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No. 152-L OF 1898.
Bombay Veterinary College,
Parel, 18th May 1898.
FROM
THE PRINCIPAL, BOMBAY VETERINARY COLLEGE ;
To
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
Revenue Department, Bombay.
SIR,
I have the honour to submit the second Annual Report of the Glanders and
Farcy Department in Bombay since the transfer of its control to me. The
report is for the official year ending 31st March 1898.
2. The number of glandered horses destroyed during the year was 36, as
against 36 and 26 for the period of fifteen months ending 31st March 1897 and
the year ending 31st December 1895, respectively. The increase is due to the
surreptitious importation of diseased horses from Moombra to Sardár Umar
Jamal's commission stables in Bombay. Besides this the full complement
of the Inspecting Staff being at work and careful inspections being made of all
the stables, it was not likely that any cases could escape detection.
3. Thirty-eight horses were admitted to the Sewri Lazaretto. Out of these,
23 were on admission confirmed cases of Glanders or Farcy and 15 suspicious.
Out of the suspicious cases, 13 developed Glanders and 2 were discharged.
4. Nine of the horses admitted to the Lazaretto belonged to the owners of
carriages plying for hire, 24 came from the commission stables, and 5 were stray
cases.
5. The breeds of horses that were admitted are as follows : —
Arabs.
30
Walers.
7
Country-breds.
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6. During the year 2,809 animals were imported into Bombay as against
6,232 and 7,147 in 1896 and 1895. Appendix A shows the details of the animals
imported. Owing to the prevalence of the plague, the horse market in Bombay
was poor and consequently the number of animals imported was comparatively
low.
7. Mr. Charles Herbert Stephens, M.R.C.V.S., of the firm of Messrs.
Stephens and Sons, has been added to the list of Veterinary Practitioners under
the Act, thus making in all six Veterinary Practitioners qualified to certify
glandered cases.
8. A report was submitted by Veterinary Lieutenant Baldrey on the
sanitary condition of the commission and hack carriage stables. Improvement in
this direction is not only desirable but absolutely necessary if Glanders and other
diseases are to be kept under control.
9. Strict instructions were issued to the Inspectors to be most careful to
endeavour to find out the owners of diseased horses found straying in the streets,
and attempts were made by them to trace the names of the owners; but, as is
usual in such cases, they were not successful. I am, however, led to believe that
these horses come from private stables. Such stables cannot be inspected by
the Department as it has no power under the existing rules to do so. The total
number of the horse population in Bombay is approximately 12,000, half of
which belong to private individuals, military officers, the Bombay Municipality,
the Police, and the Tramway. This remains uninspected. Therefore, unless the
powers are extended and the Department be allowed to inspect private stables,
the spread of infection must continue.
B 271
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APPENDIX A.
Return showing the details of animals imported into Bombay during Ike year 1897-98.
Caste.
English … …
Wàler .. ..
Arab .. .. ..
Persian .. ..
Country-bred …
Burman .. ..
Austro-Hungarian ..
Northern .. ..
Cape .. .. ..
Donkeys .. ..
Mules.. .. ..
Total ..
April 1897.
Horses.
3
8
6
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
18
Ponies.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Donkeys.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Mules.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
May.
Horses.
..
5
4
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
13
Ponies.
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Donkeys.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Mules.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
June.
Horses.
..
2
2
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
Ponies.
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Donkeys.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Mules.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
22
22
July.
Horses.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Ponies.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Donkeys.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Mules.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
August.
Horses.
…
…
…
…
1
…
…
…
…
…
…
1
Ponies.
…
…
…
…
…
4
…
…
…
…
…
4
Donkeys.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Mules.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
September.
Horses.
34
382
21
2
…
…
1
…
…
…
…
343
Ponies.
4
25
…
…
…
4
…
…
…
…
…
33
Donkeys.
..
..
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Mules.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
October.
Horses.
17
2
669
3
4
…
…
…
…
…
…
695
Ponies.
3
…
43
…
1
…
…
…
…
…
…
47
Donkeys.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Mules.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
November.
Horses.
…
467
274
60
…
…
19
…
…
…
…
829
Ponics.
1
10
28
…
3
…
…
…
…
…
…
48
Donkeys.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
40
…
40
Mules.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
December.
Horses.
10
243
218
7
1
…
1
1
…
…
…
481
Ponies.
