13
Stallions whose produce
won prizes.
90. Table XVI. gives the number and class of sires, the produce of which
won prizes at several Horse Fairs and Shows held in
this Presidency during 1893-94. The information on
this point has not been received from Shikárpur and
Naushahro Horse Shows. In future steps will be taken to procure it.
91. Tables XVII. to XXI. are not applicable to this Presidency; hence they
are not given.
Cost of the Department.
92. Table XXVIII. shows the total cost of the department during the year
under report which amounts to Rs. 60,581-1-10 as
against Rs. 68,268-3-9 in 1892-93, showing a decrease
of Rs. 7,687-1-11. The outlay has been divided under the following sub-
heads :—
I.—Cost of supervision ...
...
...
II. — Keep and purchase of stallions
...
III. — Prizes for Horse Shows
...
...
Total ...
Rs.
22,515
33,465
4,600
60,581
a.
9
8
0
1
p.
6
4
0
10
Of which Rs. 12,200-15-4 are charged to Local Funds, Rs. 12,613-2-5
debited to Imperial Government, being the pay of the Superintendent, and the
balance, Rs. 35,767-0-1, is paid from Provincial Revenues.
93. Table XXII. is an abstract of mares branded by the Superintendent
during the year under report and previous year.
PART II.—PROVINCIAL REPORT.
Horse-breeding.
94. At the beginning of the year under report there was one Local Board
horse in the Presidency, as mentioned in paragraph 12 of the last year's annual
report. No additional stallions have been purchased during this year. Last
year he covered no mares, but in the year under report he covered five mares.
His total cost of keep, &c., is Rs. 429-15-3, which has been paid by Hyderabad
Local Board.
95. The information required by clauses (2) and (3) of Section I and Sec-
tion II is not available as there are no Local Board donkey stallions.
96. Cattle-disease investigation and prevention.—The attached sketch map
shows the various districts where cattle disease was prevalent during the year.
97. The first report under the present system was received in September
1893; hence Table XXIII. embraces a period extending exactly over six months
during which time the total number of animals attacked with contagious and
infectious diseases amounted to 3,927, of which 1,703 died.
98. Anthrax was confined to the Ahmedabad District. It broke out on
18th of November 1893 and isolated cases kept occurring until the 3rd March
1894. The mortality was particularly high, as out of 106 animals attacked 95
died, amongst which were some of the best brood mares in the district.
99. Rinderpest broke out in five districts in the Presidency—Kolába, Násik
Poona, Belgaum and Kánara. The outbreaks at Alibág in Kolába, Mával in
Poona and Sirsi in Kánara were the most serious and the percentage of deaths
high. The remaining outbreaks were small and quickly subsided.
100. Foot and mouth disease broke out in four districts in the Presidency—
Kolába, Násik, Poona and Ahmednagar. With the exception of the outbreak at
Pen in Kolába, where 111 died out of 1,068 attacked, no other fatal case occurred
in any of the other districts.
101. Pleuro-Pneumonia.—Two
serious outbreaks occurred in the Kolába
District, one at Khálápur, the other at Karjat, and out of the total number (1,215)
attacked 800 died.
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