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51. Lantern slides were displayed at Suri. The District Magistrate,
Mr. G. S. Dutt, complemented the Veterinary Staff on their excellent work
there.
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Bull-breeding and Rearing Farms and Depots.
52. Table IX shows the working of the farms in the province.
53. As reported in previous years there are only two such farms in
Bengal, viz., Kalimpong and Rangpur. The former is managed by the St.
Anderw's Colonial Homes and the latter by the Agricultural Department.
54. Kalimpong.—The herd at Kalimpong consists of Siri cattle chiefly.
No separate accounts are kept for them by the Homes and therefore no
particulars of receipts and expenditure can be given.
55. Rangpur.—It appears that the policy being followed here is the
improvement of indigenous cattle both for milk and draught purposes.
56. I visited this farm twice during last year, once to inspect the
Itinerant Veterinary Assistant who is stationed on the farm and a second
time, at the request of the Director of Agriculture, to pass an opinion as to
how many bull-calves should be allowed to remain "entire" for future stud
purposes. A separate report was sent to the Director of Agriculture, Bengal.
57. There was an outbreak of rinderpest on the farm, but it was
checked practically at once by inoculating all the cattle with anti-rinder-
pest serum. This resulted in the loss of only one heifer. The number of
deaths from other causes was eight of which four were calves.
Part IV.—Subordinate Establishment.
58. The strength of the Subordinate Establishment at the close of the
year, as shown in Table VII, was:—
Deputy Superintendent
Veterinary Inspectors
Staff Veterinary Assistants
Reserve Veterinary Assistants
District Veterinary Assistants
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
One
Six.
Four.
Six.
Ninety-two.
Only one new post, viz., at Kurseong was opened during the year.
59. Applications for a second Deputy Superintendent at Dacca and for
two additional Inspectors and two Reserve Veterinary Assistants were made.
Of these only the second Deputy Superintendent was sanctioned from the
1st July of the current year.
60. During the year two Veterinary Assistants (S. C. Bannerjee and
B. C. Bannerjee) died; one (R. K. Bose) resigned, one (P. C Bhattacherjee) left
the department one (S. C. Sen Gupta) accepted an appointment in the Agri-
cultural department and one (R. N. Das) was promoted temporarily to the rank
of a Glanders Inspector. Including the eight vacancies shown in Table VII
of last year's report and one new post opened as stated above, there were
altogether 15 vacancies of which only ten could be filled up with the smaller
number of new graduates, viz., nine received from the college plus one
Veterinary Assistant released from military duty. Besides these, there were
many temporary vacancies caused by Veterinary Assistants taking leave and
their places were unable to be filled up for want of leave reserve men.
61. Deputy Superintendent.—Babu Sarat Chandra Paul proved himself
extremely capable and reliable and was of great assistance to me during my
period of control.
62. Veterinary Inspectors.—All have worked hard and on the whole
satisfactorily.
63. Veterinary Assistants.—These mer have worked very keenly
indeed, and it is only in exceptional cases where their efforts were not satis-
factory.