5
20
35
…
…
…
5
…
…
…
…
65
Donkeys.
…
…
..
…
…
…
..
…
…
…
…
…
Mules.
…
..
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
..
January
1898.
Horses.
4
3
14
5
3
…
…
…
…
…
…
28
Ponies.
1
…
9
…
1
…
…
…
…
…
…
11
Donkeys.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Mules.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
February
Horses.
11
2
34
39
2
…
…
…
-
…
…
78
Ponies.
…
…
4
…
…
11
…
…
…
…
…
15
Donkeys.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
2
…
2
Mules.
…
…
...
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
March.
Horses.
…
1
18
3
1
…
…
…
1
…
…
24
Ponies.
…
…
4
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
4
Donkeys.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Mules.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
Total.
Horses.
79
1,015
1,263
118
17
…
31
1
1
…
…
3,515
Ponies.
14
61
123
..
8
19
5
…
…
…
…
230
Donkeys.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
42
…
42
Mules.
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
22
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Remarks.
Bombay, l8th May 1898.
J. MILLS, Veterinary Major, A. V. D.,
Principal, Bombay Veterinary College.
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APPENDIX B.
Financial Statement of the Glanders and Farcy Department, Bombay, for the year 1897-98.
BUDGET SANCTION.
Heads.
Salaries—
Inspecting staff … … …
Establishment … … … …
Conveyance allowance to Officers … …
Do.
to Inspecting Staff …
Fees payable to Veterinary Surgeons ... …
Grant for Mallein … … …
Do.
burning carcasses … …
Telephone charges … … …
Contingent grant … … …
Building and repairs grant … …
Rates and Taxes … … …
Total ...
AMOUNT
1896-97.
Rs.
5,760
a.
0
p.
0
……
……
……
500
200
1,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
290 0 0
……
……
7,750 0 0
1897-98.
Rs.
5,040
420
840
420
500
200
1,000
175
290
190
23
9,098
a.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
ACTUAL EXPENDITURE.
Heads.
Establishment—
Inspecting Staff … … …
Establishment … … …
Conveyance allowance to Officers … …
Do.
to Inspecting Staff …
Fees payable to Veterinary Surgeons ... …
Cost of Mallein … … …
Cost of burning carcasses … … …
Telephone charges … … …
Grain compensation … … …
Purchase of a Microscope...
...
...
Charges for translating Dr. Koch's rinderpest reports.
Contingent charges … … …
Charges for repairs at the Lazaretto ... …
Rates and Taxes … … …
Total ...
AMOUNT.
1896-97.
Rs.
4,444
120
a.
11
0
p.
8
0
……
246
84
139
729
1
10
14
6
0
0
0
6
……
……
……
……
410 11 6
.......
39
6,214
7
14
9
5
1897-98.
Rs.
5,190
410
840
1,190
220
176
912
167
16
82
36
304
189
23
9,759
a.
0
4
0
0
0
9
0
11
8
8
0
15
14
1
8
p.
0
9
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
3
8
0
0
Bombay, 18th May 1898.
JAS. MILLS, Veterinary Major, A. V. D.,
Principal, Bombay Veterinary College.
Annual Administration Report of the
Civil Veterinary Department in the
Bombay Presidency and the Annual
Report on the Working of the Glanders
and Farcy Act in Bombay for the year
1897-98.
No. 75.
REVENUE DEPARTMENT.
Bombay Castle, 6th January 1899.
Letter from the Principal, Bombay Veterinary College, No. 152-L., dated 18th May 1898 —
Submitting his report on the working of the Glanders and Farcy Act in Bombay for
the year ending 31st March 1898.
Letter from the Survey Commissioner and Director of Land Records and Agriculture,
No. A.—2546, dated 7th September 1898—Submitting one No. 712, dated 30th May
1898, from the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, together with that officer's
Annual Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary Department in the Bombay
Presidency for the year 1897-98 and Mr. Fforde's review of it, No. A.—-2143, dated
26th July 1898.
RESOLUTION.—The Report of the Civil Veterinary Department of the
Bombay Presidency for the year 1897-98 has, as usual, been reviewed in detail
by the Survey Commissioner and Director of Land Records and Agriculture,
whose remarks meet generally with the approval of Government. Although
the operations of the Department during the year under review were seriously
retarded in parts of the Presidency, especially in the Deccan, by the prevalence
of famine and plague, the results set forth in the report are on the whole satis-
factory. Under the orders of the Government of India horse and mule-
breeding operations in Sind were transferred to the control of the Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department, Baluchistan, with effect from 1st April 1898.
