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as during the last year. The utilization of surplus material could not be
effected ; and on account of the want of the contractors charcoal could not be
manufactured and disposed of.
During the year under review, a further trial was given to the plantation
of deodars in blank places on the higher elevations. The natural regeneration
of trees is making satisfactory progress in places free from the grazing rights
of the villagers.
7. Meteorological Observations.—The new Observatory shed being ready
by the end of December 1903, was fitted with all instruments. The Meteoro-
logical Department thought it advisable to equip this observatory with a
thermograph and the same has been brought into use together with other
instruments for recording observations.
8. Buildings.—The buildings sanctioned under the new scheme for the
enlargement of the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory at Muktesar are near¬
ing completion, with the exception of the engine house and segregation
kraal.
9. Training of Veterinary Assistants.—During the year under Report
28 veterinary assistants were trained at Muktesar and 24 at Bareilly. As a
sufficient number of veterinary assistants were not available for being trained,
the class at Muktesar had to be closed by order of the Inspector-General,
Civil Veterinary Department, during a period of two months.
10. Branch Laboratory at Bareilly.—With the necessary staff I com-
menced work for the winter months at Bareilly by the middle of November
1903, and carried out the following :—
(i) Experiments with Hamirpur and Bijnor District bulls with a
view to test their susceptibility to rinderpest.
(ii) Experiments with a view to find out periods during which hill
bulls are found to be protected against rinderpest when
injected with varying doses of anti-rinderpest serum and
subsequently tested with virulent rinderpest material.
(iii) Observations of Dourine cases.
(iv)
Do.
of Camel Surra.
(v) Training of veterinary assistants.
The necessary requirements with regard to buildings, road, fencing, etc., as
sanctioned by the Government were also hastened.
11. Staff and Establishment.—In connection with the new scheme Gov-
ernment sanction has been received to increase the Laboratory staff by two
veterinary graduates, two native Laboratory assistants and one storekeeper
together with the necessary menials.
I wish to put on record the hearty co-operation I received, as in previous
years, from the Laboratory staff and establishment, which entailed continuous
work on Sundays and holidays.
SECTION II.
Research.
12. In a previous report I pointed out that according to statistics received
from some districts—Jalaun and Hamirpur—the mortality from rinderpest in
cattle of all ages during certain outbreaks has been observed to be very high
The official returns for 1901-02 show that—
Hamirpur .
Jalaun
Attacked.
. 12,077
.
2,955
Deaths.
5,501
1,583
Percentage of
mortality.
45.5
53.5
13. Bulls from the Hamirpur District.—As during the cold season of
1902-03 bovines from the Jalaun District were tested with regard to their
susceptibility to rinderpest, it was arranged that during the cold season of 1903-
04 animals from the Hamirpur District should be submitted to the same test.
With this end in view 24 bulls were obtained, and 8 were injected by the
simultaneous method with anti-rinderpest serum. On account of the high
mortality recorded two animals each received doses of 5, 10, 15 and 20 c.c.
respectively, per 600 lbs. body weight. At the same time two bulls, as