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Mr. Woodley, in his capacity of 2nd Superintendent, has spent 24 days
on tour, and travelled 269 miles by road and 1,918 miles by train. He has
inspected two hospitals and ten dispensaries and attended five Horse and Cattle
Shows.
Stallions and stud bulls have been inspected when on tour, notes being
submitted to the district officers concerned. Horse boxes and cattle trucks were
examined at railway stations on occasions. Captain Walker and Mr. Oliver were
members of the Board of Examiners at the Punjab Veterinary College in April.
Part I.—Veterinary Instruction.
THE PUNJAB VETERINARY COLLEGE, LAHORE.*
Changes in the College
teaching staff.
4 In accordance with the orders of Government, the -whole of the native
teaching staff and students of the Ajmere Veterinary
School were transferred to us on the 1st April, 1905. We
received three teachers and twenty students, and, in addition, Captain Baldrey
was appointed third Professor. None of the native teachers had passed the
Graduate's course and, in accordance with the arrangements made, the men were
appointed as assistants under other Professors in the College. This allowed of
a very advantageous redistribution of the work, and the following duties were
assigned to the various teachers and assistants :—
Principal ... ... ...
Captain A. Smith
...
...
Captain F. S. H. Baldrey ...
Dr. Amir Shah, Khan Bahadur...
Syad Mahtab Shah, K. S. ..
Syad Sirdar Shah, K. S. ...
Ghulam Rasul Khan, graduate,
Punjab Veterinary College.
Shamshad Hussain, G., P. V. C.
Abdul Shakoor, G., P. V. C. ...
Ghulam Kadir, G., P. V. C. ...
Ghulam Hussain Khan, V. A.
Sheikh Fakir Ali, V. A. ...
Professor of Medicine.
Professor of Surgery, and in charge of hospital.
Professor of Sanitary Science, and in charge of
Canine and Segregation Wards.
Clinical Clerk and Professor of Materia Medica,
Botany, and Chemistry.
Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, in charge
of Museum.
Professor of Bovine Pathology, and Obstetrics,
in charge of Pharmacy and Drug Store.
Lecturer on Therapeutics, Materia Medica and
Pharmacy.
Demonstrator of Anatomy.
Hospital Assistant for Bovine cases.
Assistant in Canine Ward.
Hospital Surgeon.
Assistant in Segregation Ward.
Difficulties experienced in
providing a special course
for military students.
5. In the month of July 1905, instructions were received from the Military
Department that a two years' course of instruction should
be instituted for the sowars of the Cavalry Regiments of
the Indian Army, and we were ordered to give effect to
them at once. As, however, the session was far advanced, those sowars already
studying in the second year's class were allowed to continue for the three years'
course, only the men admitted last year being entered for the new one. I have
already addressed the Government on the subject of the course which is not
considered to be likely to produce useful Veterinary Assistants, owing to the
omission of Anatomy and Physiology from the syllabus. If continued, the
result will be that the Indian Cavalry will be provided with the most
imperfectly trained Veterinary Assistants available in India and will be worse
off than Transport or Imperial Service Troops. As the training of this
two years'course class will necessitate a separate course of lectures and new
text books, the Military Department have been asked for the services of a
Military Veterinary Surgeon to be made available to take charge of it.
Sessions,
6. The summer session commenced on the 21st April, and closed on the
30th June 1905. The winter session commenced on the
2nd October, 1905, ending on the 31st March, 1906.
* NOTE.—Report submitted by Major H. T. Pease, Principal of the College.