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APPENDIX A.
Annual Report of the Bovine Vaccine Depot at Shillong for the year
1897-98.
Expenditure.
1. The total expenditure for the year 1897-98 was Rs. 6,997-1-1, being Rs. 504-9-3 more
than last year. The expenditure incurred by the Manipur State,
which is not included in the above, amounted to Rs. 753-14-1,
compared with Rs. 760-4-7 in the previous year.
The causes of the increase in expenditure this year are given below :
(a) The earthquake of June last caused great loss throughout and general disarrangement,
which greatly enhanced the price of every article. The daily expenditure on grass,
grain and all the little things required in feeding, housing and treating calves was
greatly increased relatively to the number of calves vaccinated, owing to the high rates
prevailing.
(b) The expenditure incurred in purchasing capillary tubes was Rs. 393-9-9 in excess of
that of the previous year.
It is not out of place to mention that Rs. 360-5-3 was paid for capillary tubes this year,
although they were purchased in 1896-97, and a great part of which, 25,000, were used during
that year. This amount should have been paid from the grant for 1896-97, and so the expenditure
of that year should have been Rs. 6,852-13-1 instead Rs. 6,492-7-10, and the expenditure for
1897-98 would only have been Rs. 6,636-11-10 instead of Rs. 6,997-1-1.
The year 1898-99 begins with a balance in hand of 80,000 empty capillary tubes instead of
in debt as in 1897-98.
(c) The loader having got an increment of Rs. 3 per mensem to his salary this year and
one of the servants having received annas 8 more food allowance than in the previous
year.
(d) Only one calf remained in hand at beginning of 1897-98, compared with 35 calves in
1896-97, the value being Rs 8, as compared with Rs. 280.
Petty construction and repairs.
2 The sum of Rs. 136-4-0 was expended on petty construction
and repairs.
Animals.
3. During the year 415 calves were bought at a net cost of Rs. 2,728, of which Rs. 248
have been charged to Manipur State. The account of calves
was as follows :
UNPROTECTED CALVES.
Balance in hand on 1st April 1897 ... ... ... ... ...
Bought during the year ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ... ... ... ... ... ...
Vaccinated during the year ... ... ... ... ...
Died ... ... ... ... ... ...
Balance in hand on 31st March 1898 ... ... ... ...
PROTECTED CALVES.
Balance in hand on 1st April 1897 ... ... ... ... ...
Vaccinated during the year ... ... ... ... ...
Total ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sold ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Died ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lost in earthquake ... ... ... ... ... ...
Balance in hand on 31st March 1898 ... ... ... ... ...
1
415
416
369
29
18
1
369
370
297
72
1
Nil.
Mortality.
4. The mortality was as follows :
Protected calves
Unprotected calves
...
Total
72
29
101
Of the protected calves, 24 died before the lymph was taken and 48 after the lymph had been
taken from them. The mortality would probably have been less, had the previous arrangements
not been disturbed by the earthquake.
Expenditure on calves.
5. The net expenditure on calves was Rs. 2,728, against Rs. 2,608
of the previous year.
The work was started this year with only one calf, while there were 35 calves worth Rs. 280
in hand when the work was started in the previous year. This may be attributed as the cause of
excess expenditure shown under this head.
Feeding chargers.
6. The feeding charges were Rs. 247-11.9 against Rs. 314-10-0
of the previous year.
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