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TABLE XXVI.
GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY.
REVENUE SECTION.
Statement showing the names of places visited by the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, and the work done by him during the official
year ending 31st March 1895.
Date.
1
1894.
l3t to 13th April … …
14th to 26th April … …
27th April to 3rd May ... ...
4th May … … …
5th „ … … …
6th „ … … …
7th „ … … …
„ „ ... ... ...
8th to 9th May … …
10th May … …
11th and 12th May … …
13th May ... … …
14th „
... … …
15th „ … … …
16th to 28th May ... ...
29th May .. … ….
30th „
... … …
31st „ … … …
1st June … … …
2nd „
...
...
...
Place.
2
Ahmednagar …
Bombay …
Ahmednagar …
Bombay …
Nadiád …
Ahmedabad …
Mehmadabad …
Kaira and back
...
Ahmedabad …
Pálanpur …
Deesa... …
Ahmedabad …
Viramgám …
Bombay
Ahmednagar …
Dhond …
Pomalvádi …
Indapur …
Jeur via Pomalvádi .
Karmála and back …
District.
3
Ahmednagar …
… …
Ahmednagar
...
… …
Kaira …
Ahmedabad …
Kaira …
Do. …
Ahmedabad …
Palanpur Super-
intendency.
Do. …
Ahmedabad …
Do. …
… …
Ahmednagar
...
Poona …
Sholápur …
Poona …
Sholápur …
Do. …
NUMBER OF MILKS TRAVELLED
ON TOUR.
By Road.
4
…
...
...
...
…
…
...
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
14
14
22
By Rail.
5
...
218
218
218
280
29
18
…
l8
83
17
100
41
350
218
51
31
…
18
...
By Boat.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
…
...
...
…
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Inspection of Government
Stallions.
7
Inspected stallions.
… …
Inspected stallions.
… …
… …
Inspected stallions.
… …
Inspected stallions.
Do.
… …
Inspected stallions …
Do. …
… …
… …
Inspected stallions.
Do. …
… …
Inspected stallions …
… …
Inspected stallions …
REMARKS.
8
Acted as President, Examining Board, Bom-
bay Veterinary College.
En route to Nádiad.
Inspected Veterinary Dispensary and
branded mares.
Branded mares and assisted in purchasing
young stock.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
En route to Ahmednagar.
Branded mares.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
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3rd „ … … …
4th to 21st June
...
...
22nd to 23rd June … …
24th to 29th July … …
30th July to 1st August …
2nd August to 9th October
...
10th to 16th October ...
17th to 24th
„ … …
25th to 27th
„ … …
28th October to 16th November
...
17th to 22nd November …
24th to 30th
„ … …
1st December … …
2nd to 6th December ... …
7th to
8th
„ … …
9th December … …
10th „ … …
11th „ … …
12th
„ … …
13th and 14th December …
15th and 16th
„ …
17th December … …
18th „ … …
19th „ … …
20th „ … …
21st to 25th December ...
26th to 30th „ … …
1895.
31st December to 4th January …
5th to 7th January … …
11th to 18th „ … …
Sholápur …
Ahmednagar
...
Poona... …
Ahmednagar …
Bombay …
Ahmednagar …
Bombay …
Ahmednagar …
Bombay …
Ahmednagar
...
Bombay …
Ahmednagar …
Poona... …
Kolhápur …
Miraj ... …
Athni and back ...
Miráj ... …
Chikodi and back to
Chikodi Road Sta-
tion.
Belgaum …
Ahmednagar …
Bombay …
Násik... …
Chalisgaon … …
Dhulia and back ...
Jalgaon …
Ahmednagar …
Málegaon via Bársi
Road.
Ahmednagar …
Bombay …
Jacobabad …
Sholápur …
Ahmednagar …
Poona
...
Ahmednagar
...
...
Ahmednagar …
...
Ahmednagar …
...
Ahmednagar …
...
Ahmednagar ...
Poona …
S. M. C. State ...
Do. …
Belgaum …
State …
Belgaum …
Do. …
Ahmednagar …
Násik …
Khándesh …
Do. …
Do. …
Ahmednagar ...
His Highness the
Nizám's Terri-
tory.
Ahmednagar ...
… …
Upper Sind Fron-
tier.
...
...
...
...
...
…
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
58
...
36
...
...
...
...
...
70
...
...
120
120
...
...
70
161
99
99
218
218
218
218
218
218
218
218
99
189
30
...
...
40
46
344
218
117
87
...
