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officers prevented this scheme from being get into full working order during the
year and threw extra work on Veterinary-Lieutenant Smith, Superintendent
of the South Punjab Circle, but arrangements are now on a satisfactory footing.
The Superintendent of the North Punjab Circle still retains charges as Civil
Veterinary Officer of the districts in the new Frontier Province, but the statistics
attached to this report relate only to the Punjab as now constituted.
7. The Lieutenant-Governor is glad to see that the results of District
pony and mule breeding are considered to have been attended with most
favourable results. His Honour, however doubts if the proposal of Veterinary-
Lieutenant Smith that pony stallions should be supplied to District Boards free
of cost will commend itself to the Imperial Government. The attention of the
District Board of Sialkot will no doubt be invited by the Deputy Commissioner
to the remarks made by the Superintendent, North Punjab, regarding the ne-
cessity for providing pony stallions in that district.
8. Sir Charles Rivaz has read with much interest the remarks of
Veterinary-Lieutenant Walker given in Sections III—V of the report. As
stated by that officer, the scope for work in connection with the treatment of
cattle disease is enormous, and it may in time be possible to have a Veterinary
Assistant in every tahsil, but for the present we must content ourselves with our
staff as lately reorganised The Superintendent, Simla Hill States, will, however,
be asked to consider the suggestion for the appointment of a Veterinary Assistant
in these States. The increase in the number of animals attacked by foot-and-
mouth disease was considerable, but the decreased percentage of deaths is
satisfactory and reflects credit on the Veterinary Assistants. The Lieutenant-
Governor agrees with Mr. Walker that great caution should be exercised in
applying the "simultaneous" method of treatment for protection from rinderpest:
the proposal to write a pamphlet on the subject is a good one, but the Director
of Public Instruction should be consulted as to its distribution in village schools.
The "serum alone" method was, His Honour observes, readily accepted in the
Jhelum and Rawalpindi Districts, with most satisfactory results.
9. The remarks made in Sections IV and V of the report merit the
attention of District Officers and Local Bodies.
10. The proposal to give Veterinary Assistants in certain cases a post-
graduate course seems to the Lieutenant-Governor to be a good one. As regards
the equipment of Veterinary Assistants with proper medicines and instruments,
the Director of Land Records and Agriculture should fix on a definite scale in
consultation with the Veterinary Superintendents, and Local Bodies should then
be addressed on the subject. The Lieutenant-Governor believes that they will
readily supply the requisite equipment. The question of the appointment of Senior
Veterinary Assistants is at present under the consideration of Government. The
establishment of Veterinary Hospitals is a measure that must be left to Local
Bodies.
11. The Lieutenant-Governor desires to express his appreciation of the
services rendered by Veterinary-Lieutenant Smith and Veterinary-Lieutenant
Walker during the year, and agrees with the Director that both officers
deserve credit for good work done. His Honour's thanks are also due to
Mr. Sykes for a report of much interest.
ORDER.—Ordered, that a copy of the Report and the above Remarks be
submitted to the Government of India in the Revenue and Agricultural Depart-
ment and the Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Department, in India; also that
the Remarks be published in the Punjab Government Gazette and communicated
to the Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Punjab.
By order of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor
J. F. CONNOLLY,
O flg. Revenue and Finl. Secy, to Govt., Punjab.
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