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76. Dacca district.—The Calcutta Gazette of the 21st April reported cattle
disease in the Munshiganj Subdivision of Dacca district and though the fact
was duly communicated to the Magistrate he did not at first take any measure
in checking the disease. But when the disease assumed a virulent type in the
middle of May he appointed, at my request, a Veterinary Assistant of this
Department, named Ashak Ali, on the 26th of May.
77. The Veterinary Assistant reports that he had visited 27 villages in
the jurisdiction of Srinagar, outpost Munshiganj, where the disease was most
prevalent, and had almost eradicated the disease when he was ordered back ;
since his return on the 17th July no cases of cattle disease were reported.
Three hundred and thirty-two head of cattle are reported to have been treated by
the Veterinary Assistant, of which only 58 died, the rest being recovered.
78. District Board, Gaya.—A Veterinary Assistant named Nunda Lal
Gupta has been permanently employed under the District Board of Gaya
since 5th October 1897. The Chairman of the Board reports: —
" He is at present chiefly employed in visiting the horse stables in the town and
neighbouring villages and reporting on the conditions of the horses and other cattle in those
places. He is also occasionally sent out on receipt of Police and other reports to treat
animals in outlying villages where cattle disease of any kind breaks out and instruct the
people as to the preventive measures to be taken against the disease and the proper treatment
to be adopted when cattle are attacked. He has also been required to draw up simple
instructions for publication in the vernacular in the villages. He seems to ho a useful
man."
79. The Veterinary Assistant treated during the year under report 133
animals, of which 132 were cured and 1 died (Appendix XXV).
80. Midnapore District Board.—The Secretary to the District Board reports
that the Veterinary Assistant Narain Chundra Roy joined the district on the
5th April 1897, and continued to serve under the Board till 10th December.
From the 5th April to the end of September 1897 he worked as Veterinary
Assistant and Pound Inspector. The work done by him as Veterinary
Assistant was fair. As Found Inspector he served for 2 months and 10 days
only, a period not long enough to enable a definite opinion to be formed of
the quality of work done by him in that capacity. The people of the district
have not had sufficient opportunity to form any opinion as to the Veterinary
Assistant. During the period of his employment nothing was heard in his
favour or against him.
81. The total number of cases treated by the Veterinary Assistant was
533, of which 428 were cured and 105 died (Appendix XXV).
82. I had difficulty in getting the diseases diagnosed by the Veterinary
Assistant. He subsequently remained away from his appointment without leave.
83. There is an objection to Veterinary Assistants undertaking the duties
of Pound Inspector in addition to their own, namely, while they are doing
Pound Inspection in one part of the district, they cannot be treating cattle
disease another. Therefore one of the two duties must suffer,
81. Cuttack.—Veterinary
Assistant Babu Benode Behari Dutt was ap-
pointed by the Magistrate on the 24th February, and is working there still. The
Magistrate reports that he is employed in the treatment of cattle disease in the
interior of the district, and that his work appears to bo satisfactory. The
Magistrate had not much opportunity of learning what the public think of him,
but he believes the more intelligent men appreciate his work.
85. The Veterinary Assistant treated 257 animals, of which 155 were
cured, 61 relieved, and 41 died (Appendix XXV).
86. Manbhum.—In the month of May the Deputy Commissioner telegraphed
to send a Veterinary Assistant to Manbhum to combat Rinderpest, then pre-
vailing there, and one of the Veterinary Assistants of this Department, named
Ashak Ali, was sent. He visited the affected places, namely, Raghunathpur
and Shewbepur, and his report shows that Rinderpest had been prevailing for
the last four months of his arrival, and about 500 cattle carried off. At the
end of May, when the disease ceased to exist, he was ordered back to
Calcutta.
87. Saran.—At the request of the Magistrate of Saran, Munshi Ashak Ali,
a Veterinary Assistant of this Department, was sent on the 8th December 1897.
He visited Saran, Kutiya, and Manji, stations of the district where cattle