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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE CIVIL VETERINARY
DEPARTMENT IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE
YEAR 1908-09.
During the year under report the following officers held charge as Superin¬
tendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bombay Presidency:—Mr. K. Hewlett
from 1st to 2nd April; Mr. F. Ware from 3rd April to 30 th June, and
Mr. Keatinge, Director of Agriculture (in addition to his own duties), from
1st July to October 2nd; and Mr. K. Hewlett from 3rd October to the end
of the year.
2. Mr. K. Hewlett, the Acting Superintendent, was on privilege leave for
3 months combined with special leave on urgent private affairs for 3 months
from April 3rd to October 2nd 1908.
3. Mr. K. Hewlett was gazetted as Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department, vice Major Joslen on 23rd April 1908 in Government Notification
No. 4040, dated 22nd April 1908.
4. The Superintendent was away from head-quarters for 115 days during
the year as against 217 days last year. This decrease is accounted for by
Mr. Ware, a newly joined officer of the Department, being on tour for only
9 days during the 3 months he held charge, and the tours of Mr. Keatinge
being excluded from this report. The Superintendent travelled 9,604 miles by
rail, 503 miles by road, and 318 miles by sea as against 14,816 by rail, 1,036 by
road and 383 by sea last year. The tours of the Superintendent this year were
considerably curtailed owing to the fact that Mr. Hewlett had to carry out all
the inspection work on his return to duty and because six months only were
available for the tours which are usually spread over the whole year. In conse
¬quence of this no detailed tours were made and no cattle survey
was carried out this year. Also the usual visits to the studs of Káthiáwár
were not made.
5. The Superintendent inspected all the Veterinary dispensaries with the
exception of those at Mahad and Sirsi (opened on 10th November 1908) and
visited most of the stallion stands. He attended the Cattle Shows at
Mhaswad, Sholápur, Panwel, Dhárwár, Ahmednagar, and Ahmedabad and
acted as one of the Judges of Cattle at Mhaswad, Sholápur, Panwel, Dhárwár,
and Ahmednagar. He attended the Ahmednagar and Ahmedabad Horse
Shows and acted as one of the Judges. The Superintendent personally visited
6 outbreaks of contagious disease, inspected the Northcote Cattle Farm 6 times,
and visited Bándra and Kurla and reported on the feasibility of establishing
cattle detention camps there. He also acted as a member of the Board of
Examiners at the Bombay Veterinary College in December and conducted the
Supplementary examination there in March.
I.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTION—VETERINARY COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.
6. There is no information to be recorded under this heading as the
subject is dealt with in the Annual report of the Bombay Veterinary College.
II,—TREATMENT OF DISEASE—CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, OUTBREAKS,
MORTALITY, PREVENTIVE INOCULATION, &C.
7. During the year under report, outbreaks of contagious disease occurred
in all the districts of the Presidency as well as in the City of Bombay. The
number of equines reported to have died from contagious disease during the
year amounts to 261 and that of bovines 8,395, as compared with 135 equines
and 22,084 bovines last year.
Glanders-Farcy.—There were 26 cases reported and destroyed under the
Act in the City of Bombays, as against 29 cases last year.
Surra,—There were 82 cases reported from Bombay City, 79 of which
were destroyed under the Act and the remainder died. In the Thána District
103, in Panch Maháls 36, in Ahmedabad 9, and Poona 1 cases were reported
and died. This gives a total of 231 cases as against 93 cases and 13 suspected
last year.
Epizootic Lymphangitis.—Two cases reported from Bombay City were
destroyed under the Act. In addition, outbreaks of this disease occurred among
the horses of the Military Department.
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