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It is needless to say none was sent.
Mule-breeding.
One donkey has been placed there and during the
past year covered 27 mares.
Karáchi.
93. The same remarks, more or less, apply to this collectorate as to Thar
and Párkar, and it was found that a stallion located in
different parts of it, covering a period extending some-
thing like six years, did no work at all, and he was removed by me in 1894.
There are no mares of any size in the whole of this collectorate.
94. A brief summary of the above facts will at once show that the Jacoba-
bad Collectorate is the only one that can be rightly called a horse-breeding
district and that the southern portion of the Hyderabad District, which has lately
been opened up, is the next most promising, and that a very large portion of
Sind contains practically no mares and is unsuitable for the industry.
95. My experience of Sind now extends over a period of six years and I
would respectfully beg to state that during that time there are few parts of
it of which I have not made myself thoroughly acquainted. I have averaged 50
days a year travelling through the Province and have come to the conclusion
that the pure Sindhi would rather breed mules than horses, and would suggest
that this industry be pushed to its very limit. All young stock bought for the
Government rearing depôts have been bred by the Beluchis in the Jacobabad
District, and not a single one, to my knowledge, has ever been bred and sold to
Government by a Sindhi.
96. In the year 1892 the Province contained 16 horse and 20 donkey
stallions, 3,437 branded mares and one horse show; at the end of March 1898 it
contained the following :—19 Government horses, one Local Board, 2 belonging
to His Highness the Mir of Khyrpur, 22 Government donkey stallions and 2
private, making a total of 24 horse stallions, 24 donkeys, 6,123 branded mares,
3 horse shows and four veterinary dispensaries.
97. My sincere thanks are due to Messrs. Giles, Mules, Mackenzie, Rieu
and Brendon for the great interest which they have always displayed in all
work connected with horse-breeding in Sind and for the cordial assistance which
they have rendered me during the last 6 years. I would also wish to place on
record the excellent work done by the following Veterinary Graduates:—Messrs,
Asudamul, Hyderabad, and Haji, Karáchi. The zeal and energy invariably
displayed by these two men in the performance of their duties is to be highly
commended, and the success which has attended their efforts is most satisfactory,
Khándesh ... ...
Thar and Párkar ...
Hyderabad ...
Shikárpur ...
16th May.
... 20th May
... 23rd and 25th May.
98. In Government Resolution No. 8560, dated 24th November 1897,
Revenue Department, paragraph 10, my proposal, that District Officers should
furnish their returns by 15th April, was approved and sanctioned, and all Dis-
trict Officers were particularly requested to see that their returns were punctually
forwarded by the prescribed date. I regret to say that very few returns were
received in April, the majority being
received in the first fortnight of May.
The returns from the marginally noted
districts were especially late and were
received between 16th and 25th May.
The Jacobabad Horse Show Report was not received until the 26th May,
although repeated applications were made for it. Discrepancies must occur in
all district returns and at least a fortnight is required to correct them by refer-
ring to the officers concerned. I feel most reluctant in bringing the above facts
to the notice of Government, but, if my report is to be submitted punctually on
the 1st June, it is very necessary that all District Officers should carry out the
instructions laid down in the above Government Resolution.
J. W. A. MORGAN, Veterinary Captain,
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Bombay Presidency.