57
194
118
118
218
348
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
…
…
...
508
Do. …
Do.
Do. …
Do.
… …
Inspected stallions.
… …
Inspected stallions.
… …
… …
… …
Inspected stallions.
… …
... ...
... ...
... ...
... ...
... ...
Inspected stallions. …
... ...
… …
Inspected stallions …
Do. …
… …
Inspected stallions.
… …
Inspected stallions.
… …
Inspected stallions …
Selected site for the Veterinary Dispensary
and branded mares.
Conferred with the Survey Commissioner
on the subject of framing draft rules
regarding the Glanders and Farcy Act
made applicable to the town of Nasik.
Inspected stables with a vew to pu rch ase
stallions.
Purchased stallions.
Do.
Do.
Conferred with the Survey Commissioner
and Director of Land Records and Agri-
culture.
Inspected State paddocks and stallions.
En route to Athni.
Inspected mares in the district.
En route to Chikodi.
Inspected mares in the district with a view
to place a stallion.
Inspected Veterinary Dispensary.
Purchased stallions.
Inspected Veterinary Dispensary and brand-
ed mares.
Branded mares.
Inspected Veterinary Dispensary and
branded mares.
Do.
do.
Attended Málegaon fair and assisted in
purchasing young stock for the Remount
Rearing Depôt.
Purchased stallions.
Attended horse show and assisted in pur-
chasing remounts.
B 411—11
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Date.
1
1895.
19th January … …
20th to 24th January … ...
25th to 29th „ … …
30th to 31st „ … …
1st February to 6th February …
7th February
...
...
8th
„
... …
12th to 17th February ... …
18th to 25th
„ … …
28th February to 3rd March …
6th March ... … …
Do.
... … …
7th
„
... … …
9th
„ … … …
10th „ … … …
11th „ … … …
12th to 13th March … …
14th March... … …
15th „ ... … …
16th
„
... … …
17th to 28th March … …
29th to 30th „ … …
31st March ... … …
Place.
2
Shikárpur …
Hyderabad …
Talhár …
Hyderabad …
Moro via Dádu …
Jatoi ...
...
Karáchi via Fulji …
Bombay …
Ahmednagar …
Bhuj ... …
Morvi... …
Wankaner …
Bhávnagar …
Palitana …
Wadhwán …
Viramgám …
Ahmedabad …
Deesa... …
Pálanpur …
Nadiád …
Ahmednagar …
Bombay …
Ahmednagar …
District.
3
Shikárpur …
Hyderabad …
Do. …
Do. …
Do. …
Do. …
Karachi …
… …
Ahmednagar …
Cutch State …
Káthiáwár …
Do …
Do. …
Do. …
Do. …
Ahmedabad …
Do ….
Pálanpur Super-
intendency.
Do. …
Kaira …
Ahmednagar
...
……
Ahmednagar …
NUMBER OF MILES TRAVELLED
ON TOUR.
By Road.
4
...
...
46
46
12
12
10
...
...
36
61
...
...
14
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
By Rail.
5
26
125
...
...
110
...
88
...
218
218
...
16
155
17
86
40
40
100
17
112
499
218
218
By Boat.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
508
...
365
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
…
Inspection of Government
Stallions.
7
Inspected stallions …
Do.
… …
… …
… …
… …
… …
… …
Inspected stallions.
Do. …
… …
… …
… …
… …
… …
… …
… …
Inspected stallions …
… …
… …
Inspected stallions.
… …
Inspected stallions.
REMARKS.
8
Inspected Veterinary Dispensary.
Do.
Attended horse show.
En route to Moro.
Attended horse show and purchased re-
mounts for the Thar and Párkar Police.
Selected paddocks and inspected mares, &c.
Inspected Veterinary Dispensary.
Purchased stallions.
Attended horse show and assisted in pur-
chasing young stock.
Inspected paddocks.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Branded mares.
En route to Deesa.
Branded marcs.
Branded mares.
Inspected Veterinary Dispensary.
Inspected Bombay stables to purchase stal-
lions.
