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Establishment and con-
tingent expenditure.
Appendix V is a statement of establishment and contingent expenses,
showing a slight increase of Rs. 580 in the Imperial Reve-
nue owing to the increase in the Principal and Professor's
salaries, vide Government of India Gazette Notification Nos. 371 and 394, dated
25th April 1903, over last year. There is also an increase of Rs. 360 in the
Provincial Revenue owing to the increments given to the Native teaching
staff. In regard to the item "diet of College bullocks and horses," it is to be
explained that a greater number of animals kept for practical training were fed
during the year, and hence the increased expenditure under this head. As
regards the "purchase and repair of furniture," I have to remark that the new
Lecture Theatre was completely furnished, which accounts for the increased
expenditure under this head. Under other heads, there is a slight falling
off. There is an increase under "Laboratory apparatus," which is due to the
fact that an unforeseen and unbudgetted expenditure on account of cost
of stores, &c., obtained from Europe, occurred. A strict supervision and
check was kept to more or less meet the increased expenditure thus in-
curred. The increase in "Book binding," was on account of a greater
number of Library books and Periodicals bound during the year.
General remarks.
The production of Veterinary Assistants from the various Veteri-
nary Schools and Colleges in India, now seems to be
in excess of the demand. This is partly due to in-
creased production and partly also to less demand, owing to reduction of
establishment in some of the Subordinate Civil Veterinary Departments.
The demand for men will, in future, I think, be less than heretofore and
the desirability of limiting the production, especially of two years' course
men, and the Salutri Class is now under consideration. It is not much
use training men if we have no employment to give them, and it would be
better to leave them as agriculturists on the land than to train them to a
profession when no employment is forthcoming, thus adding to the number
of the unemployed.
During the year, 34 men have returned from service in South
Africa, all of them with excellent testimonials from the Veterinary Officers
and others under whom they have served. They have done excellent work
and greatly added to the credit of this institution. I have received from
Senior Officers in the Army Veterinary Department, reports testifying to
the professional skill and excellent training the men showed. It was pro-
mised to these men that, in consideration of their volunteering for active
service at a time when they were urgently needed, they would be given
first claim on any appointments which were vacant on their return. So
far, however, only 10 have got employment, all through this office. I am
sorry to say that, on the outbreak of the Somali operations, men of the
Salutri Class from the Bombay Veterinary School, who, I suppose, had
never seen a camel and who had no experience, were employed, although
men who had excellent reports and had seen over two years' service, volun-
teered for the work. A representation has been made to the authorities
on this subject, as the system seems defective somewhere.
One man has been sent to Rhodesia, two to the Andamans and
one to Somaliland with the Punjab Mounted Infantry.
The Vernacular Veterinary Journal has been kept up, and its cir-
culation doubled. The following text-book has been prepared during the
year:—
SOUNDNESS & AGE, WITH OVER 100 ILLUSTRATIONS, BY MAJOR H. T. PEASE.
The new segregation ward is completed and occupied.
A certain amount of original research work has been done and has
resulted in the publication of Notes 1 and 2, on Dourine, a serious con-
tagious disease of Equine brood stock.
I can again testify to the good work done by the native teaching
staff. They are now doing double the work they were doing three years
ago, and receive no extra allowances, being worse paid than teachers in