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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE CIVIL VETERI-
NARY DEPARTMENT IN SIND FOR THE YEAR 1917-18.
ADMINISTRATION.
Mr. J. G. Cattell, M.R.C.V.S., I.C.V.D., held charge of the office of
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Sind, Baluchistan and Raj-
putana, throughout the year with the exception of 13 days in the end of March
1918 when he proceeded to Quetta for training in the Army Remount Depart-
ment, Baluchistan Circle, and Khan Bahadur S. G. Haji, G.B.V.C, Deputy
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Sind, acted as Superintendent
from 19th to 31st March 1918, in addition to his own duties.
Mr. Cattell was on tour in Sind for 88 days and travelled 4,339 miles by
rail and 241 miles by road. He attended the meeting of the Board of Agri-
culture held at Poona and visited Lahore and Ferozpur to discuss matters
affecting the Army Remount Department, Baluchistan Circle, with the Punjab
officers concerned and with a view to purchasing a horse stallion for a District
Local Board. In this connection he spent 19 days and travelled 3,233 miles
by rail and 4 miles by road. During the year under report Mr. Cattell
inspected the veterinary dispensaries at Karachi, Hyderabad, Hala, Mirpur
Khas, Larkana, Jacobabad, Tatta, Shikarpur, Kandhkot, Nawabshah and
Sujawal. He acted on the judging committees of the horse show held at
Jacobabad and pony show held at Ghotki and of the cattle fairs held at Ghotki
and Sujawal. He supervised the purchase of bulls for the Upper Sind Frontier
District Local Board at the fair held at Sibi in Baluchistan. He visited the
sites to be selected for the Willingdon Cattle Farm in the Karachi taluka and
also inspected the hay stacks and water boring operations. He visited the
Government Agricultural Farm at Mirpur Khas to inspect the young stock
purchased for the Willingdon Cattle Farm. He also visited the Agricultural
Farm at Landhi to inspect the Tigris sheep. When possible he attended
outbreaks of epidemic disease and checked inoculation work carried out by
Veterinary Assistants.
Mr. Cattell acted as Veterinary Officer of the Army Remount Department,
Baluchistan Circle. He toured with the Superintendent, Army Remount
Department, in the Larkana, Sukkur and Upper Sind Frontier districts. He
paid frequent visits to stallion stands and examined collections of mares.
Khan Bahadur S. G. Haji, while he acted for the Superintendent, travelled
326 miles by rail and 15 miles by road and inspected the young stock of the
Willingdon Cattle Farm at the Government Agricultural Seed Farm at Mirpur
Khas. He visited the Veterinary Dispensaries at Hyderabad and Mirpur Khas.
He inspected the water boring operations at Makan Sanado and Thadho
Nai sites.
2. Khan Bahadur S. G. Haji held the post of Deputy Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department, Sind, throughout the year. He was on tour in the
province for 154 days. He travelled 4,631 miles by rail and 798 miles by road.
During the year under report he inspected all the 14 Veterinary Dispensaries
in Sind. The dispensaries at Sujawal and Nawabshah were inspected twice.
The Deputy Superintendent checked inoculation work and attended outbreaks
of disease when possible. He helped in the arrangements for organising cattle
shows at Mirpur Khas and Sujawal and acted as a member of the judging com-
mittee at each place. He occasionally inspected the District Local Board and
Army Remount Department stallions in Sind. He examined suspicious cases of
dourine in the Upper Sind Frontier and Sukkur districts and submitted
specimens of blood serum from them. He carried out a short tour in the Mirpur
Khas, Jamesabad and Digri talukas of the Thar and Parkar districts to make
enquiries in regard to the demand of Punjabi colonists for stud bulls and pony
stallions. He inspected the hay stacks and the proposed sites of the Willingdon
Cattle Farm from time to time.
On the occasion of His Majesty the King-Emperor's birthday, in June
1917, the title of Khan Bahadur was conferred on Deputy Superintendent
S. G. Haji.
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