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duty at the end of his course and did not return to this Presidency until 7th
September 1921. After that he was attached to this office again until 23rd January
1922 when he opened the new Superintendent's office at Vizagapatam, but on 28th
March 1922 he resigned his appointment in this department to take up private
practice in Bombay. He handed over charge of the Vizagapatam office to
Mr, Narasinga Rao, the Deputy Superintendent, I Circle, who has had to carry on
the work of both this and his own office for over three months.
(c) Deputy Superintendents.
5. The four Deputy Superintendents' circles were held throughout the year by
the same officers as in the previous year. As usual, their routine work was all that
could be desired and it is necessary only to mention items of special work performed
by each.
6. Mr. Sampath Ayyangar was in executive charge of the "Serum Simultaneous"
inoculations against Rinderpest at the Chintaldevi Agricultural Farm, he was respon-
sible for the despatch of a large amount of material from the Bantanahal Sheep Farm
to the Muktesar Laboratory and investigated two different obscure conditions which
were observed in buffaloes in Bellary and Kurnool districts during the year.
Mr. Kylasam Ayyar was in executive charge of the "Serum Simultaneous"
inoculations at the Coimbatore Agricultural Farm, and he also acted as an examiner
of the Final year students of the Certificate course at the College of the same name.
Mr. Wilson continued to do the duties of Editor of the "Madras Veterinary
Journal" which produced five numbers during the year.
II.—EXECUTIVE STAFF.
7. The strength of the subordinate staff on 31st March 1922 was 17 Veterinary
Inspectors, excluding the one lent to the Madras Corporation, and 161 Veterinary
Assistants as against 15 Inspectors and 138 Assistants in the previous year. Twenty-
six new graduates were taken on in August 1921 and the only casualty was Veteri-
nary Assistant A. S. Subbarama Ayyar, who died.
(a) Veterinary Inspectors.
8. Two new ranges were created during the year, with headquarters at Coimba-
tore and Trichinopoly. Of the 17 Inspectors mentioned in the last paragraph, 13 of
them were employed in charge of ranges, two were Lecturers at the Madras
Veterinary College, one was working in Madras City as Inspector under the
Glanders and Farcy Act, and one was employed at the Agricultural College, Coimba-
tore. The work of those Inspectors in charge of ranges was, on the whole, satisfac-
tory, but the only names which came prominently to the notice of the Chief
Superintendent were A. Ramachandra Ayyar and C. Suryanarayanamurthi.
(b) Veterinary Assistants.
9. Sixty-four of these officers were in permanent touring billets, 58 in charge of
hospitals and dispensaries, 29 on the leave reserve and the rest employed in various
special posts as shown in Table VII.
(i) Hospitals and Dispensaries.
10. Six new dispensaries were opened during the year at Bandar, Palacole,
Chingleput, Kodaikanal, Manjeri and Puttur.
11. Most of the institutions show an increase on the work of the previous year.
In seven of them, however, there was a fall, and this is variously attributed to the
introduction of fees, levy of tolls under the new District Municipalities Act on all
animals coming into a town, scarcity of fodder, plague, etc.
12. There was a slight fall in the number of castrations performed at veterinary
institutions, the figure being 2,617 as compared with 2,648 of the previous year.
13. The following Veterinary Assistants deserve credit for the work performed
at their hospital or dispensary during the year :—S. Ananthayya Sastri, G. Avooda-
nayakam, M. N. Ahmed, P. I. Chakko, R. Jayaram, K. R. Krishna Ayyar,