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Departments. A rapidly expanding scientific department must go through a period
in which the supply of qualified men does not equal the demand, but the exten-
sion of the Lahore Veterinary College and the existence of the increased
demand will automatically bring the required relief.
SEOTION IX.—GENERAL.
Tours of officers.
67. Captain Trydell, as Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department,
North Punjab, was on tour 45 days and travelled 975
miles by rail and 467 miles by road, inclusive of his tour
as Superintendent, North-West Frontier Province. He inspected the following
dak lines:—Hassan Abdal to Abbottabad and Rawalpindi to Kohala and Domel.
Mr. Oliver was on tour 179 days and travelled 11,626 miles by rail and
1,834 miles by road. He inspected the dak lines from Simla to Kalka, Pathan-
kot to Donera, Palampur and Kangra and Rawalpindi to Kohala. He went
to Ajmere as a member of the Board of Examiners at the Rajputana Veterinary
School.
Captian Walker was 29 days on tour and travelled 4,842 miles by rail
and 58 miles by road. He was a member of the Board of Examiners at the
Bengal Veterinary College at Calcutta and Rajputana Veterinary School at
Ajmere.
Expenditure.
68. In Table XIV A are given figures for expenditure as supplied by
the Accountant-General, Punjab. The Superintendent,
Civil Veterinary Department, has intimated that he is
unable to reconcile the figures under heads 8 and 9 with the information at his
disposal. Heads 11 and 12 also require explanation, as there are no Provincial
Cattle and Horse fairs in this Province. The discrepancies are (partly at any
rate) probably due to complications which have arisen through the separation
of certain districts which have been placed under the Army Remount Depart-
ment for horse-breeding purposes. Steps will at once be taken to clear up
discrepancies and prevent their recurrence. The Superintendent has supplied
me with the following figures for prizes at Fairs and Shows:—
Imperial ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Local ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Rs.
3,148
8,753
General.
69. I am indebted to Captain Walker for an excellent report (most of
which has been incorporated in the text above) on the pro-
gress of his Department during the year. The re-organi-
sation has been completed and a material advance made towards the estab-
lishment of a property organised and equipped Veterinary Department for the
Province. His claim, that very rapid progress has been made during the
last few years and that the past year has been a very successful and busy
one, may be readily admitted.
The best testimony to the success of a Department, such as that
controlled by Captain Walker, which has for its object the improvement of the
material welfare of the people, is the manner in which its efforts are received
by the people themselves, and the rapidly increasing attendance at the dis-
pensaries and hospitals, together with the evidently increasing popularity of
inoculation, is sufficient proof that confidence is felt in the efforts of the
Department.
Notice of officers.
70. Mr. Oliver was in charge of the Department without assistance
for the greater part of the year, and to him is due, in the
main, the credit for the excellent results obtained. The
duties involved are, as a matter of fact, heavy for two officers.
It is of course known to Government that the re-organisation of the
Department has been carried through by Captain Walker's energy and adminis-
trative ability: it must be a source of great satisfaction to him that his efforts
are meeting with deserved success.
LAHORE :
Dated 15th July 1905.
E. ABBOTT,A
Offg. Director of Land Records
and Agriculture, Punjab.