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Equipment.
40. Both hospitals and dispensaries are now fairly well equipped,
though a few exceptions must be made in the case of the
latter, where funds have been scarce. Efforts are being
made to remedy this defect.
New institutions.
41. A new Veterinary Hospital has been built at Gujrat and it will be
opened on the 1st April with a stationary man in charge.
It is hoped that hospitals at Sargodha, Delhi, Rawalpindi and Multan
will be started during next year. A hospital for Jullundur is under consid-
eration. Proposals were made last summer .to establish temporary hospitals
at Murree and Dalhousie during the summer months. The Murree Municipality
has agreed to supply the necessary accommodation and funds for equipment.
It is hoped that a start will be made at that place during the summer.
Inspections.
42. During the year Mr. Oliver was able to inspect all the Veteri-
nary Hospitals in the Province at least once. In addition,
he inspected 36 Veterinary Assistants and their equipment
and registers at their headquarters. Since his return from leave, Captain
Walker has been able to inspect 3 Veterinary Assistants at their dispensaries.
Veterinary Inspectors have done useful work in inspecting hospitals
and dispensaries.
Income and expenditure.
43. The expenditure and receipts at Veterinary Hospitals is shown
in Table VI, which has been furnished by districts.
The receipts and expenditure of Veterinary Dispensaries cannot bo
shown as they are inseparable from the touring expenses.
Receipts from fees and charges for medicine are shown in columns 6
and 7. Some districts have shown these items separately. With the exception
of Simla, for which there is a special schedule, the charges are uniform and
only persons liable to income tax are charged. The charges are very small and
barely cover the cost of medicines. With regard to Veterinary Dispensaries
charges are only made in certain places at the discretion of District Boards.
No charges are made for work done on tour, except in very special cases. A
reference to Table VI will show that at some hospitals a considerable income
is obtained from fees and charges for medicine. With the exception of Feroze-
pore, the receipts are much larger than last year. In that case, the charges
that were previously levied were somewhat lowered when a uniform scale was
prescribed.
Simla is a special case and a comparatively large income is expected at
that place.
At Amritsar Veterinary Hospital, the control of which was taken over
by this Department last year, the receipts from fees, &c., are Rs. 625 as against
Rs. 379 last year, and the expenditure shows a considerable decrease.
SECTION IV.—BREEDING OPERATIONS;—CATTLE.
Stud bulls.
44. Table VIII shows the number of stud bulls at present in districts
and the casualties and additions during the year.
Practically all the stud bulls in the Province are the property of local
bodies, but in some cases they were presented by Government and have conse-
quently been shown by some districts as belonging to Government. A great
many of the animals have become old and useless. They are inspected regular-
ly by Veterinary Inspectors, and Superintendents in the course of their tours
see them, as far as possible, and make recommendations for casting, if necessary.
The apparently excessive casulties in the Jhang District, though not explained
by Captain Walker, is no doubt due to transfer to the Lyallpur District.
Purchases from Hissar.
45. Thirty-six bulls were supplied during the year to districts from the
Hissar Cattle Farm. They were only sent to those districts
for which they were considered suitable.
Indents were received for 45 Hissar bulls, but that number was not avail-
able. It is hoped that at least 50 good Hissar bulls a year will be reserved for
this Province in future years. The Southern Districts of the Punjab can easily