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APPENDIX VII.
Result of the annual examination of Class B held in March 1898.
Serial number.
1
1
2
3
4
6
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
NAMES.
2
Maximum ... ...
Poshu Pati Mitter ... ...
William Dunne
...
...
Dibakar Dey
...
...
Bireswar Mitter ... ...
Jotindra Nath Mukerjee ..
Satyendra Kumar Biswas ...
Ranjit Singh ... ...
Hemanto Kumar Ray ...
Radha Krishna Nundi ...
Ashu Tosh Biswas ... ...
Hari Pada Dass
...
...
Anukul Chandra Mukerjee ...
Jotendra Nath Mitter ...
Jnendra Nath Bose
...
Jogendra Nath Mitter ...
Surgery.
3
100
75
63
76
66
70
60
78
38
60
34
45
40
40
38
62
Medicine.
4
100
74
85
69
66
62
67
48
63
34
69
46
61
38
49
17
Materia Medi-
ca.
6
100
84
74
79
80
70
64
70
66
60
62
60
73
36
34
46
Bovine Pa-
thology.
6
100
76
90
79
78
72
80
69
67
62
71
66
62
44
4]
74
Anatomy.
7
100
89
77
84
79
82
76
70
83
78
68
77
66
82
75
82
Total.
8
500
397
389
386
368
346
336
335
296
284
284
282
281
240
237
280
Remarks.
9
Passed.
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Plucked in medicine.
APPENDIX VIII.
No. 534V.D., dated Calcutta, the 28th March 1898.
From—The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bengal,
To—The Director of the Department of Land Records and Agriculture, Bengal.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your No. 523A., of 25th March, which
reached me on the 27th instant, with enclosures.
2. In fixing the status of the Bengal Veterinary Institution and the duration of the
instruction to be given there, it is necessary to consider the work the Veterinary Assistants
will have to perform.
3. The idea appears to exist that the only demand that will be made of the Bengal
Veterinary Assistant will be that he shall retire to some village, settle down, and doctor an
occasional cow. But for a great many years to come his work will be of a much more
extended nature. His chief business will bo to fight contagious disease on a large scale, and
to treat such difficult cases (surgical and medical) as owners and local quacks have failed
to cure.
4. Moreover, we have in Bengal a very large and influential European community
of keen horsemen, who will certainly wish to make use of the services of the Veterinary
Assistants, and who will have much to say if these men are not efficient.
5. Hence the Veterinary Assistant's technical knowledge will be put to a very high
test. It is also well to remember that veterinary science is progressive, and not retrogressive,
and that the demands upon the Veterinary Assistant's practical knowledge will increase, and
not diminish.
6. With reference to paragraph 2, No. 566/322, of 19th March 1898, from the Under-Secre-
tary, Government of India, to the Chief Secretary, Bengal Government, I have to say that it
is not denied that the first thing to be done is to get working Veterinary Assistants trained
and employed in the country. The point is: how much training Bengalis require (with
special reference to their peculiarities) to cope with the work of this Province.
7. This point seems to have been reported upon fairly often, thus:—
The late Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bengal, said in his No. 592V.D.-
96, of 12th October 1896 :—
"It must be borne in mind that the average Bengali knows little or nothing of animals,
and thus the difficulty he experiences in acquiring veterinary knowledge is very consider-
able. It will, therefore, be understood how desirable it is to have an additional year of
practical study in the school, and in fact I may go further, and say it is important."
8. In February 1896 the Board of Examiners (Veterinary-Captain H. T. Pease and
Veterinary-Lieutenant J. Moore, reported :—
"The great deficiency is in the practical portion of the examination, especially in cattle
practice."