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stallion are: mule foals 4.93, mares not held 25.03, results not known 10.73,
total number of mares covered per donkey stallion 40.69.
14. The average cost of maintenance of each horse and pony stallion was
Rs. 346, that is, Rs. 28 less than last year, not 48 as stated by the Superintendent,
who has included Baluchistán figures. For donkey stallions the cost was Rs. 279,
that is, Rs. 14 less than last year and not 11 as stated by the Superintendent The
general average cost is still high and this the Superintendent explains as being
due to inclusion of cost of repairs to stables and to heavy transport expenses
incurred in moving stallions. To get a correct idea of the cost of maintaining
stallions, the transit expenses and those of repairing stables, &c., should be
shown separately.
15. The total expenditure of the Department amounted to Rs. 60,581.
This shows a saving of Rs. 7,687 over the previous year, but last year's expen-
diture included the figures for Baluchistán. The Superintendent has not shown
how much of the saving is due to the separation of Baluchistán. Local funds
contributed Rs. 12,200.
16. The Superintendent has given a detailed description of horse and
cattle shows in the Presidency; but as the reports of each show are separately
submitted to Government and reviewed in this office, further comments are
unnecessary,
17. The new form of cattle-disease report was adopted during the year and
outbreaks of disease were promptly reported on occurrence. During the 6
months ending 31st March last 3,927 animals were reported attacked with
contagious and infectious diseases. Of the above number 1,703 died, 3,293
being treated by veterinary graduates and 634 by the owners. The diseases were
anthrax, rinderpest, foot and mouth disease, pleuro-pneumonia and charbon
symptomatique. The Kolába district suffered most.
18. The work done at veterinary dispensaries is making satisfactory
progress. The Superintendent reports that he found the Dhulia dispensary in
a dirty unsanitary state, due to its being incorporated with the Pánjrápol. He
thinks the state of the Belgaum dispensary unsuitable, as there is practically no
accommodation for in-patients. The sanitary arrangements of the Karáchi dis-
pensary are reported to be defective and the accommodation for in-patients
quite inadequate.
The Superintendent considers the accommodation for
in-patients at the new dispensary at Nadiád insufficient for the requirements of
the place. The work of the veterinary graduates in charge of the dispensaries
at Hyderabad, Karáchi and Ahmadabad is favourably reported on. The total
number of cases treated at dispensaries amounted to 9,843 as against 4,466 in
the previous year. The percentage of cured and relieved amounted to nearly 85.
The Superintendent is right in suggesting that all reports prior to being
submitted should be briefly criticised by the Presidents of the dispensary
committees and all figures checked as the majority received this year were very
inaccurate.
19. Veterinary Captain Morgan's experiments on sheep-breeding are
interesting and his remarks on fodder crops deserve attention. The distribu-
tion of Guinea grass roots for cultivation in villages and stallion stands is
specially commendable.
The Superintendent's remarks on the unhealthy
character of the stallion stables at Ahmadnagar should call for a separate report
on the subject. The report as to the health and condition of the young stock
at the rearing depôt is particularly satisfactory.
The various tables appended
to the report are based on the Government of India form, but this year's
experience in compiling them has shown that the forms of some of these tables
can be improved upon without sacrificing details. A separate report as to the
modifications required will be submitted in consultation with the Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department.
C. W. GODFREY, Colonel,
Acting Survey Commissioner and Director,
Land Records and Agriculture.