2. The progress made by the Department in the improvement of horse
and mule-breeding in the years 1896-97 and 1897-98 is contrasted in the
following table :—
Number of stallions on the register at the
end of the year.
Average number employed on stud work ...
Number of mares covered ... … …
Average number of mares covered per
stallion.
Total number of foals … … …
Percentage of foals to mares covered …
Average number of foals per stallion
employed.
Horse-breeding.
1896-97.
66
59.52
1,919
32.24
597
*39.72
10.59
1897-98.
60
58.82
1,565
26.60
714
*45.45
11.99
Mule-breeding.
1896-97.
28
25.40
753
29.64
127
*20 32
5.52
1897-98.
24
25.34
713
28.13
181
*32.20
7.12
* In working out these percentages the number of mares whose results were not known is not taken into
account.
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12. The Governor in Council desires to acknowledge the success attained
in the working of the Glanders and Farcy Act under the supervision of Veteri-
nary Major Mills.
H. S. LAWRENCE,
Under Secretary to Government.
To
The Survey Commissioner and Director of Land
Records and Agriculture,
The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
The Principal, Bombay Veterinary College,
The Commissioner in Sind,
The Commissioners, N., C. and S. Divisions,
The Collectors of Hyderabad, Thar and Párkar,
Surat, Kánara and Sholápur,
All other Collectors, including the Collectors and
Deputy Commissioners in Sind,
The Municipal Commissioner for the City of
Bombay,
The Private Secretary to His Excellency the
Governor,
The Accountant General,
The Political Department of the Secretariat,
The Judicial Department of the Secretariat,
The General Department of the Secretariat,
The Deputy Adjutant General, Bombay Command.
The Inspector General, Civil Veterinary Department
The Government of India,
The Secretary of State for India.
With copies of the
Report.
By letter
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
IN THE
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
FOR THE
OFFICIAL YEAR 1898-99.
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ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
IN THE
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
FOR THE
OFFICIAL YEAR 1898-99.
No. 681 OF 1899.
FROM
THE SUPERINTENDENT,
Civil Veterinary Department,
Bombay Presidency ;
To
THE UNDER SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
Revenue Department,
Bombay.
Camp Ahmednagar, dated 1st June 1899.
SIR,
I have the honour to submit, for the consideration of His Excellency the
Governor in Council, the Annual Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary
Department in the Bombay Presidency for the official year 1898-99.
2. Veterinary-Major Morgan, who has gone home on one year's furlough,
is the permanent incumbent of the appointment of the Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department, Bombay Presidency, and during his absence I have
been acting for him, having taken over charge of the Department on 5th
November 1898.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
F. S. H. BALDREY, Veterinary Lieutenant,
Acting Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Bombay Presidency.
Through the Survey Commissioner and Director of Land Records and
Agriculture, Poona.
B 334—1
GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY.
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE CIVIL VETERINARY
DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1898-1899.
PART I—IMPERIAL REPORT.
(a).—MILITARY SECTION.
I.—HORSE-BREEDING.
(1).—Government Horse and Pony Stallions.
Number present at com-
mencement of year.
In the beginning of the year under report the
number of stallions was as follows :—
Class.
Thorongh-bred English … …
Half-bred English ... … …
Hackney and Norfolk Trotter …
Arab … … … … …
Country bred ... … … …
Total ....
Horse.
15
1
4
23
...
43
Pony.
…
…
…
16
1
17
Total.
15
1
4
39
1
60
Number added to registers.
2. The following table shows the number and.
class of stallions added to the registers : —
Whence received.
Purchased in India … …
Class.
Australian
Arab
… …
… …
… …
… …
Total ...
Horse.
1
2
3
Pony.
...
5
5
Total.
1
7
8
3. No stallions were received from England during the year. One Aus-
tralian and two Arab horses were purchased at an average of Rs. 1,417 each,
and five Arab ponies were purchased at an average of Rs. 610 each. The num-
ber of horses imported was very much in excess of last year which is a
revival after the depression caused by plague, but the quality of horses
and ponies imported was only fair. The class of horses imported for remount
purposes, particularly the Waler, was very satisfactory.
