Annual Reports.
Annual Administration Reports of the
Bombay Veterinary College and the Civil
Veterinary Department, including the
Annual Report of the Glanders and
Farcy Department in Bombay for the
year 1906-07.
No. 11970.
REVENUE DEPARTMENT.
Bombay Castle, 5th December 1907.
Letter from the Principal, Bombay Veterinary College, No. 215.L., dated 11th May 1907—
Submitting the Annual Report of the Glanders and Farcy Department in Bombay for the
year 1906-07.
Letter from the Director of Public Instruction, No. 8833, dated 15th July 1907—Forwarding*
the Report of the Bombay Veterinary College for the year 1900-07, together with the letter
No. A.—3635, dated 4th idem, from the Director of Agriculture, reviewing the report.
Letter from the Director of Agriculture, No. A.—5148, dated 21st September 1907: —
" I have the honour to submit herewith in print the Annual Administration
Report of the Civil Veterinary Department in Bombay for the year 1906-07 with my
review attached to it.
" 2. In pursuance of the orders issued in Government Resolution No. 2286, dated
8th December 1906, Educational Department, the Annual Report of the Bombay
Veterinary College, 1906-07, has been bound with the Report of the Civil Veterinary
Department."
RESOLUTION.—Government concur with the Director of Public Instruction
and the Director of Agriculture in thinking that the Bombay Veterinary College
has been satisfactorily administered. Paragraph 7 oil the Principal's report
furnishes valuable testimony to the popularity of this institution not only in
this Presidency but also in other parts of India. The high percentage of passes
reflects credit on the staff.
2. Government have recently sanctioned a special grant of Rs. 14,718 for
the needs of the College. The amount includes a grant of Rs. 3,399 to the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals towards the construction of
an Operation Theatre of which the Hospital in which clinical instruction is
given is greatly in need. The proposals of the Principal in regard to improve-
ments in building, equipment, &c., will be awaited. The attention of the
Collectors should be invited to the remarks in paragraph 4 of the letter from
the Director of Agriculture, No. A.—3635, dated the 4th July 1907. By
Vaishya Mr. Mead apparently refers to Banias or Vánis. Government agree
that if possible scholars should be found from the castes most likely to make
satisfactory Veterinary practitioners.
3. The report seems to have been submitted by the Principal in good time
but was not actually available for consideration by Government till 15th
August 1907. From the dates of the forwarding letters it appears to have been
unnecessarily delayed by the Director of Agriculture. Arrangements should be
devised for its being printed with less delay in future. The letter press of the
report has exceeded by more than three pages the limit prescribed by
Government. The Principal should be requested to see that the limit laid
down is not exceeded. Certain paragraphs of the report deal with matters of
very little importance, and the Principal should consider whether such
paragraphs as 28 and 42 are of sufficient general interest to find place in an
annual report in future.
4. The lucidity and comprehensiveness of Mr. Hewlett's report of the
Civil Veterinary Department and Mr. Mead's review render it unnecessary for
Government to comment at length on the report.
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