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Senior class-
The Senior or Final year class under the old rules—two years' course-
numbered 63, but one paying student died, 5 free students
left of their own accord, and 1 State and 1 military
student were dismissed on account of absence from lectures, consequently 55
completed the course.
Junior class.
The Junior or first year's class under the new rules and three years'
course numbered 39, but this was reduced to 36, owing
to 2 men being re-called to their regiments for field
service in China and 1 specially nominated man leaving.
Final examination.
In February 1901, I received an application for the services of a
number of Veterinary Assistants who were urgently
required to proceed on active service in the Transvaal.
Owing to there being no qualified Veterinary Assistants unemployed, and
seeing the urgency of the case, it was suggested to the Government of India,
Military Department, that probably a number of the Final year's students
might volunteer for service, provided they had an opportunity of being
examined before being sent. This was agreed to by the Military Department
through Colonel Queripel and by the Punjab Government, and consequently a
Special Board of Examiners, consisting of Veterinary-Major W. R. Hagger,
Assistant to Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Department, and Veterinary-
Major W. D. Gunn, Superintendent, Government Cattle Farm, Hissar, assembled
on the 7th February 1901, and examined 33 free students who had volunteered
for service. Of these 30 were declared fit to receive the School Certificate and 3
unfit.
At the Regular Examination held from the 1st to the 6th April inclusive,
the Regular Board, composed as under, assembled.
VETERINARY-MAJOR W. R. HAGGER, Assistant to Inspector-General, Civil
Veterinary Department.
VETERINARY-LIEUTENANT A. SMITH, Superintendent, Oivil Veterinary De-
partment, South Punjab.
VETERINARY-LIEUTENANT G. K. WALKER, Assistant Bacteriologist, Im-
perial Bacteriological Laboratory.
At this examination, 25 students presented themselves, viz., 22 men not
previously examined, and the 3 men who had been unsucessful in the Special
Examination. Of these the 22 men not previously examined passed, and the
3 men, previously rejected, failed.
The results of the Final Examination therefore are, that of 55 men
who presented themselves, 52 satisfied the Examiners, and 3 failed, giving
an average of 94.54 per cent., which, I trust, will be considered satisfactory.
Last year therewere seven failures out of 54 candidates, the percentage being 87
per cent. The 3 men who failed not having obtained sufficient marks to entitle
them to remain for another year have left the College.
First year's examination.
The same Board of Examiners also examined the students of the first
year class in Anatomy, Elementary Physiology, Elementary
Botany, Elementary Chemistry, Materia Medica and Phar-
macy and Handling of Animals.
Out of 36 students who presented themselves for the examination.
27 passed, and 9 failed to satisfy the Examiners. Of the 9 who failed, 3
were considered by the Examiners to be unsuitable and were recommended
to discontinue their studies, which they have done. Two military men were
returned to their regiments as of insufficient primary education. These results
are considered by the Examiners to be satisfactory and to compare favourably
with those obtained at other Colleges.
I trust, however, that we may be able to effect an improvement in the
percentage of passes as we were this year labouring under great difficulties,
owing to the fact that we had no Vernacular Text-books ready until the course
was nearly completed, and consequently the students had not the benefit of
these. We have, however, been able to prepare and issue Text-books on Botany
and Materia Medica, whilst Physiology and Handling of Animals are in the press,
and will very shortly be issued.