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ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BENGAL,
FOR THE YEAR 1911-12.
PREFACE AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
During the year under report I held charge of the Veterinary Depart-
ment, Bengal, except for two short periods when I was on privilege leave and
attending the Delhi Durbar as Veterinary Officer to the Volunteer Contingent.
Colonel Raymond on both occasions acted for me in addition to his own
duties.
The report herewith submitted deals exclusively with that part of my
charge which now constitutes the new Province of Bihar and Orissa, that on
the work in the Bengal Districts being contributed by Major Smith, Principal
of the Veterinary College and Superintendent of the Veterinary Department,
Bengal.
The year which has drawn to a close has brought about many
changes : First, the introduction of the Provincial Veterinary Service on the
1st April 1911; second, the partition of Bengal with 33 districts, into the
new Province of Bihar and Orissa with 21 districts (the remainder being
allotted to Bengal); and third the proposed abolition of the post of Inspector-
General, Civil Veterinary Department, and placing the Department in India
under the Agricultural Adviser to the Government of India.
As regards the hearing of the first two questions on the general effici-
ency of the Department in this Province, they will, I believe, be followed by
marked improvement in the class of Assistant admitted and in the work of
the Assistants and Staff in general. In respect of the third, it is unnecessary
to make any remarks except that it is a step which leads anywhere but
toward progress.
Tours were made in most districts of the Province to enquire into
the work of the Veterinary Assistants and the Cattle Farms at Siripur and
Bettiah were inspected. Fairs at Sonepore, Bihta, Raghunathpore and
Ranchi were also attended. I was on tour for 174 days and travelled 13,384
miles by rail and 833 miles by road.
PART I.
VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
From this Province very few students presented themselves at the
Bengal Veterinary College for admission, and at the end of the year there
remained—
Class " A" ... ... ... ... ...
Class "B" ... ... ... ... ...
Class "C" ... ... ... ... ...
Total
9
4
5
18
of this number 12 were Biharis, and the remainder Uriyas.
As regards the type of student admitted to the College from Bihar, I
regret to say that he is at present not up to the standard one would like to
see and in many cases is, as is proved by the number rejected by Colonel
Raymond, unfit for the posts open to him. In the majority of cases also, they
7
Cruelty to animals appears to be a dead letter in most Municipalities,
though the Department has offered the assistance of Inspectors and Assistants
at the granting of licenses and their advice is taken at the time, rejected
ponies are afterwards given a license by interested parties, especially in
those Municipalities which are under native supervision. It is almost
impossible to speak restrainedly of the manner in which ponies suffering
from wounds, galls, lameness, and old age are allowed to ply for hire, and
of the callousness displayed by educated native gentlemen to the cruelty
that goes on around them. Gaya, Cuttack, Bankipore, Monghyr, Bhagalpur,
and a number of the smaller Municipalities are the principal places where
such practices exist. The Act which deals with such offences appears to be
useless, as fines, which are readily paid, are the only punishment adopted.
There appear to be only two methods of dealing with this question: (1)
destruction of horses certified as unfit for work, (2) sending the others to
a hospital until they are again able to be put to use.
It appears to be desirable that all animals and carriages plying for hire
in the mufassil as well as in Municipalities should be licensed and subjected
to inspection by the Veterinary Assistants and Inspectors of the Department.
Stable accommodation in Municipalities should also be considered in
connection with future sanitation schemes. In most instances stables are
kept in a very bad state, no proper system of drainage is provided, while, as a
rule, they are situated in crowded quarters of the town.
D. QUINLAN, M.R.C.V.S.,
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bihar and Orissa.
ii
TABLE IV.
showing the number of animals treated and castrated by Veterinary Assistants on tour during
1911-1912.
PROVINCE.
1
1. Patna ...
2. Dinapur ...
3. Barh ...
4. Bihar ...
5. Cava (It.) ...
6. Gaya (D) ...
7. Shahabad
(Arrai:.)
8. Buxar ...
9. Sasaram ...
10. Dumraon
Dis-
pensary.
11. Saran , Larpur
12. Chapra ...
13. Sewan ...
14. Champaran ...
16. Bettiah ...
16. Muzaffarpur ...
17. Hajipur ...
18. Shamarhi ...
19. Darbhanga ...
20. Monghyr ...
21. Begusersi ...
22. Jamui ...
23. Bhagalpur (Ma-
dhupura.)
