SECTION II—REVENUE.
VETERINARY COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.
Officers.
The primary duty of the following officers is veterinary education:—
Veterinary Captain J. Mills, Principal Veterinary College, Bombay.
Veterinary Captain W. D. Gunn, Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
Bengal.
Veterinary Captain J. A. Nunn, Principal, Veterinary School, Lahore.
Veterinary Lieutenant H. A. Sullivan, Professor, Veterinary School, Lahore.
Veterinary Lieutenant G. H. Evans, Superintendent Civil Veterinary Department,
Burma.
Veterinary Captain W. R. Hagger, Principal, Veterinary School, Ajmere.
2. As no record is available of the dates when the several Veterinary
Colleges and Schools were established, it is deemed advisable to record the
following history of each of the several institutions.
Army Veteri-
nary
School,
Poona.
3. The first school which was instituted was the Army Veterinary School at
Poona in the year 1862 at the suggestion of Staff Veterinary Surgeon J. H. B.
Hallen, Principal Veterinary Surgeon of the Bombay Presidency. This officer
superintended and worked the school during his tenure of the appointment of
Principal Veterinary Surgeon, Bombay.
Officers, European and Native, of the Bombay Army, as well as farriers and
non-commissioned officers, were allowed to attend the course of instruction.
District Officers were permitted to send nalbunds for instruction in farriery in
the forge of the school. This school has been carried on very successfully
since its foundation, and is at present in a very flourishing state.
Hapur School.
4. This school was proposed and organized by Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon
J. H. B. Hallen, the General Superintendent, Horse-Breeding Operations, in the
year 1877, for the purpose of educating men for the position of salutris and
castrators in the horse and mule-breeding districts of Northern India.
Mr. Hallen was ably assisted by 1st Class Veterinary Surgeon E. J. Batt
and Mr. J. Burke, Veterinary Overseer, in the working of the school. Practi-
cal salutris and castrators were issued on certificate as such, and have proved
of service in the districts. The school was closed on the inauguration of the
Lahore Veterinary School, and 35 students were transferred to the latter insti-
tution to complete their education.
Army Veteri-
nary
class,
Simla and Um-
balla.
5. As the Army Veterinary School at Poona had proved a boon to the
Bombay Army in instructing officers and men in the principles of veterinary
surgery, medicine, and farriery, Mr. Hallen suggested the establishing of a J
veterinary class during the summer of 1888 at Simla, and received the valu-
able co-operation of Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon G. A. Oliphant, F.R.C.V.S.,
Principal Veterinary Surgeon in India, and Mr. G. J. R. Rayment, F.R.C.V.S.,
Assistant Superintendent, Horse-Breeding Operations, North-Western Pro-
vinces and Rajputana. These three Veterinary officers delivered a course
of lectures during that summer. The lectures were attended by members of
His Excellency the Viceroy's Council, the Inspector General of Cavalry,
Adjutant General in India, and most of the officers present in Simla. Several
ladies also attended. The course was pronounced a success, and Mr. Hallen
recommended to the authorities that these lectures to officers during the