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Hungary, so that the purchasing officer may not have reason to hurry over
his work. The difficulty experienced during recent years in obtaining really
high class Arab stallions in. the Bombay market induces me to recommend
that the opportunity afforded of securing some from Hungary should not be
overlooked.
19. I owe Mr. Brüll, the British Consul at Buda Pesth, a debt of gratitude
for having so kindly and heartily co-operated with me in my interview with
the officiating head of the Hungarian Horse-breeding Department, and for
having accompanied me to and from Babona, and most kindly acted as interpre-
ter and made my interview pleasant and satisfactory with the Hungarian offi-
cials. I also wish to record my sincere thanks to the Commandant of the
Babona Stud for the very hearty manner in which he personally showed every
head of stock, and was always genially ready to reply to all my questions and
afford all information in his power.
20. A detailed account of the £60 advanced to me by the India Office,
together with the two (first and seconds) unused forms of bill on the Right
Hon'ble the Secretary of State for India, are submitted under cover of a
separate communication.
Dated 13th August 1892.
Demi-official from—Herr F. STOCKINGER, Consul-General for Austro-Hungary,
To—J. H. B. HALLEN, Esq., Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Department.
It was a great disappointment for me, and I have no doubt it will be for
the Hungarian Government, to hear from you yesterday that through an unfor-
tunate combination of circumstances (the absence of the Minister Count
Bethlen and the sudden death of poor Councillor de Kozma) you have been
unable to make your intended purchase of stallions from the studs of the Hun-
garian Government.
I take it that it is the fault of the respective department in Hungary that
the decision of the Minister to sell a number of stallions to the Government
of India at 2,000 florins each should not have been known to the persons you
met at Buda Pesth, and I shall see that a communication on the subject should
be addressed to you from Buda Pesth.
A letter addressed to me on the subject by the late M. de Kozma is in
my hands now.
In the meanwhile, I sincerely hope that your Government will not finally
abandon the idea, and should I be, as I hope, in Europe at the time of your
next excursion to Hungary, I shall be very happy to do my best in order to
make your stay there a successful and agreeable one.
Dated Byculla Club, Bombay, 13th August 1892.
Demi-official from—J. H. B. HALLEN, Esq., Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary-
Department,
To—Herr P. STOCKINGER, Consul-General for Austro-Hungary.
My best thanks for your letter of this date, which I will submit with my
report to the Government of India.
It will, indeed, be a great pleasure to me to accompany you to the
Hungarian Studs should I be again deputed to visit them.
No. M.-6093, dated India Office, London, 5th July 1892.
From—SIR HORACE WALPOLE, Under-Secretary of State for India,
To—The Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Department, care of Messrs. Henry
S. King & Co., 45, Pall Mall, S. W.
No. 80 of 1892 with enclosure.
In continuation of this office letter No. M.-5147 of 9th June 1892, I am
directed by the Secretary of State for
India in Council to forward, for your