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Reserve Veterinary Assistant, Babu P. Panda, acted as Inspector of
Inoculators at Gumla till the end of May, after which he was relieved by
Babu R. N. Pundit and posted to Balasore.
Babu D. C. Guha, on being relieved of his special duties as Inspector of
Inoculators continues to act as Reserve Veterinary Assistant but officiated as
Inspector on two occasions and performed his duties in a satisfactory manner.
Babu R. N. Pundit, who was in charge of the Ranchi inoculators, did
fairly well.
Altogether 73 Veterinary Assistants were employed during the year includ-
ing two reserve assistants and one under the Bettiah Raj; of these, 3 Veteri-
nary Assistants, Babus S. Chakravarti, P. C. Bhattacharjee and M. P. Pillai,
were deputed to the Military Department and one was dismissed, while
Babu J. L. Bose of Bhagalpur was deputed to Angul as Kheddah Officer. The
number actually employad in the Province was therefore 68 at the end of the
year or 2 less than the previous year.
The services of Babu J. L. Mitter, who was deputed to Pusa for five years
in 1912 have been retained by the Indian Research Fund Association for
another two years.
The following Veterinary Assistants are commended for good work :—
Stationary Veterinary Assistants.—Babu
N. N. Ghose, Muzaffarpur, D. N.
Mukherjee, Outtack, N. Chatterjee, Ranchi, G. N. Mazumdar, Motihari,
M. Agnihotri, Bankipur, S. R. Bagchee, Bhagalpur and Maulavi Muhammad
Azam, Laheriasarai.
Itinerant
Veterinary
Assistants.—Babus
P. C. Das, Bhagalpur, H. L.
Mandal, Supaul, S. C. Roy, Hajipur, B. Sarangi, Bhadrak, A. C. Sen, Purulia,
I. B. Ghose, Dhanbad, B. L. Moitra, Jamalpur, T. Singh, Begusarai and
Maulavis Muhammad Quasim, Samastipur, M. Khan, Kendrapara and
S. Akbari, Gaya.
The Veterinary Assistants of Chaibassa, Khondmals, Khurda, Aurangabad,
Jamui, Araria, Hazaribagh, Sambalpur, Bargarh and Dumka were indifferent
in the performance of their duties.
Arrangements have been made with the Director and First Bacteriologist,
Muktesar, to train a Veterinary Assistant in the Bacteriological Laboratory
for six months; and through the courtesy of the Principal two other Veterinary
Assistants will be sent to Madras to go through a general course at the
Veterinary College.
The subordinate staff as a
whole, worked well. In attending
to their duties in the mofussil, the peripatetic assistants had to undergo
considerable hardships and the manner in which they performed their duties
is most praiseworthy.
When the conditions under which the subordinate staff have to work are
compared with those existing in other departments drawing similar rates of
pay, there is no concealing the fact that the pay is inadequate. It is hoped,
however, that the representations made to Government on their behalf will
result in a considerable increase all round in the near future.
It is to be regretted that the response of the staff to the appeal to join
the Military Department resulted in only three Veterinary Assistants offering
their services.
RESEARCH WORK.
No research work has been carried out during the year, but enquiries
were made into the mortality caused by parasitic enteritis in the Gaya district;
a pamphlet on this disease is in preparation for distribution to villagers.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The reorganization scheme has not yet been sanctioned. The low scale
of pay and bad prospects have kept back the development of the department