Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary
department,
United Provinces,
1915-16.
1. The administration report of the department for the year ending March
31st, 1916, is herewith submitted.
2. Owing to the development of the department, and the extension of its
operations it has been necessary to make some changes in its organisation. There
will eventually be three circles in the provinces each in charge of a Superintendent,
with three subordinate sub-divisions under the supervision of Deputy
Superintendents. Up to the present owing to the war a third Superintendent has
not been appointed, but two circles with headquarters at Luclnow and Meerut
respectively have been formed with sub-divisional offices at Bareilly and
Allahabad.
3. I held charge of the department throughout the year and Mr. C. W.
Wilson carried out the duties of second Superintendent.
Tours of officers.
4. I was on tour for 121 days, and travelled 16,315 miles by rail and 1,253
by road. I visited 20 districts, during which time inspections were made of the
veterinary hospitals and dispensaries. District stallion stands and horse, sheep
and cattle-breeding tracts were also visited. The departmental cattle farms at
Muttra and Kheri, also the stallion dépôt at Moradabad necessitated frequent
attendance by me during the year, and the stud bulls, the young equine and bovine
stock and the various experimental flocks of sheep were all periodically inspected.
Visits were made to the co-operative credit dairies at Lucknow and Benares and
advice as to the management and feeding of the stock was given When possible
the offices of the Deputy Superintendents have been inspected, and the work of
veterinary inspectors and assistants supervised and checked. Agricultural
exhibitions, horse and cattle fairs were attended and tours were made over the
principal tonga lines for examination of the ponies. Personal visits were made
and investigation was carried out in 17 outbreaks of contagious disease. I visited
Bombay for the purchase of stallions and to supervise the landing of the recently
imported English cattle, and attended Amritsar fair for the purchase of cattle and
buffaloes.
5. Mr. C. W. Wilson toured for 116 days during which time he travelled
9,717 miles by rail and 696 by road. His tours ranged in 28 districts where the
work of the subordinate staff was checked and veterinary hospitals and dispensaries
inspected. He visited most of the stallion stands in his circle as well as the stud
bulls maintained by districts. He attended the annual exhibitions and fairs at
Etawah, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur and inspected the tonga
lines in his circle. Where outbreaks of cattle disease occurred inoculations were
supervised. He attended the Agricultural Conference held in Pusa and was
deputed to Lahore to act on the board of examiners at the Punjab Veterinary
College.
6. M. Niaz Muhammad, Deputy Superintendent, Bareilly sub-division,
was on tour for 126 days during which time he travelled 6,258 miles by rail and
570 by road. His time was employed chiefly in inspection of veterinary hospitals
and dispensaries and supervision of the inspectors and veterinary assistants. He
visited the Moradabad dépôt and the stallion and bull stands of his division
where he inspected and checked the young stock. Outbreaks of contagious
disease were investigated and he attended the agricultural exhibitions at Tigri
(Moradabad). Budaun, Aligarh. Saharanpur and Meerut.
7. Mr. T. S. Davies, Deputy Superintendent, Allahabad sub-division, was
106 days on tour and travelled 7,986 miles by rail and 425 by road. His tours
mainly consisted of inspections of hospitals and dispensaries and supervision of
Government stud animals. He attended outbreaks of contagious disease and
checked the work of veterinary inspectors and assistants.
8. S. M. Baza Husain, who was recently appointed as third Deputy
Superintendent, travelled 1,122 miles by rail and 113 by road. He was employed
chiefly in connection with the recently introduced cattle-breeding scheme and