Annual Reports.
Annual
Administration Reports of
the
Bombay Veterinary College and the Civil
Veterinary Department, including the
Annual Report of the Glanders and Farcy
Department, for the year 1911-12.
No. 11798.
REVENUE DEPARTMENT.
Bombay Castle, 28th December 1912.
Letter from the Principal, Bombay Veterinary College, No. 157-L., dated 16th May 1912—
Submitting the Annual Report of the Glanders and Farcy Department in Bombay for
the year 1911-12.
Letter from the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Sind, Baluchistan and
Rajputána, No. 315—G.-IV.-3, dated 24th June 1912—Submitting the Annual
Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary Department in Sind for the year 1911-12.
Memorandum from the Commissioner in Sind, No. G.—334, dated 9th July 1912.
Letter* from the Director of Agriculture, No. A.—7674, dated 24th October 1912.
RESOLUTION.—The report under review bears evidence of the good results
that have followed from the strenuous efforts that have been made by Mr. Hewlett,
since he took charge, to raise the standard of teaching at the Bombay Veterinary
College and to improve the discipline and morale of the students. It is
satisfactory to find that there has been a great improvement in discipline and in
regularity in attending lectures and that the messing arrangements, which were
organised last year, have been maintained and are working well. The
Examination Committee were able to record that the students were better taught
and, though their practical knowledge admitted of some improvement, a further
advance has been rendered possible by the reorganisation of the College staff
which was sanctioned at the close of the year. In these circumstances
Government are not disposed to regard as an unhealthy sign the decline that is
reported in the number of students on the rolls, as the decrease is mainly due to
the elimination of unsuitable students and candidates for entrance. Among the
most urgent needs of the College is the provision of a playing field and the
construction of a contagious diseases hospital and a dissecting room. The
schemes are under the consideration of Government and will be undertaken as
funds permit.
2. The Civil Veterinary Department remained in charge of Lieutenant-
Colonel H. M. Maxwell throughout the year and under his careful and efficient
supervision has made satisfactory progress. Three new dispensaries were
opened during the year, the total number at its close being forty-three. The
veterinary assistants visited a larger number of outbreaks of contagious disease
and were able to show a very great advance in the number of anti-rinderpest
inoculations performed. Government greatly appreciate the special efforts the
Superintendent is making to inspire his staff with a desire to try and win the
confidence of the village people. There is no other road to success.
3. In Sind there was no increase in the number of working dispensaries
during the year. Towards its close the foundation stone of a new dispensary at
Sujával in Karáchi District was laid by the Commissioner in Sind and it is hoped
that this institution, which owes its existence to the generosity of the zamindárs
of the Sháhbandar sub-division of that district, will soon be in working order.
But the Governor in Council understands that there is considerable difficulty in
securing the services of a suitable veterinary assistant at this dispensary owing
to its isolated position and the paucity of qualified Sindhi graduates. The
necessity of encouraging candidates from Sind to enter the Veterinary College at
Bombay, so that duly qualified local men may be available when required, should
be kept in view by the district officials in Sind.
* Not printed.
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