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Babu J. L. Bose of Angul secured the first prize and Babu S. N. Chatterjee
of Bhagalpur the second. Owing to the severe illness of the Second
Imperial Entomologist, Mr. F. M. Howlett, no report on the specimens
can be submitted till his return from leave next November. The total
number of collections sent to Pusa for identification was 45.
SPECIMENS.
89. Particular attention has been paid to the submission of blood-slides
and post-mortem specimens by Veterinary Assistants to the Raymond Laboratory
for diagnostic purposes.
Altogether on 113 occasions slides were sent by 29 Veterinary Assistants
with the result that the following diseases were diagnosed :—Anthrax, Black
quarter, malignant oedema, glanders, rabies, dysentery, the protozoa of tick
plague, etc.
90. All assistants have received instructions in the methods of preparing
specimens.
PART IV.-THE SUBORDINATE STAFF.
91. Table VII shows the strength of this Department and of the Veteri-
nary Assistants in the districts during the year under report. All graduates
of the Bengal Veterinary College allotted to this province were provided with
appointments in the following districts:—Howrah, Midnapore, Sonthal Parganas,
Hazaribagh, Purnea, Nadia, Cuttack, Burdwan, Sambalpur, Manbhum, Patna
and Palamau. During the year two Veterinary Assistants, A. Mohamed of
Motihari and J. N. Bhattacharya of Khulna, were dismissed for gross neglect
of duty and misconduct.
At the close of the year there were 6 Inspectors and 82 Veterinary
Assistants employed in the province.
92. I now append for information particulars of the work done by the
five Inspectors of the Veterinary Department in charge of the various circles
into which the province was divided during the year.
Mr. N. L. Mitter—Was in charge of the Muzaffarpur Circle. He was on
tour for 217 days and made 5 inspections of the Sitamarhi and Chapra
dispensaries, 4 of Laheria Serai, 3 of Arrah, Dumraon, Larpur and
Muzaffarpur and 2 of Bankipore dispensaries. He also inspected the work
of the Itinerant Veterinary Assistant, Sasaram, on five occasions, visited
Buxar and Hajipur four times, Motihari, Bettiah, Barh and Darbhanga
three times, and Muzaffarpur and Dinapore twice. He attended 10 outbreaks
of Rinderpest, 8 of Black Quarters and 3 of Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia,
besides making enquiries into the prevalence of Black Quarter in Muzaffarpur
as well as reporting on an outbreak which caused the death of seven
elephants in Bettiah subdivision towards the Nepal border.
Mr. P. N. Das—Was in charge of the Presidency Circle with his head-
quarters at Calcutta. He was on tour for 276 days and inspected the work
of the following Itinerant Veterinary Assistants:—Howrah, 24-Parganas,
Jessore and Hooghly thrice, Khulna, Nadia and Murshidabad twice. He
attended nine outbreaks of rinderpest. There were severe outbreaks of
glanders in the districts of Hooghly and Murshidabad and the greater part
of his time was devoted to dealing with them. Forty-four horses were tested
by him in Hooghly and 24 in Murshidabad.
It is satisfactory to note that no trouble was caused during the adminis-
tration of the Glanders Act.
Mr. S. N. Dutt—Was in charge of the Bhagalpur Circle. He was on
tour for 237 days and made 3 inspections of Bhagalpur and Dumka dispen-
saries, 4 of Purnea and 3 of Monghyr. He also inspected the work of the
Itinerant Veterinary Assistants of Bhagalpur, Madhipura and Beguserai twice,
and of the Sahebganj, Siliguri, Arraria and Kissenganj Veterinary Assistants
three times. Kalimpong and Ghum were visited on four occasions and Purnea
once. He attended eight outbreaks of Rinderpest, two of Foot-and-Mouth
Disease, and four of Glanders during the year.
Mr. N. N. Mazumdar—Held charge of the Asansole Circle. He was on
tour for 279 days. He made three inspections of Burdwan, Suri, Palamau
Graya, Hazaribagh and Purulia dispensaries and four of the Ranchi Hospital.
He also made three inspections of all the Itinerant Veterinary Assistants in his
circle, viz., of Burdwan, Bankura, Dhanbaid, Daltonganj, Gaya and Giridih,