Number removed from re-
gisters.
4. The number of stallions removed from registers during the year was 23.
Out of this number one horse died from the effects
produced by colic, and four ponies were destroyed on
account of their being old and worn out. The remain-
ing 18 stallions were standing in Sind and were transferred to Beluchistan
owing to the transfer of horse-breeding in that province to the control of the
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Sind and Beluchistan, from 1st
April 1898, under Government Resolution in the Revenue Department, No. 261,
dated 11th January 1898. A reference to Tables II and III will show full details
of these stallions. The general percentage of casualties was 3.03 for horse and
23.53 for pony against 6.38 and 5.26 respectively last year. The high percentage
4
of casualties in ponies is due to the fact that a great many were destroyed as
being old and worn out. Only one horse died from natural causes and no ponies.
No stallion was sold during the year.
Number present at close of
year.
5. The following table shows the number and
class of stallions present at the close of the year under
report :—
Class.
Thorough-bred English … …
Hackney and Norfolk Trotter …
Arab ... … … … …
Country-bred … … … …
Australian … … … …
Total ...
Horse.
9
3
15
…
1
28
Pony.
…
…
16
1
..
17
Total.
9
3
31
1
1
45
6. This gives a total of 45 against 42 of last year, excluding Sind. The
following table shows the distribution of the stallions in the two horse-breeding
provinces as compared with the figures for the last two years :—
Year.
1896-97 … … …
1897-98 … … …
1898-99 … … …
Deccan.
40
32
36
Gujarát.
10
10
9
Total.
50
42
45
Number at stud work
7. Out of the 45 stallions present at the close of the year, 41.39 were actually
at stud work and the remainder were in the hospital,
being incapacitated for work from various causes.
8. The attached sketch map shows the various stands in the Bombay Pre-
sidency and the number and class of stallions at each stand on the 31st
March 1899.
Number of mares covered,
and demand for stallions.
9. The total number of mares covered by Government horse and pony
stallions during the year was 1,466 against 1,105,
exclusive of Sind, last year, showing a satisfactory
increase of 361. The average number of mares covered
per stallion actually employed at stud work rose from 26.60 to 35.42, which is
very gratifying when the fact is taken into consideration that the stallions in
some districts as Sátára, Sholápur, and Kaira did very little work owing to the
plague restrictions still in force. The coverings effected by the several classes of
stallions arc very satisfactory except in the case of Arab horse and pony in
Gujarát, which shows a slight fall due partly to plague restrictions in Kaira as
stated above and partly to the fact that horse-breeding, which was greatly revived
in the Kaira District mainly through the exertions of Mr. Bagnell while he was
Collector there, has been again, since his transfer, showing signs of decay.
10. In accordance with the orders contained in Government Resolution
in the Revenue Department, No. 4636, dated 16th July 1898, the T. B. E.
stallion " Triumph " was sent to Pálitána, but as this State showed an
unwillingness to retain him under the conditions laid down in the Government
Resolution quoted above, he has been taken over by Rájkot. The only State
now remaining to be supplied with a stallion is Bhávnagar, for which the
T. B. E. stallion " Montizuina " is available at the depôt, and will be sent on
receipt of a reply from that State, as the stallion has now become thoroughly
acclimatized. Two more thorough-breds and one or two ponies are required for
the Deccan, and arrangements have been made for their supply during the
ensuing season.
SKETCH MAP
OF THE
BOMBAST PRESIDENCY
SHOWING STALLION STANDS AS IT STOOD ON 31 ST MARCH
1899.
Scale of Miles
References
The letters and figures under the name or side
of a stand indicate the numbers of Horse,
and Pony Stallions at that stand.
H- Horse
P-Pony
Govt Photozinco: Office, Poona, 1899.
SKETCH MAP
OF THE
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
SHOWING STALLION STANDS AS IT STOOD ON 31 ST MARCH
1899.
Scale of Miles
References
The letters and figures under the name or side
of a stand indicate the numbers of Horse,
and Pony Stallions at that stand.
H- Horse
P- Pony
Govt Photozinco: Office, Poona 1899.
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Place.
Ahmednagar ... ...
Poona .. ... ...
Pandharpur ... ...
Ahmedabad ... ...
