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District. He toured actively in the district and visited most of the outbreaks,
advised preventive measures and explained the nature of the disease to the
people ; but as the Act is not applied to the district he could not enforce the
measures he recommended. He travelled 299 miles by road and 711 miles by
rail.
84. Veterinary Assistant B. B. Joshi was on duty for 6 weeks, prior to
taking over at Mahad, in the Dhárwár District to permit of Veterinary Assistant
Sane attending outbreaks of disease in the district. Veterinary Assistant
Gandhi was placed for a period of probationary training at Nadiád from 1st June
to 15th July and at Ahmedabad from 15th July to 20th September, prior to taking
charge of the Viramgaum dispensary. Veterinary Assistant C. N. Desai was
also placed for a period of probationary training at Ahmedabad from 4th Septem-
ber to 9th October and then took charge of the Nadiád dispensary during Mr.
Maniar's absence to deal with Surra. He then proceeded to Broach.
85. The work of the various Veterinary Assistants has been referred to in
the review of the working of the dispensaries of which they were in charge.
86. During the year under report 6 Veterinary Assistants were deputed
to undergo a course of training in anti-rinderpest inoculation at the Laboratory
at Bareilly. They all successfully passed the prescribed test at the end of the
course and are certified to be capable to inoculate by the " Serum alone
method ". The entire staff, with two exceptions, has now been through the
course.
87. The standard of professional knowledge of the Veterinary Assistants
as a whole is not high. In fact some of them have degenerated into mere
empirics and some are incompetent. There is great need for improvement in
this respect and the question of establishing post graduate courses was mooted
during the year under report.
88. The clerical establishment of the Superintendent's office was increased
by 1 additional clerk during the year.
89. The Superintendent desires to place on record his appreciation of the
work of his Head Clerk, Mr. V. Y. Sohoni, and his Second Clerk, Mr. R, H. Dange.
Mr. Sohoni is exceptionally able and painstaking, and both of these clerks have
worked with unremitting zeal during the year under report, as also for the
last 5 years during which time they have been allowed no privilege leave, very-
few days casual leave, and have been required to work frequently on Sundays
and other holidays. They deserve credit for their work.
V.—EXPENDITURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
90. Information under this head has been furnished as usual by the
Accountant-General, Bombay, and the Commissioners of the various divisions,
It shows that the total expenditure amounted to Rs. 1,50,796-4-5 as against
Rs. 1,03,888-0-11 last year, an increase of Rs. 46,908-3-6. Of the total
expenditure Rs. 9,945 were debited to the Imperial funds, Rs. 87,540-6-7
were paid from the Provincial Funds, and Rs. 53,304-13-10 were charged
to Local Funds.
VI.—GENERAL REMARKS
91. During the year under report the reorganisation of the Department
has been proceeded with. The Department is now a Provincial one and the
staff is directly under the control of the Superintendent who has, in consequence,
had a considerable increase in his administrative duties.
92. In order that development might take place along lines meeting with
the approval of Government the Superintendent submitted a detailed report
defining what should, in his opinion, be the fixed policy of the Department for
some years to come (vide letter No. 2205, dated 4th September 1909, extracts of
which were printed as an accompaniment to Government Resolution, Revenue
Department, No. 2456, dated 16th March 1910).