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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BOMBAY
VETERINARY COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR 1913-14.
Mr. K. Hewlett continued to hold charge as Principal during the year
under report. Mr. M. H. Sowerby, the Assistant Principal, was absent on
combined vacation leave and furlough for six months and Mr. Dhakmarvala,
the senior Indian Professor, acted for him during the time he was on furlough
and Mr. Rebello of the Glanders and Farcy Department filled the vacancy
caused by Mr. Dhakmarvala's acting appointment. Mr. Phadke returned from
his deputation to Europe and rejoined his appointment as Lecturer on
January 2nd and Mr. Lopez who had acted for him reverted to the Subordinate
Civil Veterinary Department. The remainder of the staff continued un
changed.
2. The Students.—There are 84 students' names on the College rolls at
the commencement of the year, but of these 4 discontinued the course. There
were consequently 80 students' names on the rolls at the end of the session
and of these three were refused permission to appear for the Annual Profes-
sional Examination on account of not having fulfilled the prescribed conditions,
one although eligible did not appear and 76 appeared as compared with 72 last
year. Out of the 76 who appeared 53 passed as against 51 last year giving a
percentage of 69.73 as against 70.83 last year and 67.95 in the preceding year
and 64.83 in 1910-11. In the final year or Class C 24 students presented
themselves and 16 passed giving a percentage of 66.66; in the second year or
Class B 22 presented themselves and 14 passed giving a percentage of 63.63;
in the first year or Class A 30 students presented themselves and 23 passed
giving a percentage of 76.66. Three students of Class A, four of Class B and
3 of Class C obtained the requisite aggregate of marks at the Annual Profes-
sional Examination and failing in one subject only are eligible for examination
again at the Supplementary Examination to be held at the end of April.
3. In January 1914, the commencement of the first session, 63 candidates
presented themselves for admission to the college as against 66 last year, 62 in
the preceding year and 59 in 1910-11. The Principal admitted 38 students to
Class A and 2 to Class C (under the concession permitted to Salutries of this
college). The remaining candidates were refused admission on account of
educational or physical unfitness. There were thus 40 new admissions this
year as against 37 last year, 34 in the preceding year and 38 in 1910-11.
4. There were 104 students' names on the College rolls in January 1914.
Of these 40 were newly admitted students, 37 were students promoted to a
higher class, 23 were failed students and 4 were students who had not appeared
for the examinations. Of the failed students, 5 discontinued the course of their
own accord and one was not permitted to rejoin by the Principal; of the
4 students who did not appear for examination, the names of three were removed
from the College rolls by the Principal and one died ; of the 40 newly admitted
students 6 discontinued the course as they found the work uncongenial. There
were thus 88 students' names on the rolls at the termination of the official
year as against 84 at the commencement.
5. It is satisfactory to observe that this year again the majority of the
newly admitted students come from the Bombay Presidency. Of the 40
admissions 34 were natives of the Bombay Presidency, 2 from the Madras
Presidency, 3 from the Central Provinces and 1 from Japan. Of the new
students 7 had passed the School Final and 5 had passed the Matriculation
Examination. The remaining 28 students either passed the college Entrance
Test Examination or were otherwise eligible for admission. The new students
classified according to caste were 20 Bráhmins, 1 Rajput, 1 Jain, 5 Lingáyats,
6 other Hindus, 5 Mohamedans, 1 Native Christian, 1 Japanese. It is satisfac-
tory to note that there are 5 Lingáyat students this year as against 1 in 1912-13
the only previous occasion on which a Lingáyat student has taken this course
seriously.