29. Bhagalpur ...
(Sadar.)
30. Purnea ...
31. Araria ...
32. Kissanganj ...
33. Sonthal Parga-
nas,Dumha.
34. Shahebganj ...
35. Cuttack ...
36. Balasore ...
37. Augul ...
38. Khondmals
39. Puri ...
40. Khurda ...
41. Sambalpur ...
42. Bargarh ...
43. Hazartbagh ...
44. Giridih ...
45. Ranchi ...
46. Palarnau
(En-
cumbered Es-
tates).
47. Palamau (D. B).
48. Manbhurn ...
49. Dhanbaid ...
Grand Total ...
Number of Villages
Visited
2
...
268 258
275
23
125 171
148
52
301
192
203
471
193
313
202
24
211
410
208
156
607
283
394
63
242
136
264
175
320
204 302
301
264
196
367
185 126
110
140
449
9,643
Number of Veteti-
nary
Assistants
employed.
3
1
1
1
1 4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1 1
2
1
1
1
1
1
66
CASTRATIONS
PERFORMED.
Equines.
4
...
8
3
... 1
2
6
5
0
J
5
1 2
3
6
3
6
6
1
1
2
...
1
71
Bovines.
5
5
9
...
11
...
26
Others.
6
3
7
1
... 8
6
3
1
3
...
...
...
...
... 2
34
Total.
7
11
3
8
8
0
5
18 2
13
1
2
0
8
3
5
6 1
1
1
5
11
3
130
TREATED FOR CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES.
Equines.
8
4
2
11
...
1
2
6
...
3
...
5
33
Bovines.
9
543
1,339
1.081
200
304
615
185
73
187
217
200
4-18
471
173
803
401
1,976
210
1,548
796
1,130
374
60
102
325
2,850
221
3,185
2,670
2,655
440
261
1,642
49
80
388
126
368
181
28,068
Others.
10
... 8
61
1
10
3
11
13
2
1
11
49
6
2
108
Total.
11
547
1,349
1,135
200
310
625
185
83
188
217
304
459
471
173
821
404
1,078
211
1,551
796
1,130
374
60
102
330
2,850
221
3,185
2.710
2,555
452
251
1,647
49
80
388
126
358
103
29,164
TREATED FOR NON-CONTAGIOUS
DISEASES.
Equines.
12
138
71
83
83
20
0
402
321
407
15.1
137
198
59 7
64 03
104
122
107 80
371
16
6
22
74
278
29 12
12
65 16
45
41
7
7
0
76
3,759
Bovines.
13
113
807
24
233
78
96
233
632 307
103
323
222
560 0
320 115
394
325
171
137
630
330
01
171
215
773
126
460
449
283
231 72
208
47
25
105
411
9,979
Others.
14
...
51 4
32
12
...
19
221
81
148
59
59 70
28
3
27
15
30
58
10
5
20
67 8
9
158
371
21
72 6
G3
6 15
3
1
68
1,747
Total.
15
302
832
107
848 110
121
850
1,037
922
411
618
400
647 10
411 223
537
005
207
222
1,030
412 75
202
447
1,322
176
611
400
411
255
132
240
67
32
115
677
15,485
Total number of
cases treated and
castratious perform-
ed.
16
800
2,231
1,243
203
684
772
317
945
1,226
1,174
733
979
583 173
1,468
480
2,390
436
2,007
1,309
1,430
001
1,002
103
749
2,926
423
3,637
4,041
2,731
1,007
717
2,068
304
212
637
182
390 115
743
44,779
iv
TABLE VII.
Showing total strength of Subordinate staff employed during the year 1911-1912.
PROVINCE.
1
Bengal ...
How employed.
2
In schools and
Colleges.
In Dispensaes
On other works
Whether paid from Pro-
vincial or Local funds.
3
Provincial
1. Provincial ...
2. Local
1. Provincial ...
2. Local
Total
Teaching
Staff.
4
...
...
...
Veteri-
nary In-
spectors.
5
...
5(d)
...
5
Subordi-
nate staff
not includ-
ed in
previous
columns.
