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passed the Diploma Examination, 4 left having failed at the Diploma Examin-
ation, one died and one left on account of illness from Class B, 4 left Class A after
having failed at the First Professional Examination and 5 others left Class A
in the middle of the year. Of these last mentioned 5, one joined the Training
School for Police Officers at Poona, one presumably left on account of his
inability to proceed with his studies, one because he had insufficient funds, one
because he did not like the profession, and the remaining one was not traced.
The number of students attending the College at the close of the official year
was 111 as against 89 and 88 in 1905-1906 and 1904-1905, respectively, vide
Appendix B. Four students who failed at the Diploma Examination during the
last year and who reappeared for the examination without attending the College
for the whole year under concession granted in the College Rule 27 are not
shown in the appendix,
7. Of 111 students on the College rolls at the end of the year, one each
belonged to Palanpur, Baroda, Jamnagar, Dhrangadra, Goa, Vakaner and Sangli;
two each to Cutch, Kolhapur, Sind and Indore; three each to Junagad and
Bhavnagar; four to the Madras Presidency; eight to Travancore, and 24 to
Mysore. The remaining 54 belong to the Bombay Town and the several
districts of the Presidency proper.
8. The number of the students who presented themselves for admission was
83 as against 56 and 97 in 1905-1906 and 1904-1905, respectively. Of these
students only 49 joined the College. Of the number that joined 17 are Matri-
culates and of these 17, 8 are Mysore State scholars. Of the students that did
not join the College (numbering 34), three were rejected for poor physique and
5 because of their having failed in the Entrance Test.
9. Of the 49 students who joined, 26 belong to the Bombay Presidency
and 5 to the Native States in the Bombay Presidency; 12 came from Mysore, 3
from Travancore, 2 from Madras and 1 from Indore.
10. In the new admissions there are 10 scholarship holders, 8 (mentioned
above) from Mysore, one sent by the Kagal State and one by the District Local
Board, Ahmednagar.
11. Appendix C shows the different nationalities of students on the College
rolls at the end of the year.
In the new admissions there are 45 Hindus, 2 Native Christians, 1 Parsi
and 1 Mahomedan.
SCHOLARSHIPS.
12. As stated in the last Annual Report there were 14 students on the
list of Government scholars at the close of the last official year. Of these
14 students, 2 from Class C graduated and 2 left on having failed at the
Diploma Examination, One from Class A joined the Training School for
Police Officers and one left the College after having failed at the First Profes-
sional Examination as stated above.
13. Thus the total number of scholarships being 15, there were 7 vacancies
on the list of Government scholars. Twenty candidates recommended by
different Collectors as against 14 last year entered the College in January with
the view of competing for these vacancies, but only 18 of them presented them-
selves for the examination held in March by the Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department, Bombay Presidency, and myself, They were tested
according to the rules for their fitness for Veterinary work and 7 of them were
selected to fill up the vacancies, thus bringing up the total number of scholars
to the full number, 15. Of the 7 selected, 6 were Matriculates. Seven
Matriculates competed for these vacant scholarships, but one of them was
rejected on account of bad physique. Of the above-mentioned 20 candidates
who joined the College to compete for the vacancies, 5 were recommended by
the Collector of the Ratnagiri District, 5 by the Collector of Sholapur, 3 by the
Collector of Thana and 1 each by the Collectors of Ahmednagar, Surat,
Ahmedabad, Kaira, Bijapur, Belgaum and Dharwar. Of the 7 who were
selected, 2 belong to Ratnagiri, 2 to Thana and 1 each to Sholapur, Bijapur and
Dharwar.