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as 1894, a case occurred, and also to the Transport marching to Landour,
Chakrata, etc. This, I attribute to the fact that so many small owners have
horses on that line; the se being men without much capital, renders it impossible
for them to keep their horses in anything like condition; this, combined with
hard work, renders them very susceptible to the disease. The case which did
occur was discovered exactly opposite to the Body guard lines; the animal was
destroyed, but having inspected the stables carefully, I considered that their
location there was a great source of danger to the Body guard; I therefore
recommended that they should be destroyed and that a stage should not be
allowed in proximity to these lines. It having been pointed out by the Gov-
ernment of the North-Western Provinces that the law, as contained in Act XX
of 1879, did not allow the destruction of the Dâk stage, the Government of
India, Military Department, asked that, under the orders of His Honor the
Lieutenant-Governor, arrangements should be made for the destruction of the
Dâk stables, the cost involved being borne by that Department.
Pertabgarh.
A case was reported from this district, but its exact nature is uncertain.
PUNJAB.
Simla.
498. A case was reported, the subject being an Arab pony that had left
the Bombay stables for over a year. This pony had been thriftless ever since
he had been in Simla, I have no doubt whatever that this is another case in
which the disease lay latent for some time. This pony being one of four that
were sent together from Calcutta, the remaining three were isolated and tested
with Mallein and another was subsequently destroyed.
Kangra district.
499. The worst outbreak occured in this district where cases were reported
by the Veterinary Assistants, and on inspection by Veterinary Captain Joslen,
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, South Punjab, it was found that
at Dagraon, about 4½ miles from Palampur, three cases were very badly affected
with the disease; one was the property of Mahomed Hyat Khan, C.S.I.,
Divisional Judge of Hoshiarpur, and the remaining two were said to be the
property of his servant. The case which belonged to Mahomed Hyat Khan is
stated to have been one of some standing; as another horse that had been
stabled with these was reported to have been affected, enquiries were
instituted to discover whether glanders existed there, but the enquiry revealed
nothing.
Nagrotha.—(Kangra District).
500. A case of this disease died in this village; the Veterinary Assistant
was ordered to carefully inspect the equine stock in this village, but no other
cases were discovered.
Attention should be paid in future to the Kangra District, as I have no
doubt that it is a fruitful source from which the disease spreads.
Delhi.
A case was discovered in the City of Delhi, and was destroyed.
BALUCHISTAN.
501. The cases which occurred in this Province were in the 6th Bombay
Cavalry, and would not be alluded to in this report were it not that they were
reported to have originated in horses that had been purchased in the districts
of Shahpur and Dera Ghazi Khan; as these districts are two of our best horse-
breeding districts in the Punjab, from which the best remounts are obtained,
I considered it advisable to endeavour to trace the origin of the disease, and
with this view, I addressed both Superintendents, Civil Veterinary Department,
Punjab, asking them to be so good as to search the records of their offices in
order that it might be ascertained whether any cases of the disease had ever
been reported in these districts, or had been discovered at the fairs held there.
The district officials were consulted and the records were searched, but the
result was that no cases of glanders could ever be traced in these districts;