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392. Early in January I attended the following committees:—
(a) At Hissar on Siege Train and Army Transport bullocks.
(b) At Kurnal on Cyprian mules.
(c) At Babugarh on the prevalence of glanders in the Remount Depôt.
393. I then proceeded to Jacobabad to attend the Sind Horse Show when I
was able to discuss with the Commissioner in Sind and the Deputy Commis-
sioner, Upper Sind Frontier, certain points connected with horse and mule
breeding in the province and certain alterations which were deemed necessary
for the welfare of the show.
394. I then proceeded to Madras to inspect and purchase Australian
stallions, and on my way I halted at Ahmednagar to inspect a thoroughbred
stallion imported from England. Whilst in Madras, I had an interview with the
Honourable Mr. H. M. Winterbotham, I.C.S., Member of Council, and was able
to discuss with him the advisability of adopting the measures advocated after
my interview with the Honourable Mr. Nicholson, Commissioner of Revenue
Settlement and Director of the Department of Land Records and Agriculture.
I was also able to explain to him the advantages to be derived by the adoption
of the preventive system of inoculation in outbreaks of rinderpest.
395. On my return I conferred with the Director of Land Records,
Bombay, at Poona and with the Secretary to Government of Bombay, on the
subject of pay proposed for the Subordinate Veterinary Establishment in that
Presidency.
396. From 29th January to 1st February a conference of all Principals of
Veterinary Colleges was held at Umballa in order to draw up a curriculum,
to lay down text books, and to draw up a system of examination with a view
of securing more uniformity than has hitherto existed. The Conference was
also able to discuss other points and to make recommendations which, if given
effect to, will lead to good results.
397. I then proceeded to Sibi to attend the horse show and on my return I
completed my purchase of Arab stallions in Bombay.
398. March was mainly devoted to various horse shows. I attended the
following:—Dera Ghazi Khan, Umballa, Shahpur, Gujrat and Rawalpindi,
availing myself of a short break to meet the officers connected with horse and
mule breeding, viz., the Superintendents, Civil Veterinary Department, North-
Western Provinces and Oudh, North Punjab, South Punjab, and Baluchistan
and Sind. This meeting took place at Babugarh and the allotment of new
horse and donkey stallions then took place. The questions mainly discussed
were those connected with the extension of mule-breeding and the best means
of obtaining Ordnance and Transport mules.
399. During my tour I made a point of frequently meeting the Assistant
to the Inspector-General, and discussing with him the important work which
has made a satisfactory commencement this year. I allude to the inoculation
of cattle as a preventive against rinderpest.
400. In order to carry out the orders of the Government of India and with
a view of curtailing the Annual Administration Report of this Department, all
details of various conferences held have been omitted.
Assistant to the
Inspector-General,
Civil Veterinary
Department.
401. Veterinary Lieutenant Holmes officiated in this appointment from
1st April to 6th July when he was relieved by Veterinary Major Hagger.
This officer has been employed almost entirely on the preventive inocula-
tion of cattle and has visited the following centres :—Muktesar (Kumaon Hills),
the Western Dun, Bijnour, Etawah, Rambagh and Gorakhpur in North-West-
ern Provinces, Hissar (Punjab) and Ahmedabad (Bombay).
He also attended the examinations held at Lahore, Bombay, Ajmer and
Bengal.
He was 269 days in camp and travelled 12,100 miles by rail and 1,160
by road.
Imperial Bacteri-
ologist.
402. This officer visited the districts or tehsils of Bareilly, Aligarh, Buland-
shahr, Orai and Pithoragarh and inoculated cattle. He also visited Muzafar-
nagar in connection with a trial of a Fungus imported from South Africa for