6
3(a)
1(e)
4
Veterinary
Assistants.
7
15(b)
3(c)
37(f)
3(g)
58
Total.
8
15
6
42
4
67
(a) Three Assistants employed by the Raj Estates of Dumraon, Hathwa and Bettiah.
(b) Fourteen Assistants as per Reorganisation scheme sanctioned in Government order No. 1534T.—R., dated the
25th September 1911, and one at Dumka.
(c) Employed by the District Boards of Cuttack, Ranchi and Sambalpar.
(d) Five Inspectors employed by the Civil Veterinary Department,
(c) Employed by the Pinjrapole Society at Hazaribagh.
(f) Twenty-seven Assistants as per Reorganisation scheme sanctioned in Government order No. 1534T.—R., dated
the 25th September 1911, one at Bihar live Reserve Veterinary Assistants and four employed by the Government
Estates of Khurda, Bargarh, Angul and Khondmals.
g) One employed by the Encumbered Estate of Palamau and two by the District Boards of Sambalpar and
Cuttack.
NOTE.—The two Assistants in charge of Hazaribagh and Purulia (Manbhum) Dispensaries are classed in the
scheme as Itinerants.
TABLE VIII.
Return of Stud Bulls for the year 1911-1912.
PROVINCE.
1
1. Patna ...
2. Gaya ...
3. Shahabad ...
4. Saran ...
5. Champaran ...
6. Muzaffarpur ...
7. Darbhanga ...
8. Monghyr ...
9. Bhagalpur ...
10. Purnca ...
11. Southal Parganas
12. Cattack ...
13. Balasore ...
14. Angul and Khend-
mals.
15. Puri ...
16. Sambalpur
...
17. Hazaribagh ...
18. Ranchi ...
19. Palamau ...
20. Manbhum ...
21. Singhbhum ...
Total
PROPERTY OF GOVERNMENT
Number
on 1st
April.
2
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
5
Obtained during
the year.
Number.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Average
price
paid.
4
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
70
...
...
...
...
70
Casual-
ties dur-
ing the
year.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Balance
remain-
ing on
31st
March.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
6
PROPERTY OF LOCAL BODIES.
Number
on 1st
April.
7
1
1
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
3
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
Obtained during
the year.
Number.
8
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Average
price
paid.
9
Rs.
...
...
...
...
... 163
...
...
... 193
... 200
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
556
Casual-
ties dur-
ing the
year.
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Balance
remain-
ing on
31st
March.
11
1
1
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
1
...
4
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
One was sold as being unserviceable.
*Buffalo bull.
v
TABLE IX.
Showing main results of the working of Provincial Cattle Farms during the year 1911-1912.
PROVINCE.
1
BENGAL ...
Name of farm.
2
Bettiah ...
Total
RECEIPTS.
Sale of ani-
mals.
3
Rs.
303
393
Sale
of pro-
duce.
4
Rs.
10
10
Other heads.
5
Rs.
...
...
Total.
6
Rs.
403
403
EXPENDITURE.
Salaries
of
establishment.
7
Rs.
926
926
Food
and keep
of animals.
8
Rs.
3,106
3,106
Cultivation
9
Rs
204
204
Purchase of
animals.
10
Rs.
708
708
Other heads.
11
Rs.
100
100
Total.
12
Rs.
5,044
6.044
VALUATION OF STOCK, GRAIN
AND FODDER REMAlNING
AT CLOSE OF YEAR AS
DETAILED ON RE-
VERSE.
Cattle.
13
Rs.
2.000
2,060
Grain.
14
Rs
...
Fodder.
15
Rs
...
Total.
16
Rs.
2.969
2,969
Valuation statement of Cattle, Grain and Fodder in hand at close of the year 1911-1912.
NUMBER OF
QUANTITY.
No.
1
Quantity.
2
DESCRIPTION.
3
Cattle.
Bulls
...
Cows
Male stock, 2 years old ...
...
Male stock, 1 year old
Male stock, calves
Female stock, 2 years old
Female stock, 1 year old ... ...
Female stock, calves ... ...
Total
Grain and fodder.
Grain
Hay
Kirby, etc. ... ...
Total
Grand Total
BRTTIAH.
No.
