assistant Professor were promoted as 2nd
Professor and 1st Assistant Professor respectively.
Mr. V. R. Phadke, whose appointment to fill the vacancy caused by
Mr. Vakharia's retirement, was sanctioned last year, took over charge of his
appointment on 29th April 1920.
Mr. J. M. C. Rebello, Inspector of the Bombay City and Harbour Veterinary
Department continued to act up to 22nd October 1920 as Assistant Professor
during the vacancy caused by Mr. Dhakmarvala acting as Assistant Principal.
2. The Students.—There were 64 students' names on College rolls at
the commencement of the year. A special Supplementary Examination was
held at the end of April and 19 students appeared and 14 passed successfully.
Of the successful students 7 passed the Final Examination and qualified as
Graduates and left the College, 4 were promoted to Class 'C' from Class 'B'
and three were promoted to Class 'B' from Class 'A'.
Three students who failed in the examination and one for reasons of
health discontinued the course. The numbers on the rolls were thus reduced
to 53 at the end of April.
3. New students were admitted in August this year for the first time
and 32 new students were admitted and three old ones were re-admitted (one to
Class 'C' and two to Class 'A'). There were thus 88 students on the rolls at
the commencement of the first session.
4. Of the 32 new admissions 19 were natives of the Bombay Presidency,
2 of Central Provinces, 2 of Ceylon, 7 of Mysore and one each of Goa and
Madras. Of the new students one had passed the School Final and 4 the
Matriculation Examination. The remaining students passed the College
entrance test or were otherwise eligible for admission. The new students
classified according to caste were 16 Brahmins, 2 Rajputs, 1 Lingayat, 6 other
Hindus, 2 Singalese, 2 Native Christians and 3 Mahomedans.
5. The Annual Examinations were held in December this year for the
last time and students of Class 'C' and 'B' appeared (Class 'A' students not
being eligible for examination until April 1921). In all 40 students appeared
and 30 successfully passed the examination. Of these 14 students qualified as
Graduates and left the College and 16 were promoted- from Class 'B' to
Class 'C'.
6. The results of supplementary and Annual Examinations held during
this year are as under:—
In the Final year or Class 'C' 27 students appeared and 21 passed,
in Class 'B' 27 appeared and 20 passed and in Class 'A' 5 appeared and 3 passed.
The percentages this year therefore for the three Classes were 77.77,
74.07 and 60.00 respectively as against 75.00, 72.41 and 64.71 last year
or the total of 74.57 as against 70.33 last year.
7. Of the 88 students on the rolls at the commencement of the first
session (August) 7 students discontinued the course during the session and 14
left having graduated. The number of students was thus reduced to 67 on the
4th January the commencement of the 2nd session and during the 2nd
session 5 students left the College. Consequently there were 62 students'
names on the rolls at the end of the year as against 64 at the commencement