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16. By the end of the year under report 10 stationary and 5 itinerating
veterinary dispensaries were at work, showing an increase of one dispensary
in each of the two classes. The total number of animals treated rose from
9,843 to 13,936. The percentage of animals cured and relieved rose also from
85 to 86, which is creditable. The Veterinary Assistants in charge of these
dispensaries are reported to have done good work, the Superintendent specially
commending the work of the Veterinary Assistants in charge of the Ahmadabad
and Karáchi dispensaries, The Dhulia and Jalgaon dispensaries are reported
to have been in an unsanitary condition. The proposed new buildings, it is
hoped, will remove this defect. The Belgaum dispensary worked under the
same disadvantage of having a bad site as in the previous year. The Ahmad-
abad and Surat dispensaries have now sufficiently large balances to entertain itine-
rating Veterinary Assistants. The Superintendent's suggestion that cruelty cases
should be sent to veterinary dispensaries for treatment is well worth consideration.
The Shikárpur system of alternating the charges of stationary and itinerant
Veterinary Assistants may be advantageously adopted in other districts where
the duplicate staff of Veterinary Assistants is entertained with a view to give
relief to the itinerant Assistant.
17. The Superintendent's remarks regarding cattle-breeding are both
interesting and instructive. His opinion that rayats in some districts, well suited
to cattle breeding, and where this has been carried on for generations, have
shown much care in mating their cattle and keeping the breeds pure, seems to
be well founded.
18. In quoting figures for former years for comparison, the Superintendent
has again omitted to exclude the figures for Baluchistan, which has, since February
1894, been made a separate charge. The undersigned is also constrained to
observe that the Superintendent's remarks are often too brief to explain the
variations in figures.
C. W. GODFREY, Colonel,
Acting Survey Commissioner, and Director,
Land Records and Agriculture,
Annual Administration
Report of the Civil Veterinary Department in the
Bombay Presidency for 1894-95.
No. 118.
REVENUE DEPARTMENT.
Bombay Castle, 6th January 1896.
Letter from the Survey Commissioner and Director of Land Records and Agricul-
ture, No. A.—2632, dated 29th August 1895—Submitting one No. 896, dated 25th
June 1895, from the Acting Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
together with that officer's Annual Administration Report of the Civil Veteri-
nary Department in the Bombay Presidency for the year 1894-95 and Colonel
Godfrey's review of it No. a.—2342, dated 2nd August 1895.
RESOLUTION.—The following table shows the progress made by the
Civil Veterinary Department in improving horse and mule breeding in the
years 1893-94 and 1894-95 respectively :—
Number of stallions on the register at the end of the
yea
…
…
…
…
…
…
…
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.
1893-94.
73
63.22
2,017
31.90
535
34.33
7.58
1894-95.
67
55.75
1,869
33.52
550
35.7
8.69
Mule-breeding.
1893-94.
24
20.10
844
41.99
102
36.45
4.92
1894-95.
26
21.82
763
34.96
110
21.07
5.47
2. Of the 73 horse and pony stallions on the roll on 31st March 1894,
2 died, 8 were destroyed and 8 more were sold as being unfit for stud purposes.
Twelve new stallions were added to the number on the register, of which 1
half-bred, 1 hackney and 3 thorough-bred stallions were received from England,
and 4 Arab horses, 2 Arab ponies and 1 country-bred pony were bought in the
Bombay market. The Superintendent states that the half-bred English stallion
received during the year was when imported only 3 years old with very coarse
and doubtful hocks. The attention of the Inspector General, Civil Veterinary
Department, should be invited to Veterinary Captain Morgan's remark that
it is not advisable to import stallions into this country until they are at least
4 years old. The measures taken by the Superintendent in 1893-94 to ensure
a larger supply of suitable Arab horses being imported by the local dealers
were found to be inadequate, as there was again a scarcity of high class horses
during the past season in the local market. The increase in the maximum
price for Arab stallions from Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 2,000 lately sanctioned by
Government has however enabled the Superintendent to make definite
arrangements with one of the dealers to import horses specially for his
Department. Of the 67 horse stallions on the register during the year under
report 43 were located in the Deccan, 8 in Gujarát and 16 in Sind and Cutch.
The number actually employed at stud-work was 55.75 against 63.22 in the
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13,936 in the year under report as compared with 9,843 in the previous year, and
the percentage of animals cured and relieved rose from 85 to 86. The Collectors
of Khándesh and Belgaum should be requested to draw the attention of the
Dispensary Committees to the remarks made by the Superintendent regarding
the unsuitability of the present sites occupied by the Veterinary dispensaries in
those districts. The suggestion of the Survey Commissioner and Director
regarding the advisability of adopting where possible the system followed in
Shikárpur of alternating the charges of Stationary and Itinerating Veterinary
Assistants should be brought to the notice of the various Dispensary Committees.
