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Force. He was on tour for seven days and travelled 680 miles by rail and eight
by road. He made inspections of hospitals and dispensaries and partly supervised
the work of his subordinate staff.
10. S. M. Raza Husain, the third Deputy Superintendent of the Lucknow
sub-division, held charge of the Allahabad sub-division in addition to his own
duties during the absence of Mr. Davies. He was on tour for 215 days and
travelled 12,459 miles by rail and 968 by road. He attended outbreaks of
glanders and farcy in the districts of Basti and Gorakhpur where the disease
was of a virulent type and also of surra in the Banda district. His time was
chiefly occupied at both the cattle farms for the selection and issue of bulls
and supervision of the agricultural operations. He also toured through the
tracts where sheep-breeding operations are in progress. He visited Amritsar in
connection with the purchase of cattle for farms and agricultural department and
assisted the Superintendent, generally in inspections of veterinary hospitals, dis-
pensaries, and the subordinate staff.
I.—VETERINARY INSTRUCTIONS.
11. Twelve students were this year selected for scholarships at the veterinary
colleges. Three were sent to Bengal and nine to the Punjab. Of those students
who were already undergoing a course of study, three in the final class at the
Bengal College have passed their examinations and joined the department, the
three in the second year class have also duly passed into the third year class and the
remaining three have successfully passed their first examination. Of the Punjab
students, out of the two in the final year, one passed the examination and joined
the department and the other failed, but was allowed to continue his studies for
another year. Out of six students in the second year class five passed and were
promoted to the third year class, one failed in one subject but has been allowed to
go up for re-examination in June. Out of eight students in the first year class
four passed and joined the second year class, four failed in one subject each but has
been permitted to go up for re-examination in June.
12. Candidates possessing Vernacular Final examination certificates are
admitted into the Punjab Veterinary College as Government stipend-holders if
they are, in the opinion of the Principal, sufficiently educated, intelligent, and
physically fit to profit by the veterinary college course. Preference however is
given to men who have a school-leaving qualification.
13. The United Provinces Veterinary Medical Society, which was started
by the members of the civil veterinary staff in 1912, continues doing good work
and is greatly to be encouraged as a means of keeping the members up to date in
their scientific knowledge and promoting an interchange of professional ideas.
The Urdu Veterinary Journal is published monthly.
14. Owing to the demands of services of compounders in the veterinary
hospitals and dispensaries, it has been found desirable to train them at the Luck-
now Research Station for which a scheme is being formulated.
15. Owing to the war the establishment of a nalbands' class at the research
depot has not been possible.
16. Demonstrations and lectures on veterinary subjects were given by the
staff in some of the important fairs and shows.
II.—TREATMENT OF DISEASE.
See Table II.
17. During the past year the reported mortality from various contagious
diseases has been 15,473. Rinderpest has been responsible for 7,563 of the deaths
recorded.
18. Equine.—Equine contagious diseases occurring in the four selected
horse-breeding districts, viz. Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Bulandshahr, and Aligarh, is
dealt with by the Army Remount department, while the Army Veterinary Corps
deals with the affected animals in the various military stations. The figures here
only refer to cases brought directly under the notice of the Civil Veterinary depart-
ment.
19. Glanders and Farcy.—This disease appeared during the year in the
districts of Dehra Dun, Etah, Benares, Gorakhpur, Basti, and Naini Tal, and 41
animals either succumbed to the malady or were destroyed in accordance with