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PART IV.—Subordinate Establishment.
44. Table VII shows the strength of the Subordinate Staff.
45. There were at the close of the year 6 Inspectors, 63 Veterinary
Assistants, 4 Staft Veterinary Assistants and 6 Reserve Veterinary
Assistants. Last year the numbers were 5 Inspectors, 55 Veterinary
Assistants, 4 Staff and 3 Reserve Veterinary Assistants.
46. One new Inspector was sanctioned during the year for the Chitta-
gong Division. The number of new Veterinary Assistants taken was 11,
including 3 Reserve Assistants.
47. The reluctance evinced by many District Boards to take more men
cannot be commended. The stereotyped objection of paucity of funds has
now been removed by the payment of the (Jess revenue, and over and above
this, most of the District Hoards raise an annual revenue of Rs. 2,000 to
Rs. 3,000 by the sale of cattle pounds. I see no reason why at least a portion
of the sum raised from the cattle of the district, should not be spent on
account of their treatment and improvement. I beg to draw the notice of the
Government to this.
48. The cases of Jessore. Burdwan and Dinajpur districts require
immediate attention. They have 5, 4 and 3 subdivisions respectively, but
there is only one Itinerating Veterinary Assistant in each to look after the
whole of the district which is practically impossible.
49. The work performed by the subordinate staff ha.> been on the whole
fairly satisfactory.
50. Inspectors.—The Inspectors worked hard and conscientiously
during the year, and I am satisfied with their work with the exception of
Babu Jitendra Nath Dutt Chaudhuri. of Burdwan Circle, whom I have found
very unreliable and irregular in his work.
51. Staff Veterinary Assistants.—Of the 4 Staff Veterinary Assistants
one Babu Pashupati Mukherji was employed by the Director of Agriculture
in connection with the cattle survey, till the 16th January 1914, when
he left the Department to join his new appointment under the Forest Depart-
ment, Assam. His post remained vacant till the end of the year. Staff
Veterinary Assistant, Babu Ashutosh Biswas, has been posted back to district
work on completion of his term on staff. In this way I propose to send back
to districts all the present Staff Veterinary Assistants, after they have been
here for a year or 18 months, and to take in the next senior men in their
place to work under the more immediate supervision of the Superintendent ;
thus giving them while at head-quarters, an opportunity of polishing up their
knowledge at Belgachia and of making themselves acquainted with the
veterinary work in other districts. This will enable the Superintendent to
come in touch with all his subordinates and to make a better selection at
the time of promotion.
52. Veterinary Assistants.—With a few exceptions the Veterinary
Assistants are apathetic in their work. They seem to have little or no desire
to do well or to justify their posting and make it a success and fail to appre-
ciate the fact that they have responsibility in the matter.
53. The following are mentioned as being particularly remiss :—
S. K. Singh, Chuadanga. since dismissed.
P. C. Ghose Kishorganj, recalle I to reserve and punished.
Monindra Nath Majumdar,
Kiron Chandra Mitra.
Ugen Tinging.
Jaugman Singh.
Serajul Huque,
Trilochon Sirkar,
Unsatisfactory.
PART V.—Expenditure of the Department.
54. Table XIV-A shows the cost of the Department during the year,
including that of the Bengal Veterinary College.