As regards the recommendation that animals which are the subjects of pro-
secution for cruelty should be sent to dispensaries for treatment and detention
till they are fit for work it is not clear that there is any legal authority for a
general order to this effect, but the owners can of course be warned that if the
animals are worked before they are fit they will be liable to further prosecu-
tion and advised to send them to the dispensary.
10. The attention of the officers concerned should be drawn to para-
graph 80 of the report, and they should be requested to see that no delay is
allowed to occur in future in the submission of the District returns and Veteri-
nary Dispensary reports required for the preparation of the Superintendent's
annual report. Government concur in the observation made by the Survey
Commissioner and Director in paragraph 18 of his review and trust that in
future reports the Superintendent will give fuller explanations of variations in
figures.
Appendices to future reports should be prepared in the forms sanc-
tioned in Government Resolution No. 2997, dated 22nd April last.
11. Veterinary Captain Morgan has continued to show commendable
activity and interest in the discharge of his duties.
G. S. CURTIS,
Under Secretary to Government.
To
The Survey Commissioner and Director of Land
Records and Agriculture,
The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
The Commissioner, N. D.,
The Commissioner, C. D.,
The Commissioner, S. D.,
The Commissioner in Sind,
The Collector of Khándesh,
The Collector of Belgaum,
All other Collectors, including the Collectors and
Deputy Commissioners in Sind,
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 Government of
India,
The Secretary of State for India,
The Inspector General, Civil Veterinary Department,
The Director of Army Remounts.
With copies of
the report.
By letter.
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
IN THE
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
FOR THE
OFFICIAL YEAR 1895-96.
[Price—9 Annas.]
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT
IN THE
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
FOR THE
OFFICIAL YEAR 1895-96.
No. 902 OF 1896.
FROM
THE SUPERINTENDENT,
Civil Veterinary Department,
Bombay Presidency;
To
THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
Revenue Department,
Bombay.
Camp Ahmednagar, dated 13th June 1896.
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 1895-96.
2. I was absent on leave for three months, from 1st June to 31st August
1895, during which period the charge of the Department was held by Veterinary
Lieutenant Larnder.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
J. W. A. MORGAN, Veterinary Captain,
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Bombay Presidency.
B 449 —1
GOVERNMENT OF BOMBAY.
ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE CIVIL VETERINARY
DEPARTMENT FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1895-96.
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 num-
ber of stallions was as follows :—
Class.
Thorough-bred English ... …
Half-bred English … …
Hackney and Norfolk Trotter …
Arab … … …
Country-bred … …
Total ...
Horse.
12
2
6
24
1
45
Pony.
…
...
...
21
1
22
Total.
12
2
6
45
2
67
Number added to registers.
2. The number added to registers during the
year is given below :—
Whence received.
England
... …
Purchased and presented in
India … …
Class of Stallions.
Thorough-bred English …
Hackney and Norfolk Trotter …
Arab … … …
Total ...
Horse.
3
1
5
9
Pony.
…
...
…
...
Total.
3
1
5
9
3. Three thorough-breds and one hackney were received from England.
In consultation with General Sir John Watson, V.C., K.C.B., and the Inspector-
General, Civil Veterinary Department, it was deemed advisable to transfer one
thorough-bred "Agapo" and the hackney " Captious " to Bengal, as they
were both 3-year olds and not considered suitable for this Presidency. The
two thorough-breds " Mr. Bumble " and " Spero ", retained, are exceptionally good
horses and suitable in every way. Six Arab horses were purchased by me and
one presented by Major Walter, 7th Hussars. Four were purchased for Govern-
ment and two for His Highness the Mir of Khairpur. Great improvement was
noticeable throughout the Arab market this season, and the stallions obtained are
high class horses and considerably above the average. The increase of price
given, viz., from Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 2,000, for each stallion has been most satisfactory,
as evidenced by the class of horse obtained. A large batch of Arabs bought
by the Remount Agent are the best I have seen for many seasons, being big,
upstanding horses with bone and quality.
Number removed
from
registers.
4. The number of casualties and the diseases from which stallions died are
given in Table II. The general percentage was 8 for
horse and 5.55 for pony. One stallion died and two
were destroyed for the reasons given in the table.
5. Table III shows that one stallion was cast and sold, being old and
worn out, one was sold to the District Local Board, Hyderabad, for stud purposes,
and two were transferred to the Babugurh Depôt.
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Number present at close of
year.
6. The number of stallions present at the close
of the year under report is as shown in the table
below :—
Class.