4
20
42
7
6
6
6
5
11
103
...
...
...
Rate.
5
Rs.
55
31
21
13
8
2S
12
6
...
...
...
...
...
Value.
6
Rs.
1,100
1,302
147
78
48
168
60
66
2,969
...
...
2,969
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TABLE X.
Return of Horse, Pony, and Donkey Stallions under Local Bodies for the year 1911 1912.
Details.
1
Balance on 1st April ...
Increase
Purchased in
India.
Received from
Total
Decrease
Died ...
Sold ...
Destroyed ...
Transferred to
Total decrease...
Balance on 31st March ...
Total
HORSE AND PONY STALLIONS UNDER LOCAL BODIES.
HORSES.
Arab.
2
1
...
1
1
1
Persian.
3
...
Country-bred.
4
...
...
...
5
...
...
...
6
...
...
...
Total.
7
1
...
1
...
1
1
PONIES.
Arab.
8
Persian.
9
...
...
...
Country-bred
10
...
...
11
...
12
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
13
...
...
...
...
...
Total horses and
ponies.
14
1
...
...
1
...
...
1
1
TABLE XI.
Services and Produce of each class of Horse, Pony, and Donkey Stallions under Local
Bodies during 1911-1912.
Horse, Pony or
Donkey.
1
Horse ...
Pony ...
Donkey
Province.
2
Bengal.
District Shahabad
(Dumraon
Raj
estate).
District
Saran
(Hathwa
Raj
estate).
......
Total ...
Stallions on register on
31st March.
3
1
...
...
1
STALLIONS AC-
------ EM-
PLOYED AT
STUD.
Tear
under
report.
4
1
...
...
1
Previ-
ous
year.
5
1
...
...
1
NUMBER OF
MAKES COV-
ERED .
Year
under
report.
6
...
...
...
...
Previ-
ous
year.
7
8
...
...
8
AVERAGE NUMBER
OF MARES COV-
ERED PER
STALLION EM-
PLOYED AT STUD.
Tear
under
report.
8
...
...
...
...
Previ-
ous
year.
9
...
...
...
...
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TABLE XII.
Slowing average cost of Feed, Keep, Attendance, etc., of Horse, Pony and Donkey Stallion
during the year 1911-12.
PROVINCE.
1
Bengal.
District Shahabad (Dumraon Raj
estate).
Total
HORSE.
Year
under
report.
2
Rs.
190
190
Previous
year.
3
Rs.
248
248
PONY.
Year
under
report.
4
Rs.
...
...
Previous
year.
5
Rs.
...
...
DONKEY.
Year
under
report.
6
Rs.
...
...
Previous
year.
7
Rs.
...
...
TABLE XIII.
Abstract of particulars regarding Horse Fairs and Shows held in non-selected districts
during the year 1911-1912.
PROVINCE.
1
1. Bhita ...
2. Barakpore ...
3. Khagra ...
4. Sonepur ...
5. Singheswarthan
6. Dhurramganj
7. Biswa Bhusanda
8. Dumraon ...
9.Hardi ...
Total ...
Number of Horse Fairs and Shows held.
2
1
1
1
1
1
1 2
... 1
9
TOTAL NUMBER OF
ANIMALS PRESENT.
Year under Report.
3
...
... 2,068
10.000
480
660
600
... 1,000
14,688
Previous year.
4
...
387
4,600
10,000
492
621
760
... 600
17,250
TOTAL NUM-
BER COM-
PETING FOR
PRIZES .
Year under report.
5
20
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
20
Prerious year.
6
16
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
16
TOTAL NUMBER
OF HORSE STOCK
(NOT INCLUDING
BRANDED
MARES)
PRESENT
Belonging to breeders.
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Belonging to dealers,
8
100
... 3,068
10,000
480
660
...
... 600
13,688
Total number of animals sold.
9
...
...
...
... 293
... 466
... 400
1,148
PRIZES AWARDED.
From Imperial Funds.
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
From Provincial Funds.
11
200
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
200
From Local Funds.
12
93
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
93
From other sources.
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
14
293
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
293
Amount
actually
awarded.
15
293
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
293
Number of medals
awarded.
16
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Amount
sanctioned by Government
of India
17
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
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TABLE XIV.