Bhávnagar ... ...
Rájkot ... ... ...
Vánkáner ... ... ...
Number.
19
3
1
4
2
2
1
32
Jacobabad
Quetta ...
Sibi ...
Khusal ...
Kurnal ...
Not reported
Place.
Brought over ...
... ...
... ...
...
...
...
...
... ...
... ...
Total ...
Number.
32
38
66
10
3
1
2
152
II.—MULE-BREEDING.
(1).—Government Donkey Stallions.
Number present at com-
mencement of year.
14. The number of donkey stallions at the close
of the last year was 24 as shown below :—
Breed.
Italian ...
Persian ...
Arab ...
Khorásán ...
Cyprian ...
... ...
... ...
... ...
...
...
... ...
Total ...
Number.
16
4
1
1
2
24
Number removed from
registers.
15. All the donkey stallions in this Presidency were removed from regis-
ters during the year. In Sind there were 22 donkeys,
which were transferred to Beluchistan as noted in para-
graph 4 above, and as mule-breeding was abolished in
the Deccan and Gujarát under Government Resolution No. 4356, dated 4th
July 1898, the remaining two donkeys were sold. No donkey stallion died
during the year. Details will be found in Tables VII and VIII.
(2).—Number of Mules purchased by Government.
16. Table X will show that 169 mules were purchased during the year
against 12 last year. Out of the above number, 1 was purchased at Poona,
17 at Larkhána, 92 at Amritsar, 30 at Sonepat and 29 at Peshawar.
(b).—REVENUE SECTION.
I.—HORSE-BREEDING.
(1).—Government Horse and Pony Stallions.
Cost of feed, keep and
transit.
17. Table XI gives the cost of feed, keep and transit of Government
horse and pony stallions during the year, and the
average annual cost per stallion in the Presidency
Proper for the last two years is compared below :—
Years.
1897-98 ...
1898-99 ...
... ...
... ...
Rs.
559
385
a.
6
6
p.
5
10
There is a decrease of Rs. 173-15-7, being due to the prices having reached
the standard of an ordinary year. The following table will give the cost of
maintaining a horse and pony stallion separately in each district, excluding transit
charges : —
7
District.
Khándesh ... ... ...
Násik
...
...
...
...
Ahmednagar ... ... ...
Poona... ... ... .
Sholápur
...
...
...
Sátára ... ... ...
Kaíra .. ... ... ...
Ahmedabad ... ... ...
Deesa ... ... ... ...
Average ...
Horse.
1897-98.
...
...
661
635
565
523
379
427
394
543
1898-99.
...
...
480
393
289
335
286
389
335
400
Difference.
...
...
—181
—242
—276
—188
—93
—38
—59
—143
Pony.
1897-98.
559
386
581
521
608
477
435
354
...
512
3898-99.
263
377
409
359
371
373
282
320
...
364
Difference.
—296
—9
—172
—162
—237
—104
—153
—34
...
— 148
18. It will be seen that there is generally a remarkable decrease in all
the districts except in Gujarát and Násik, in which the decrease is very small,
as the prices during the famine year in these districts did not rise so high as in
others. It is again observed that the cost of maintaining a pony in the Sholá-
pur and Satára Districts is greater than that of a horse, for which no explanation
is forthcoming.
(2).—Branded Mares.
Number present at com-
mencement of year.
19. The number of branded mares in the begin-
ning of the year under report is given in the table
below :—
Province.
Deccan... ... ...
Gujarát ... ...
Sind
...
...
...
Total ...
Horse.
743
567
3,139
4,449
Pony.
3,168
1,277
600
5,045
Mule.
57
6
2,384
2,447
Total.
3,968
1,850
6,123
11,941
Number added to registers.
20. The following number of branded mares
was added to the registers during the year :—
Province.
Deccan ... ... ...
Gujarát ... ... ...
Total ...
Horse.
121
82
203
Pony.
192
218
410
Total.
313
300
613
21. This gives a total of 613 against 1,544 of last year. But the large
figure of 1,265 mares branded in Sind last year must be omitted for the sake of
comparison, and when the fact, that most of the mares fit for breeding in the
Presidency proper are already branded, is taken into consideration, the above
figure is very satisfactory, as it will be seen that the number of mares branded
in the Deccan and Gujarát is 334 in excess of last year.