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(7) The Ahmedabad Show.—This was held at Ahmedabad in March
at the same time as the Horse Show. There were a fair number of entries,
but the Show has suffered from having to be abandoned in recent years on
account of plague and scarcity. The sum of Rs. 505 was distributed
in prizes.
IV.—SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENT.
67. There were 35 Veterinary Assistants employed in the Presidency as
against 32 last year. Of these 33 were employed in dispensary work, 1 as manager
of the Northcote Farm, and one as Special Assistant to the Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department. The number of certified Salutris amounted to 12 as
against 12 last year. It was found necessary to advise the removal of
Veterinary Assistant Kshirsagar as incompetent and he in consequence resigned.
Veterinary Assistant D. G. Kulkarni also has been warned that his work has
been unsatisfactory and his knowledge very defective. On the whole the staff
has worked well but there remains room for much improvement in the work of
several Veterinary Assistants and also in several cases the technical knowledge
of the men has become or is becoming deficient.
68. During the year under report the scheme for recognisation of the
Subordinate Civil Veterinary Department in this Presidency received final
sanction. Under this scheme the Veterinarry Assistants who in the past have
been District Local Board servants become Provincial servants and members
of the Subordinate Civil Veterinary Department. In future they will be
more directly under the control of the Superintendent and will be liable to
transfer from district to district. The scheme provides for an establishment of
3 Inspectors and 64 Veterinary Assistants to be worked up to in the course of
the next five years. It will be brought into force from the 1st April 1909.
69. The Provincialisation of the Department marks a stage of great
importance. In the past little control over the Veterinary Assistants has been
possible and some of them have sunk into a state of lethargy and ignorance
from which it has been impossible to raise them. In future the transference
from place to place of the lazy and the elimination of the ignorant will be
possible and a general tightening of the bonds of discipline will result in better
work being performed.
70. Mr. Buxy, Special Assistant to the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department, was appointed Veterinary Inspector, Central Division, in the Subor-
dinate Civil Veterinary Department on 1st January 1909. During the year
he travelled 11,622 miles by rail, 491 miles by road, and 40 miles by sea as
against 10,025 miles by rail, and 605 miles by road last year. He visited
outbreaks of disease, inspected stallions, and dispensaries, attended cattle shows
or fairs at Nirmal, Panvel, Mhaswad, Jath, Sholápur, Ahmednagar and
Ahmedabad. He held charge of the Northcote Farm, Chharodi, for six weeks
during the Manager's absence.
71. During the year under report seven Veterinary Assistants were
deputed to undergo a course of training in anti-rinderpest inoculation at the
Laboratory at Bareilly. They all successfully passed the prescribed test at the
end of the course.
72. Two Veterinary Assistants were temporarily engaged to combat
rinderpest and worked in the districts of Ahmedabad and Kánara.
V.—EXPENDITURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
73. Information under this head has been furnished as usual by the
Accountant General, Bombay, in Table XIV-A. It shows that the total expen-
diture amounted to Its. 1,03,888-0-11 as against Rs. 2,13,357-1-5 last year.
The apparently large decrease of Rs. 1,09,469-0-6 is due to the fact that in
former years expenditure incurred in connection with institutions not under the
control of the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, was included in
the statement published in his report, but it has been deemed advisable to show