Abstract of Particulars regarding Cattle Fairs and Shows held during the year 1911-1912.
PROVINCE.
1
1. Sitamarhi ...
2. Khagra ...
3. Chatra ...
4. Bihta ...
5. Sonepur ...
6. Barahpur ...
7. Biswa Bhasanda
8. Sambalpur ...
9. Dharamganj ...
10. Loalong ...
11. Chatea (Ranchi)
12. Chander Dobi ...
13. Damecrson ...
14. Silhowri ...
16. Singheswarthan5
Hardi ...
Total
Number of Cattle Fairs and
Shows held.
2
1
1
1
3*
1
1
a
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
16
NUMBER OF STOCK PRESENT.
Balls.
3
60
4
600
1
176
30
760
Bullocks.
4
20,000
6,000
1,600
8.000
20,000
15,059
2,400
6
1,600
6,000
16,000
20
11,000
1,07,481
Cows.
5
06
600
7,000
1,000
600
400
8
26
1,000
4
10,732
Young stock.
6
16,000
000
600
800
25
278
2
17,605
Buffaloes.
7
800
3,500
1,000
600 300
8,301
330
12
450
3,000
18,203
Camels.
8
300
60
Nil
350
Others.
9
1,600
671
100
300
Nil
2
371
400
3,344
Average price of
ANIMAL SOLO.
Bulls.
10
Rs.
25
60
26
30
Bullocks.
11
Rs.
185
?5
80
36
40
72
4
20
76
60
Cows.
12
Rs.
20
16
70
60
36
60
32
20
| 40
Buffaloes.
13
Rs.
66
40
100
100
25
65
60
20
Camels.
14
Rs.
30
|
30
Amount realised in fees.
15
Rs.
617
3,630
4,256
Total number of animals that
competed for prizes.
16
Rs.
270
125
63
188
645
PRIZES AWARDED
From Imperial Funds.
17
...
...
From Provincial Funds.
18
Rs.
100
200
...
300
From Local Funds.
19
Rs.
250
03
65
100
598
From other sources.
20
Rs.
...
200
...
42
242
Total.
21
Rs.
350
203
65
300
42
1,140
Number of medals awarded.
22
1
...
1
REMARKS.
23
Other parti-
culars
not
known.
*Two fairs and out show.
TABLE XIV(a).
Statement showing the Expenditure of the Civil Veterinary Department during the year
1911-1912 in the province of Bengal.
HEADS OF ACCOUNTS.
1
Superintendence ...
Veterinary
Instruc-
tion.
Subordinate
Esta-
blishment.
Hospitals and Dispen-
saries.
Prizes ...
Fairs and shows ...
Brooding operations...
Total
AMOUNT.
Imperial.
2
Rs. a. p.
13,300 15
0
28,100
0
0
......
......
......
......
......
41,400 16
0
Provincial.
3
Rs. a. p.
32,817 15
1
1,12,645
8 10
14,014
0
1
15,963
3
1
......
......
......
1,75,440 11 1
Local.
4
Rs. a. p.
150 13 0
2,457 12
8
7,364
9
1
46,728 13
3
100
0
0
2,212 10
0
2,460
4
5
61,474 14
6
TOTAL.
5
Rs. a. p.
46,269 11
1
1,43,203
5
6
21.378 10
0
62,692
0
4
100
0
0
2,212 10
0
2,460
4
5
2,78,316
9
4
REMARKS.
6
This state-
ment in-
cludes
the
ex-
pendi-
ture on
account
of
the
Burdwan
and Pre-
sidency
Divisions
and the
District
of Dar-
jeeling.
B. & O. i. P. (Agri.) No. 27—200+2—2-10-1912—W. R.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BIHAR & ORISSA,
FOR THE YEAR
1912-13.
PATNA :
PRINTED AT THE BIHAR AND ORISSA GOVERNMENT PRESS.
1013.
[Price, Indian, S annas; English, 8d.]
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BIHAR & ORISSA,
FOR THE YEAR
1912-13.
PATNA :
PRINTED AT THE BIHAR AND ORISSA GOVERNMENT PRESS.
1913.
[Price, Indian, S annas; English, Sd.]
Agents for thejSale of Books published by the Bihar and Orissa Government.
