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has still been considerable. Inoculation is admittedly the one means of
checking it, and a number of Veterinary Graduates were deputed to Bareilly to
receive instruction in the scientific use of this preventive. Possibly as a result
of this measure, the inoculations actually performed would appear to have
been more successful than in the preceding year. At the same time, Govern-
ment notice with regret that there is a decrease in the total number of cattle
so treated, no explanation of which is offered by either the Superintendent or
the Director of Agriculture. In the review of last year's report, the former
officer was specially requested to comment upon the assistance rendered by the
district officers to the graduates in this matter. In the absence of such
information, it is difficult to form an opinion of the quarter in which the
responsibility lies for the absence of progress in popularising inoculation for
rinderpest, and Government must insist on full information being regularly
given in future.
7. There has been, on the whole, a rise in the number of cattle treated in
Veterinary Hospitals during the year which is the more satisfactory, in view
of the decrease in the virulence of epidemics. The figures for Ratnágiri are
particularly good. It is, of course, impossible to measure progress entirely by
the number of cases treated, regardless of the prevalence of diseases in the
neighbourhood concerned ; but figures so low as those of Godhra and Thána
cannot be considered satisfactory. The numbers are low, also in Sholápur,
where the dispensary has been only recently established, An increase may be
looked for in future years. It is significant that in all three of these hospitals
no fees are charged, and Government consider that it should be possible to find
means of making them more popular with cattle-owners. There is no apparent
improvement in the activity of the Poona District Dispensary, to which
reference was made last year ; the report then called for has not yet been
received and should be submitted without further delay.
8. In Sind there has been a marked extension of the operations of the
Department. It is regrettable that an outbreak of rinderpest has occurred in
the Province, but the effects of inoculation seem to have been excellent, and it
is hoped that every effort will be made to popularise it. The Governor in
Council has read with considerable interest Major Trydell's account of the care
exercised in respect of cattle-breeding by cattle-owners in the Karachi District.
With such an example ready to hand, it should be possible by degrees to
introduce better methods in other parts of Sind. The importance of maintain-
ing a pure breed of cattle cannot be over-estimated, and Government are glad
to note that the subject is receiving due attention, both in the Presidency
proper and in Sind.
9. Major Trydell's proposals for the organisation of the Veterinary
Department in Sind will be awaited.
10. The report of the Glanders and Farcy Department in Bombay is a
record of useful work satisfactorily performed.
J. E. C. JUKES,
Under Secretary to Government.
To
The Commissioner in Sind,
The Commissioner, N. D.,
The Cummissioner, C. D.,
The Commissioner, S. D.,
All Collectors, including the Collectors and Deputy
Commissioners in Sind,
The Director of Agriculture,
The Director of Public Instruction,
The Sanitary Commissioner for the Government of
Bombay.
The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department,
Bombay Presidency,
With copies of
the report.