Annual Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary Department in the Bombay
Presidency for 1893-94.
No. 1473 OF 1895.
REVENUE
DEPARTMENT
Bombay Castle, 20th February 1895.
Letter from the Survey Commissioner and Director of Land Records and Agriculture,
No. A—3174, dated 16th October 1894— Submitting one No. 1234, dated 9th July
1894, from the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, together with that officer's
Annual Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary Department in the Bombay
Presidency for the year 1893-94, and Colonel Godfrey's review thereof, No. A—2985,
dated 27th September 1894.
RESOLUTION.—The Administration Report of the Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment of the Bombay Presidency for the year 1893-94 has been prepared in the
form prescribed by the Government of India in their circular letter No. 42—17,
dated 28th October 1893. The forms of some of the tables appended to the
report are, however, stated to be unsuited to this Presidency, and the Survey
Commissioner and Director of Land Records and Agriculture has promised to
submit separate proposals with a view to improve them. During the year under
report Baluchistán was by order of the Government of India excluded from the
charge of the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bombay, and placed
under that of the Superintendent, Derajat and Baluchistán.
2. The results of the operations of the Department for the years 1892-93
and 1893-94 are compared below :—
Number of stallions on the register at the
end of the year...
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 em-
ployed
Horse-breeding.
1892-93.
74
70.5
2,034
28.85
674
40.67
11.95
1893-94.
73
63.22
2,017
31.90
535
34.33
7.58
Mule-breeding.
1892-93.
24
20.69
842
40.69
92
15.24
6.52
1893.94.
24
20.10
844
41.99
102
16.45
4.92
The report has as usual been reviewed in detail by the Survey Commissioner
and Director of Land Records and Agriculture, whose remarks meet generally
with the approval of Government. During the year under report, 3 Arab horses
and 2 ponies were purchased by the Superintendent in the Bombay Market. The
full complement of stallions for this Presidency has not yet been completed owing
to the difficulty experienced in obtaining Arab sices of the required stamp,
but the Superintendent hopes that the steps already taken by him will ensure a
larger supply of suitable horses being imported by the dealers. One country-
bred horse of doubtful origin was also bought at the Shikárpur Show to
be tried as a sire. This is the first experiment of its kind with this class
of horse, and its result will be awaited with interest. While the number of
mares covered by horse stallions rose in Sind and Cutch from 556 in 1892-93
to 634 in 1893-94, it fell from 1,143 to 1,114 in the Deccan and from 330 to 269
in Gujarát. The large decrease in the latter province is stated to be due
to the prevalence of anthrax in the breeding districts during the year under
report. The produce results are even less satisfactory than those of the pre-
vious year, only 535 foals being reported out of a total of 2,034 mares covered
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