Agents in India :
(1) Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co.. Calcutta.
(2) Messrs. W. Newman & Co., Caloutta.
(3) Messrs. S. K. Lahiri & Co., Calcutta
(4) Messrs. A. M. & J. Ferguson, Ceylon.
(5) Messrs. B. Cambray & Co., 6 and 8-2, Hastings Street,
Calcutta.
(6) Messrs. Thompson & Co., Madras,
(7) Messrs. D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 103, Meadow Street,
Fort, Post Box No. 13, Bombay.
(8) Messrs. M. C. Sircar & Sons, 75, Harriaon Road, Calcatta.
Agents in England :
(1) Messrs. Constable & Co., 10, Orange Street Leicester Square,
London, W. C.
(2) Messrs. Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 43, Gerrard
Street, Soho, London, W.
(3) Mr. B. Quaritoh,11, Grafton Street New Bond Street
London, W.
(4) Messrs. P. S. King & Son, 2 and 4, Great Smith Street,
Westminster, London, S. W.
(5) Mr. B. H. Blackwell, 50 and 51, Broad Street, Oxford.
(6) Messrs. Deighton Bell & Co., Trinity Street, Cambridge.
(7) Messrs. Menry S. King & Co., 65, Cornhill, London, S. C.
(8) Messrs. Grindlay & Co., 54, Parliament Street, London, S. W.
(9) Messrs. W. Thacker & .Co., 2, Creed Lane, Ludgate Hill,
London, E. C.
(10) Messrs. Luzac & Co., 46, Great Russel Street, London, W. C.
(11) Messrs. Oliver and Boyd, Tweddale Court, Edinburgh.
(12) Messrs. E. Ponsaby, LI., 113 Grafton Street, Dublin.
Agents on the Continent :
(1)M. M. Friedliander and Sohn, 11, Carlstrasse, Berlin.
(2) M. Otto Harrassowits, Leipzig.
(3) M. KarliHierscmann, 29, Konigstrassce, Leipzig.
(4) M. Ernest Leroux, 28, Rue Bonaparts, Paris
(5) Mortinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Holland.
CONTENTS.
General Administration.
Veterinary Instruction
...
...
Treatment of Diseases
Breeding Operations
Subordinate Establishment ...
Research Work ...
...
...
General Remarks
Appendices
Page
1
1—2
2—3
6—7
7—8
8
8—9
I—VIII
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BIHAR & ORISSA,
FOR THE YEAR 1912-13.
PREFACE AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.
THE supervision of the Veterinary Department of this Province was in
my charge during the past year: and also, for a short period during April, the
Districts in the Presidency and Burdwan Divisions of Bengal, until I was
relieved by Major Smith, the present Principal of the Bengal Veterinary
College.
The headquarters of the Department at the beginning of the year
were located in Ranchi, but in July, for want of sufficient accommodation,
they were transferred to the Old Jail Buildings at Bhagalpur. The office is
now located in a hired bungalow near the river.
Tours were undertaken in most of the districts to enquire into the work
of the Assistants and into outbreaks of cattle disease. A special tour was
made, in company with the Director of Agriculture, in the Muzaffarpur and
Darbhanga districts, to enquire into the reasons for the antipathy shown to
inoculation by many Hindu villagers. I visited the south of the Ranchi
District in February to enquire into the presence of the cattle disease there, and
inspected the Siripur Farm once, and the Bettiah Farm on three occasions.
I attended the Bengal Veterinary College as an Examiner at the annual
examinations; and also the Sonepur and Ranchi Fairs.
I was on tour for 250 days and travelled 12,442 miles by rail and 2,059
miles by road.
I should like to emphasise here the necessity of providing for another
Imperial Officer. It is impossible for satisfactory work to be undertaken
and carried to a successful issue when one's efforts are dissipated over so wide
an area as the present province. Veterinary Assistants wish for and expect
the supervision and advice of such an officer, and though it might cost more
to provide an additional Superintendent, the increased efficiency would un-
doubtedly compensate for the extra expenditure.
PART I.
VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.
The number of students from this province who were on the roll of the
Bengal Veterinary College at the end of the year under report was as follows :—
Class "A"
Class
"B"
Class "C"
Total ...
8
4
5
17