Thorough-bred English …
Half-bred
do. …
Hackney and Norfolk Trotter …
Arab … … …
Country-bred … …
Total ...
Horse.
14
2
5
26
1
48
Pony.
…
…
...
20
1
21
Total.
14
2
5
46
2
69
7. This gives a total of 69 against 67 of last year. The following table shows
the distribution of stallions in the horse-breeding provinces for the last three
years :—
1893-94
1894-95
1895-96
Year.
…
…
...
…
…
...
Deccan.
45
43
39
Gujar.1t.
9
8
9
Sind and
Cutch.
19
16
21
Total.
73
67
69
Number at stud work.
8. Of the stallions shown above, 56.37 were actually at stud work and the
remainder were in the Ahmednagar Depôt for acclima-
tization or treatment.
9. The attached sketch map of the Bombay Presidency will show the
number of Government horse, pony and donkey stallions present at each stand
on the 31st March 1896.
10. Table IV shows the services and produce of Government horse and
pony stallions.
Number at mares covered.
11. The number of branded and certificated mares covered by Government
stallions during the past three years is given below :—
1893-94
1894-95
1895-96
…
...
…
...
...
...
…
...
…
....
…
…
2,017
1,869
1,894
There is a slight increase of 25 in the number of mares covered this year.
The average number of mares covered per stallion is 33.59 against 33.52 last
year.
Demand for stallions.
12. Horse-breeding makes satisfactory progress in the Deccan, Sind and
Cutch, but the number of horses and ponies in Gujarat
has declined from 20 to 25 per cent. Land in this
province is so extremely valuable, and pasture so very rare, that people retain all
fodder and grazing for plough and milch cattle, as a very large outside trade to
the detriment of horse-breding has sprung up within the last few years for milk,
butter and ghi.
Mares were branded for the first time in Lower Sind and stallions placed in
the district, which, as far as one is able to judge at present, promises to be
capable of further extension. Although there was a slight increase in the cover-
ings in the Shikárpur District, the totals are not satisfactory, no doubt, due to
the stallions being old and unpopular. They have since been replaced by young
horses. The Presidency is now more or less furnished with young and vigorous
horses, and their distribution is a matter which will receive careful consideration
in the future.
SKETCH MAP
OF THE
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
including Sind
SHOWING STALLION STANDS AS IT STOOD ON 31 st MARCH
1896.
Scale of Miles
References
The letters and figures under the name or side
of a stand indicate the numbers of Horse, Pony
and Donkey Stallions at that stand.
H
=
Horse
P = Pony
D = Donkey
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15. The number of remounts purchased at various places is given below: —
Place.
Ahmednagar … …
Poona … … …
Bombay ... … …
Ahmedabad … …
Deesa … … …
Cutch
...
... …
Palitána ... … …
Bhávnagar … …
Wankáner ... … …
Rájkot
....
... …
Málegaon (Nizám's Territory)
...
Shikárpur ... … …
Moro (Hyderabad) … …
Total ...
Number.
16
6
2
6
9
12
3
9
6
2
5
186
16
278
Place.
Total B. F. …
Jacobabad … …
Thar and Párkar … …
Jodhpur ... … …
Jeypore ...
... …
Láhore … … …
Neemuch ... … …
Gureani ... … …
Dera Gázi Khan … …
Shalipur ... … …
Quetta … … …
Sibi … … …
Not stated … …
Total ...
Number.
278
3
40
2
1
25
1
13
7
8
87
4
52
521
II.—MULE BREEDING.
(1).—Government Donkey Stallions:
Number present at com-
meucemeut of year.
16. The number of donkey stallions on the
register on the 1st April 1895 is shown below :—
Breed.
Italian
Persian
Arab
Khorásan
Cyprus
…
...
…
…
....
Total
…
…
...
...
....
…
Number.
14
6
3
1
2
26
Number added to registers.
17. Four Italian donkey stallions were received
by importation during the year.
Number removed from re-
gisters.
18. It will be seen from Tables VII and VIII that two Italian donkey
stallions were destroyed and one was sold for reasons
given, and that one Arab donkey stallion died during
the year.
Number present at close
of year.
19. The strength of the donkey stallions as it
stood on the 1st April 1896 is shown in the following
table :—
Breed,
Italian
Persian
Arab
Khorásan
Cyprus
…
...
...
...
....
Total
…
…
…
…
...
...
Number.
15
6
2
1
2
26
Number at stud work.
20. The number of donkey stallions actually at
stud work during the year was 23.03 against 22.82
last year.