BENGAL VETERINARY COLLEGE.
Preface—General Administration.
COLONEL A. SMITH held charge of the Bengal Veterinary College, the
Epizootic Diseases of Animals Department in Calcutta and its vicinity and
the Raymond Research. Laboratory throughout the year. He also held, in
addition to the office of the Principal, charge of the Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, Bengal, up to the 20th July 1919 in the absence of the Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department, on deputation to military duty. He also acted
as a member of the Examining Board of this college in March 1920.
2. I joined the college as second Imperial Officer on the afternoon of
the 26th March 1920.
3. The Assistant Principalship was held by Mr. D. De for eight months
and by Mr. S. K. Mitra for four months.
Veterinary Instruction.
4. Class A was composed of 66 students inclusive of 10 plucked
students of last year at the beginning of the session, of whom 11 left of their
own accord and 1 was removed for continued absence. The number at
the end of the session was 54 including 7 plucked students of last year.
5. Class B was composed of 54 students—44 promoted from class A,
9 plucked students of last year and 1 of year before last at the beginning of
the session. Subsequently one student left of his own accord. The number
remaining at the end of the session was 53 including 10 plucked students of
previous years.
6. Class C was composed of 52 students—34 promoted from class B,
15 plucked students of last year and 3 plucked students from the Madras
Veterinary College at the beginning of the session. One student subse-
quently left to prosecute his studies in England. The number at the end of
the session was 51 including 18 plucked students.
7. Thus, at the beginning of the session, there were 172 students on
the rolls in the three classes and at the end of the session 158, of whom 64
belonged to Bengal, 56 to Bihar and Orissa, 16 to Assam, 11 to the United
Provinces, 8 to Madras and 3 to Ceylon. Of these, 108 were Hindus, 42
Muhammadans, 7 Christians and 1 depressed class. Among these students,
1 was an Intermediate in Arts and 48 Matriculates.
8. This year, although, owing to 14 students having left, the number
of students was less than last year by 7 (158 against 165), there were 10
more better class of students (49 against 39) than last year.
9. The examinations began on the 11th and ended on the 20th March,
The Examining Board was composed of Mr. 1) Quinlan, Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department, Bihar and Orissa, as President, and
Mr. W. Harris, Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Assam.
Mr. A. D. MacGregor, Officiating Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, Bengal, and Colonel A. Smith, Principal, Bengal Veterinary College,
as members.
10. Fifty-four students appeared at the examination from class A and
38 passed; 53 appeared from class B and 41 passed; and 51 appeared from
class C and 32 passed. The percentage of passes in the three classes was
70, 77 and 63, respectively.
11. The Board of Examiners remarked as follows:—
"Under the conditions at present existing we consider these results satisfactory, but
wish to again draw attention to the necessity of! strengthening the teaching staff by the
appointment of two European professors at the earliest possible moment as was pointed
out by the Examining Boards in 1918 and 1919."
12. Out of 32 students graduated from this college this year, 9
belonged to Bengal, 10 to Bihar and Orissa, 7 to Madras, 4 to the United