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610. Then I proceeded to Lahore and inspected the Veterinary College,
when I laid before the Punjab Government certain proposals with reference to
buildings which are required at that Institution.
611. I then attended the Horse Shows held at Multan, Bahawalpore, and
Muzaffarnagar, and proceeded to Ahmednagar to confer with the Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department, Bombay, respecting the transfer of horse and mule-
breeding in Sind to Imperial control, which transfer was ordered to take place
from 1st April. I also carefully inspected the accounts, to be in a position to
advise the Government of India on the question of extra expenditure which would
be required. I concluded my tour for the year ending 31st March 1898 by
attending the Horse Shows held at Gujrat, Meerut, and Rawalpindi.
Assistant to the
Inspector-
General,
Civil Veterinary
Department.
612. In April 1897, Veterinary-Captain Gunn attended as a Member of the
Examination Board held at the Lahore Veterinary College.
613. From the 22nd May to 26th June 1897, he worked in the office of
the Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Department, collating information referring
to cattle disease and breeding.
614. In July he proceeded to Lahore for the purpose of obtaining apparatus
in connection with the collection and preparation of Rinderpest blood for use of
the Imperial Bacteriologist. He then proceeded to the districts of Banda, Jalaon,
and Sultanpur in the North-Western Provinces, on the Bacteriological research
for Rinderpest, and having obtained a sufficient quantity of material he personally
delivered it to Dr. Lingard's Assistant at Kathgodam on the 15th August 1897.
615. In September 1897, he attended as Member of the Board of Examin-
ation held at Bombay Veterinary College.
616. Veterinary-Captain Gunn started on tour on the 26th October 1897
and returned to Head Quarters on the 8th March 1898, during which time he was
employed on the Bacteriological Survey of the Punjab; he visited the districts of
Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Sialkot and Gujrat.
617. On 30th January, he proceeded to Hissar as a Member of the Committee
formed for the purpose of enquiring into the working of the Government
Cattle Farm, in accordance with orders from Government, and returned to camp on
the 16th February 1898.
618. In March 1898, he proceeded to Calcutta with specimens of ticks to
work on that subject in consultation with the Superintendent, Indian Museum.
619. From the 24th to 31st March 1898, he attended as Member of the
Examination Boards held at the Calcutta and Ajmere Veterinary Schools.
620. Veterinary-Captain Gunn was 260 days in camp, travelled 9,934 miles
by rail, and 994 miles by road.
Imperial
Bacteriologist.
621. Dr. Lingard proceeded to Calcutta in April and May 1897, to enquire
into an outbreak of Rinderpest and to collect material for his investigations, whence
he travelled to Bombay to confer with Professor Koch on the subject of preventive
measures against Rinderpest; he then proceeded to Fyzabad to assist in collecting
material to work with at the Laboratory. Having obtained this, he returned to
Muktesar with Professor Koch, and assisted in the demonstrations given by that
scientist.
622. In September and October 1897, he was occupied in conferring with
the Hon'ble Member, the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Rev-
enue and Agriculture, and myself, on subjects connected with the Laboratory;
thence he proceeded to Kurnal to make enquiries relating to Surra, and from
there he travelled to Ghazipur to obtain virulent blood to enable him to conduct
experiments connected with Rinderpest.
623. In December 1897 and January 1898, he visited the Saharunpore dis-
trict and Dehra Dun on matters connected with Surra.
624. In March 1898, he proceeded to Bareilly in connection with the selec-
tion of a site for the proposed Experimental Station in the plains.
625. In all, he travelled 7,005 miles by rail and 667 miles by road.