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REVIEW BY THE SURVEY COMMISSIONER AND DIRECTOR,
LAND RECORDS AND AGRICULTURE.
No. A/2449 OF 1896.
Poona, 12th August 1896.
Submitted to Government.
2. As directed in para. 10 of Government Resolution No. 118, dated 6th
January last, Tables II—IV and VII—IX of the report have been framed in
accordance with the amended forms approved by Government in their Resolu-
tion No. 2997, dated 22nd April 1895, Revenue Department, and transit and
maintenance charges have been for the first time shown separately in Tables XI
and XIV.
3. Veterinary Captain Morgan was in charge of the Department during
the year under report except for three months, when, during his absence on
privilege leave, Veterinary Lieutenant Larnder acted for him.
Superintendent's tour.
Khándesh, Násik, Ahmad¬
nagar, Poona, Karáchi, Hy-
derabad, Shikárpur, Upper
Sind Frontier, Cutch, Káthiá¬
wár, Pálanpur, Ahmadabad
and Kaira.
Ahmadnagar,
Shikárpur,
Moro, Talhár and Bhúj.
4. The Superintendent toured in the districts and States noted in the margin.
He travelled 793 miles by road, 7,499 miles by rail and
1,055 miles by sea, making a total of 9,347 miles,
against 10,710 miles done during the previous year.
The decrease is due to the Superintendent making
prolonged tour in Upper Sind Frontier and Khándesh
districts which left him little time to visit the southern
parts of the Presidency. As has already been reported,
it is not possible for him to inspect the whole of his charge during each year.
The Presidency has therefore been roughly divided into two parts which are
visited every alternate year. The Superintendent further explains that the
length of the tour varies with the nature and size of the district visited, as it is
found that going beyond certain limits is only waste of time. It is, however,
satisfactory to find that the Superintendent has done more travelling by road
than in the previous year, and spent in Sind nearly double the time he usually
allots to that province. He inspected in company of the Remount Agent the
State paddocks in Káthiáwár and Cutch, noticed marked improvement in their
working, and purchased 18 head of young stock for the Rearing Depôt. He
visited the marginally noted shows and carried on alone
the laborious work of classing animals at each of them.
In addition to the reasons given in para. 45 of the
report for adopting this course, the Superintendent states that he can generally
get through the work quicker alone than when assisted by an inexperienced
local officer. The Superintendent could not visit the show held at Chinchli
(Southern Marátha Country) owing to his absence in Sind. He inspected all the
Veterinary dispensaries in Sind and those at Ahmadabad, Nadiád, Násik, Dhulia,
Jalgaon and Bhadgaon. Bombay was visited eight times: four times for purchase
of stallions, once to select a stallion for the Central Provinces Administration,
once to attend the local horse show, once to act as President of the Examination
Committee of the Bombay Veterinary College, and once, when Veterinary Lieu-
tenant Larnder was in charge, to attend to College duties. One visit was paid
to Párner (Ahmadnagar) to investigate cattle plague prevailing there.
Horse and pony stallions
on register.
5. There were 67 horse and pony stallions on the register at the commence-
ment of the year and 69 at its close. Three casualties
occurred during the year and one old horse was sold.
Four English horses were imported, 4 Arabs locally
purchased and one was presented by Major Walton of the 7th Hussars. Two
of the English stallions were transferred to Bengal owing to their unsuitability
for this Presidency; and the presented horse has been sold to the District Local
Board, Hyderabad, for stud purposes. The sale of "Lord Napier" to the Cutch
Darbár was not completed before the end of the year and should not have been
noticed in the present report. The two Arabs said to have been "sold" (para.
50 of the report) to His Highness the Mir of Khairpur are the same as those
mentioned as "bought" for him (para. 3). The services of the T. B. E. stallion
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