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dissipating it through the district, the men could so arrange their tours that one
of them was always at headquarters to attend to the Dispensary and that without
any reduction in the average number of days which are at present spent on tour.
6. Breeding Operations.—No pony or cattle breeding was undertaken by
Government during the year. A scheme has, however, been approved under
which the Superintendent, Stock Breeding, will be transferred to the control of
the Director of Agriculture and pony and cattle breeding on a small scale will
be carried on at three experimental farms under the immediate supervision of a
Deputy Director of Agriculture who will be responsible for the care and feeding
of the animals, A Cattle Show was held at Yamèthin and an Agricultural Show
at Pakôkku during the year, Now that Government has the services of a stock
breeding expert the officiating Development Commissioner trusts that the number
of these shows will largely increase and he looks forward to the day when an
Annual Agricultural Show will be held at some centre in every pony and cattle
breeding district in Upper Burma as well as at the headquarters of some of the
districts in Lower Burma. If these shows are sufficiently advertised and adequate
arrangements are made for visitors and their exhibits, Mr. Keith believes that a
strong impetus will be given to the breeding of better animals. The co-opera-
tion of the Corporation of Rangoon whose Chief Veterinary Officer is an expert
judge of cattle and of other large buyers of cattle might be invited with a view
to making these shows the occasion of purchasing for municipal, military and
other requirements. An elaborate scheme for a model dairy farm and cattle
breeding establishment at the Mandalay Agricultural Station was prepared by
the Imperial Dairy Expert and a beginning was made with the purchase of nine
Sindhi cows and one bull.
7. Subordinate Establishment.—Excluding the two Inspectors in the Shan
States there were 23 Inspectors in Burma at the close of the year as against 24
at its commencement. They spent two-thirds of the year on tour or an average
of 20 days a month. Fifteen new Veterinary Assistants were appointed during
the year against four casualties and the number at the end of the year was 189
as compared with 178 on the 1st April 1921. The total number of animals
treated by Veterinary Assistants was 110,981. This total was exceeded only in
1917 and is very much greater than the total of 1921, 79,820. On the other
hand the number of days spent on tour by the Veterinary Assistants in Lower
Burma, 213 was the lowest in the past ten years and the corresponding figure for
Upper Burma, 209, though not the lowest for the period was considerably below
the average. On the average during the past ten years Veterinary Assistants
spent rather over two days out of five at their headquarters and during these two
days their diaries presumably showed them as engaged in writing up returns.
These figures support Mr Keith's view that Veterinary Dispensaries can be
opened at district headquarters with the existing staff.
8. Expenditure.—The total cost of the Civil Veterinary Department during
the year of report amount to Rs. 5,45,709 of which Rs. 3,38,081 fell on Provincial
Funds and the balance on Local Funds. In 1913 when there were three
Superintendents, eleven Inspectors and 120 Veterinary Assistants as compared
with 4,23, and 189 in the year of report, the total expenditure was only Rs. 2,56,120.
The increased cost has been due partly to the increase in the strength of the sub-
ordinate establishment but mainly to the much higher rates of pay which
Veterinary Assistants now draw. With effect from the 1st March 1920 Veteri-
nary Inspectors have been placed on a time-scale of Rs. 125—5—175 and Veteri-
nary Assistants on Rs. 40—2—50—3—80—f—90. Increase varying from 15 to
30 per cent. over the pay previously drawn were granted to the existing incumbents
in recognition of the increased cost of living. The Local Government's orders on
the subject are contained in your letter No. 405—17-O of the 21st January 1992 ;
they account for the increase of over Rs. 55,000 above the expenditure of 1920-21.
9. General Remarks.—Deputy Superintendents and Inspectors of the Civil
Veterinary Department were appointed to exercise the powers respectively of a
Veterinary Practitioner and Inspector under the Glanders and Farcy Act, 1899,
in the Local Government's Development Department Notifications Nos. 39 and