Proceedings of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, in the Revenue and Agricultural (General)
Department, No. 637 S., dated the 29th July 1901.
READ—
Letter No. 1817, dated the 15th July 1901, from the Director of Land Records and Agri-
culture, Punjab, submitting the Annual Provincial Report of the Punjab Veterinary
College and of the Civil Veterinary Department for the year 1900-01.
REMARKS.—In the Punjab Veterinary College the year was one of tran-
sition. The three years' course of training which was introduced in the previous
year continued side by side with old two years' course, and there were therefore
two classes studying, the one for the first examination of the three years' course
and the other for the Final Examination of the two years' course. Out of the
63 men, who formed the Final Year Class under the old rules, 55 completed the
course. The Final Examination for these was held in two parts, 33 free students
who had volunteered for active service in the Transvaal being examined by a
Special Board in February 1901, and 25 students presenting themselves at the
Regular Examination in April. The results were even more satisfactory than last
year, 52 out of 55 candidates satisfying the Examiners, being a percentage of
94.54 as against 87 last year. The examination of the First Year Class was also
satisfactory in view of the change in the nature of the curriculum, 27 out of 36
candidates passing in the prescribed subjects. His Honor confidently anticipates
that the Vernacular hand-books recently prepared will exert a marked influence on
the results of future examinations under the three years' course.
2. The growing popularity of the College is evidenced by the very great
increase of 46 in the number of candidates who presented themselves at the
Entrance Examination, and it is matter for regret that of the whole number (134)
only 65 men could be admitted to the First Year's Class, and a number of
suitable candidates had to be rejected for want of accommodation. The
proportion of Muhammadans, 63 per cent., is about the same as last year.
3. The Shoeing-Smiths' Class was successful as usual, and it is unfortu-
nate that a larger number cannot be admitted to it.
4. The increase in receipts, though slight, is satisfactory. The expla-
nation of the items "diet of cattle" and "ponies and bulls for castration," as
to which information was asked in the letter reviewing last year's report, is suffi-
cient. The number of patients treated at the hospital was much larger than in
the previous year, in which famine conditions reduced the number brought for
treatment to considerably below the average. The columns of Appendix VI,
which are meant to show the details of free and paying patients, have not been
filled up.
5. The Lieutenant-Governor again observes with satisfaction that good
reports are received of the work done by graduates of the College in their various
spheres of labour. The improvement in the position and pay of the Veterinary
Assistants in the Transport Department and the establishment of a Provincial
Veterinary Service in the North-Western Provinces have doubtless contributed
to the popularity of the College.
6. Sir Mackworth Young is glad to hear that the Vernacular Veterinary
Journal continues to flourish. Negotiations are in progress for the purchase of
a site for the Contagious Disease Ward, which is so urgently required.
7. His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor agrees with the Director of Land
Records and Agriculture that Veterinary-Captain Pease, Veterinary-Lieutenant
Dawson and the other members of the College Staff deserve credit for a success-
ful year's work.