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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BOMBAY VETERINARY
COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR 1917-18.
Mr. K. Hewlett, the Principal of the College, held charge and the staff
remained unchanged throughout the year under report.
2. The Students.—There were 115 students' names on the rolls of the
College at the commencement of the year. Of these 8 students were eligible
and appeared for the Supplementary Examination held at the end of April 1917
and 7 passed successfully. Of these 5 passed into Class B from Class A and 2
passed into Class C from Class B. The student who appeared for the final at
the Supplementary Examination failed and so the number remained at 115. Six
students discontinued the course and one was refused permission to appear on
account of his irregular attendance. The numbers were in consequence reduced
to 108. The Principal at the request of the Quartermaster General in India
having called for volunteers to provide veterinary staff for ships bringing mules
from China to India 9 students came forward on the understanding that they
would be specially examined on their return. This arrangement was sanctioned
by the Director of Agriculture, and consequently the numbers who were
examined at the Annual Professional Examination in November were reduced
to 99, of whom 60 passed. Two of the students who went to China having
returned were examined in January and passed, making a total of 62 successful
candidates out of 101 examined. The percentage of passes this year was 61.39
as against 62 last year and 64.83 in the preceding year. In the Final Year or
Class C 27 students appeared and 17 passed, giving a percentage of 62.96; in
the Second Year or Class B 35 students presented themselves and 22 passed,
giving a percentage of 62.86; in the First Year or Class A 39 students presented,
themselves and 23 passed, giving a percentage of 58.97. Three students of
Classs A, six of Class B and three of Class C, although they obtained the
required aggregate of marks, failed to qualify in one subject and are in conse-
quence eligible to appear for re-examination at the Supplementary Examination
to be held at the end of April 1918. In addition to these 12 students to be
examined in one subject there will be 7 students who have returned from duty
on mule ships from China.
The results of the Supplementary and Annual Examinations held in 1917-
18 are as follows:—
In the Final Year or Class C 28 appeared and 17 passed, in Class B 37
appeared and 24 passed, in Class A 44 appeared and 28 passed. The percent-
ages this year therefore for the three classes were 60.71, 64.86 and 63.64
respectively as against 63.89, 66.67 and 58.54 last year or on the total 63.30 as
against 62.62 last year.
3. In January 1918, the commencement of the First Session, 54 candi-
dates presented themselves for admission to the College as against 73 last year.
This decrease in numbers of candidates who presented themselves is due to the
Principal having had to discourage applicants from appearing owing to the
numbers in the College now being in excess of that for which teaching facilities
exist (vide Rule 11). Of those who presented themselves, the Principal
admitted 33 to Class A, 1 to Class B and 1 to Class C. The remaining
candidates were refused admission on account of educational or physical
unfitness. There were thus 35 admissions this year as against 41 last year and
37 in the preceding year.
4. There were 127 students' names on the rolls in January 1918; of these
35 were newly admitted, 45 were students promoted to a higher class, 39 were
failed students and 8 who had not appeared for the examination. Of the failed
students 7 discontinued the course and of the 8 who did not appear, one left the
College. There were thus 119 students' names on the College rolls at the
termination of the official year as against 115 at the commencement.
5. Of the 35 new admissions, 20 were natives of the Bombay Presidency,
2 of the Central Provinces, 7 of the Moglai, 2 Indore and one each of Madras,
Rewa, Mysore and Ceylon. Of the new students 11 had passed the School
Final and 5 the Matriculation Examination and 1 the Previous Examination.
The remaining 18 students passed the College entrance test or were otherwise