27
Receipts ... ... ...
Expenditure ... ... ...
Balance...
Rs.
711
586
125
a.
4
4
0
p.
1
1
0
Shikárpur.
Of those treated
Cases cured
... ... ...
„ relieved
...
...
...
„
died
...
...
...
...
„ incurable ...
...
...
„ unknown ...
„ remaining
...
...
...
Total ...
698
80
10
8
6
16
768
80. Veterinary Graduate Vedh.—Inspected on the 3rd March 1898 and
found to be in good order. I would again wish to call
the attention of the Board to the fact that the dis-
pensary is not making the progress that it should—due, no doubt, to its faulty
situation, and strongly recommend that
some effort be made to remedy this defect.
The total number of cases treated was 768
against 1,025 last year. 144 in-patients,
624 out-patients. There is a slight in-
crease if the large number of rinderpest
cases which occurred last year, viz. 299, are
excluded. The Veterinary Graduate at-
tended the Jacobabad Horse Show and paid
several visits to owners' houses. 4 cases of
castration are reported. The report is
meagre, but shows a slight improvement
over former years.
Receipts ... ... ...
Expenditure
... ... ...
Balance...
Rs.
7,793
2,880
4,913
a.
15
2
13
p.
1
0
1
Ratnágiri (Itinerating.)
81. Veterinary Graduate Mudliar.—The Veterinary Graduate during the
year visited most of the villages in the Dápoli Táluka
and some of the villages in the Ratnágiri and Vengurla
tálukas, and attended mild outbreaks of rinderpest and foot and mouth disease.
He kept no register until July and from that date to the end of the year treated
224 cases and some 80 cases, of which no record was kept. The Graduate does
not appear to have worked on systematic lines, and the report is short and
incomplete. Arrangements have been made to correct this in the future.
Summary.
82. There were 17 veterinary dispensaries open at the end of the year —
12 stationary and 5 itinerant—the itinerant veterinary
dispensary being newly opened at Naushahro in the
Hyderabad District. The total number of animals treated during the year
amounted to 19,976 against 19,614 last year. Out of the above number, 16,016
or 80.18 per cent. were cured, 1,082 or 5.41 per cent. relieved, 434 or 2.18 per
cent. died, 159 or 0.79 per cent. returned incurable, the result of 1,933 or 9.68
per cent. was unknown, and the remainder 352 or 1.76 per cent. were under
treatment at the end of the year. It is satisfactory to note that the percentage
of cured and relieved has again increased this year, being 85.59 against 84.29
last year with a corresponding fall in the percentage " died," "incurable " and
" unknown." Only 23 colts were castrated by Veterinary Graduates against 32
last year, and it is to be regretted that no improvement has taken place in this
important branch of their duties.
VI.—TOURS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
Bhávnagar, Gondal, Van-
káner, Morvi, Pálitána, Juná-
gad, Dhrángadra
and Ráj-
kot.
83. The marginally noted studs were visited during the year and 10 head
of young stock purchased. Owing to the keen
interest in horse -breeding displayed by Colonel
Hunter, Political Agent, and the constant help I
have received from him, I am pleased to be able to
report that considerable progress has been made in Káthiáwár during the past
two or three years. New studs have been established and considerable sums of
money have been spent in constructing new paddocks and buildings and purchas-