ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, BENGAL,
For the year 1898-99.
BENGAL VETERINARY COLLEGE.
THE STUDENT.
Class A.—Only 8 students joined the Institution at the beginning of the
session, i.e., in June 1898, but in the following month their number increased
to 12. Of these, 4 left in August. In November, 1 more student left, owing
to his having fallen ill, but he returned in February only to leave again soon.
The smallness in the number of admissions of students this year was the subject
of a communication from the Chairman of the Managing Committee to Govern-
ment (Proceedings of the quarterly meeting held in August 1898). Seven
students continued their studies in Class A throughout the year, and 6 of them
were allowed to go up for the first annual examination. One, the Patna stipend-
iary, could not be allowed up under the rules, because he joined some three
months late. The 6 candidates were successful at the examination for promotion
to Class B.
2.
Class B.—Fifteen students, all of whom were promoted from Class A
last year, continued their studies throughout the year. They were allowed to
appear at the examination, and all passed with credit. Therefore the pass in
both classes was 100 per cent.
3. A reference to Appendices I, II, and IIa will show that in Clas A the
first man scored 522 marks, out of a possible 600, and the last 325; and that in
Class B, the first man scored 407 marks, while the last 307, out of a possible
500.
The obligatory number of marks required to obtain a pass in this College
is 50 per cent. of the aggregate.
4. The examination in Class B was conducted by a Board of Examiners.
and that of Class A by myself. I have advised that each class under the three years'
course shall be examined by outside experts, because it is much more satisfactory
to the teachers. It has been suggested for the future that the two junior classes
shall be examined by two outside examiners, and the final examination shall be
conducted by three outside examiners. The Inspector-General has suggested
that a Conference should be held, at which the subject of conducting the examin-
ations should be discussed.
5. The President of the Board of Examiners at the Bengal Veterinary
College, in his report to the Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Department, has
made the following remarks relative to the annual examination of Class B
students:—
" Fifteen students presented themselves for. the B or second-year's course examination,
and all satisfied the Examiners, thus making a maximum percentage of passes. This must
he considered most highly satisfactory, and, as I attend the Board of Examiners of all the
veterinary teaching institutions, I can conscientiously say that the applied tests were by no
means lenient. I would beg to point out that the same officers have examined students of
this college during the past three years. It was very satisfactory to notice the way in which
the students went about the animals and handled them, and showed that they had confidence
in themselves. Answers were given readily and without undue elaboration, and they showed
themselves thoroughly well up in contagious diseases, particularly those pertaining to cattle.
Great credit is due to the Principal and his staff for their incessant labour in bringing about
this satisfactory condition of things, and I have no hesitation in saying that if graduates
after the three years' course show the same progressive aptitude for veterinary work, the
country will be supplied with really valuable servants."