ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BOMBAY
VETERINARY COLLEGE FOR THE YEAR 1910-1911.
Mr. M. H. Sowerby officiated as Principal from the commencement of the
year until June 27th, when Mr. K. Hewlett took over charge as Principal vice
the late Lieut.-Colonel F. Joslen. Mr. Hewlett held charge for the remainder
of the year as Principal and Professor of Veterinary Science.
2. Mr. M. H. Sowerby held charge as Assistant Principal and Professor
of Equine Medicine and Surgery and as Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology.
Mr. Dhakmarvala held charge as Professor of Bovine Pathology and Hygiene ;
Mr. Vakharia held charge as Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica
and Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Botany ; Mr. Shaikh held charge as
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Physiology and Mr. Phadke as
Laboratory Assistant and Librarian.
3. The Students.—There were 100 students on the College Rolls at the
commencement of the year. This number includes those failed students of the final
class, who are permitted under the rules to attend during the second Session only or
to appear for the examination without attending, and one casual student who
joined during the second Session. Of these 100 students, 4 did not attend at
all during the Session and their names were consequently removed from the
Rolls and 2 left the College on account of continued ill-health. There were
consequently 94 students on the rolls at the end of the Session, and of these
one was a casual student and ineligible for examination, one did not appear
for examination although eligible and one was refused permission to appear
for examination on account of bad attendance and lack of proficiency. Ninety-
one students therefore appeared for the Annual Professional Examination and
59 (includes 1 student who passed into Class B at the Supplementary
Examination) passed giving a percentage of 64.83 as against 71.71 in 1909-10
and 70.52 in 1908-09. In the final year, or Class C, 41 students presented
themselves and 22 passed, giving a percentage of 53.65 ; in the second year, or
Class B, 27 appeared and 21 passed, a percentage of 77.77 ; in the first year,
or Class A, 23 appeared and 16 passed, a percentage of 69.56. Two students
who had obtained the qualifying aggregate of marks at the Annual Profes-
sional Examination, but failed to obtain qualifying marks in one subject,
were examined in March at the usual Supplementary Examination. One
passed into Class B and one failed to pass into Class C.
4. In January 1911, the commencement of the first Session, 59 candidates
presented themselves for admission to the College as against 41. last year and
53 in the preceding year. The Principal admitted 34 students to Class A and
4 to Class C (under the concession permitted to Salutris of this College). The
remaining candidates were refused admission, either on account of failing to
give satisfactory evidence of general education, or because they were physically
unfit for the profession or on account of unsatisfactory antecedents. There
were thus 38 new admissions this year as against 24 last year and 38 in the
preceding year.
5. There were 107 students' names on the College Rolls in January at
the commencement of the first Session. Of these 38 were newly admitted,
37 were students promoted to a higher class and 32 were failed students. Of
the failed students, 3 left of their own accord and 5 were advised to discontinue
the course, as they showed no aptitude for the work, and 9 being Class C students
were permitted, at their request, under one of the present rules of the College,
to attend for the second Session only, or to present themselves for re-examina-
tion without further attendance at the College, their names, however, being
retained on the Rolls. Of the newly admitted students 4 were removed from
the rolls for inaptitude for the work, constant absence and laziness and one was
expelled for theft. There were thus 94 students' names on the rolls at the
termination of the official year as against 100 at the commencement.