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was ever increasing, to the prejudice of their legitimate work in the field. It was
pointed out by this office that not only was relief from clerical duties needed by the
Superintendent in this province, but owing to the size of his charge it was highly
desirable to appoint a second European Superintendent to enable some research and
practical work to be done in the field, and to admit of more time being spent in each
district than is at present possible.
The Board agreed that the Superintendent needed relief and suggested the
appointment of three Deputy Seperintendents but it was shown that no men were
available to fill these posts and Government decided that the Superintendent's office
work and the expansion of Veterinary operations in this Presidency were not suffi-
cient to call for the immediate appointment of a second Superintendent. It is sub-
mitted that the surest way of developing the operations of the department on the
right lines, now that every district has been provided with some members of the
subordinate staff, would be by the appointment of such an officer to take charge of
half the Presidency.
3. The discussion referred to in the last paragraph has at least served the use-
ful purpose of bringing forward once more the question of the training of Deputy
Superintendents. Whether or not a second Superintendent is appointed to this Presi-
dency in the near future, as the developement of the department proceeds Deputy
Superintendents will eventually become a necessity, unless the superior staff is
considerably augmented.
In this Presidency one could point to several men who would make suitable
Deputy Superintendents if they could be given the necessary post-graduate training.
By this is meant a training which it is not possible for a Provincial College, equipped
and staffed as the Madras Veterinary College is at present, to give. As this same
difficulty is reported from other provinces it is submitted that this question calls for
the immediate attention of the Government of India.
4. A local allowance of Rs. 5 per mensem was sanctioned during the year for
touring Veterinary Assistants in order to bring these posts more on a level with the
comparatively more attractive hospital charges.
5. The cooling apparatus for the King Institute having been installed, the anti-
rinderpest serum and other sera and vaccines required for this Presidency have been
stocked there since July 1912, which arrangement has proved of great advantage.
No store has yet been made at Coonoor for the use of the Nilgiris, as the refri-
gerating chamber does not appear to have been built there yet.
6. The Superintendent regrets to have to report the death during the year of
Veterinary Inspector Khan Sahib Hasan Ali. The deceased was first appointed as a
local Cattle Disease Inspector in 1885 and was afterwards sent on deputation to
the Bombay Veterinary College, whence he graduated in 1895. In all he served
this Government for 27 years, for which, and in particular for his services in connec-
tion with the organisation of cattle shows in this Presidency, he was made a Khan
Sahib at the Delhi Durbar of 1911.
F. WARE,
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,