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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BOMBAY
VETERINARY COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR 1912-1913.
Mr. K. Hewlett continued to hold charge as Principal and Mr. M. H.
Sowerby as Assistant Principal during the year under report.
2. The Students.—There were 80 students' names on the College rolls
at the commencement of the year and of these 5 Class A students discontinued
the course during the session and one Class B student was removed from the
College on account of being of unsound mind. One Class C student was re-
entered in the Rolls. There were consequently 75 students' names on the rolls
at the end of the session and of these three were refused permission to appear
for the Annual Professional Examination on account of not having fulfilled
the prescribed conditions and 72 appeared. Out of the 72 who appeared,
51 passed giving a percentage of 70.83 as against 67.95 in 1911-12 and 64.83
in 1910-11. In the Final year or Class C 31 students presented themselves and
21 passed giving a percentage of 67.74; in the second year or Class B 17
students presented themselves and 12 passed giving a percentage of 70.59;
in the first year or Class A 24 students presented themselves and 18 passed
giving a percentage of 75.00. Two students of Class B and one of Class A who
obtained the requisite aggregate of marks at the Annual Examination but
failed in one subject were examined again in March at the usual supplementary
Examination and passed.
3. In January 1913, the commencement of the first session 66 candidates
presented themselves for admission to the College as against 62 last year, and
59 in the preceding year. The Principal admitted 33 students to Class A, one
student to Class B (under one of the concessions) and 3 to Class C (under the
concession permitted to Salutris of this College). The remaining candidates
were refused admission on account of educational or physical unfitness or
changed their minds at the last moment and did not join the College. There
were thus 37 new admissions this year as against 34 last year and 38 in the
preceding year.
4. There were 90 students' names on the College rolls in January 1913.
Of these 37 were newly admitted, 33 were students promoted to a higher class,
18 were failed students and two were students who had not appeared for the
examination. Of the failed students 5 discontinued the course either of their
own accord or on the advice of the Principal and 5 being Class C students were
permitted, under one of the rules of the College, to present themselves for
re-examination without further attendance; their names however being retained
on the rolls. One of the two students who did not appear for the examination
left the College. There were thus 84 students' names on the rolls at the
termination of the official year as against 80 at the commencement.
5. This year again the majority of the newly admitted students came
from the Bombay Presidency. Of the 37 new admissions 29 were natives
of the Bombay Presidency, 3 of the Madras Presidency, 2 of Travancore, 1
of the Central Provinces, 1 of Goa, and 1 of Ceylon. Of the new students
8 had passed the School Final Examination and 8 had passed the Matriculation
Examination (2 of whom had also passed the School Final). The remaining
23 students either passed the College Entrance Test Examination or were other-
wise eligible for admission. The new students classified according to caste
were 21 Brahmins, 1 Rajput, 1 Lingáyat, 9 other Hindus, 3 Native Christians,
1 Pársi, 1 Mahomedan.
6. It is noteworthy that at present 66.66 per cent. of the students are
natives of the Bombay Presidency whereas in 1909-10 only 46.24 per cent. were
so. The following table shows the numbers of students in the College and the
localities from whence they came for the last ten years.