APPENDIX I.
Report of the Board of Examiners appointed to conduct the annual examination
of the students at the Punjab Veterinary College for 1903.
1. We have the honor to submit our report on the examinations held at Lahore
from 30th March to the 9th April inclusive. The results of the examinations in each class
will be found attached, marked respectively A, B, C.
2. We beg to submit the following remarks :—In Class C the men were, on the whole
good, and showed very markedly the benefit of their extra year's teaching.
3. We wish to point out the noticeable difference between the intelligence display-
ed by Military students, and those selected by the Principal. The standard of educa-
tion in the former is in many cases so low that it is impossible to expect them to grasp the
subject with that degree of intelligence which the present high standard of the examina-
tion renders imperative.
4. Some of the Military students, however, did very well indeed, and this indicates
that with more careful selection, men of sufficient education and ability are obtainable
5. We would also draw attention to the inferior class of men in Class C sent by
the Civil Veterinary Department from the United Provinces and the Remount Department
As the former men will have to undertake responsible posts in connection with the preven-
tive inoculation of cattle, we think that great care should be taken in the selection of
suitable students from these provinces.
6. In connection with the examination for soundness, in the final year we are
of opinion that the men do not go about their work in a horsemanlike manner, they were
also very weak in the detection of lameness and ageing.
7. We consider that Botany and Chemistry, as at present taught, are of no practi-
cal value, and we would strongly advocate their being replaced by subjects of more use
The 2nd and 3rd Years' curricula are too full, and it appears advisable to substitute
for the above named subjects, Hygiene and Dietetics, which should include the ordinary
fodder, grasses and plants, and the detection of deleterious ones. We also think that
Physiology should be taught in the 2nd Year, as it is impossible to grasp the subject
without a knowledge of Anatomy.
8. In connection with shoeing we think that a Veterinary Assistant should be able
to remove a shoe and search a foot.
9. Concerning the handling of animals in Class A, the students are very weak
indeed; more attention might with advantage be given to at this important subject, and we
consider that it should form one of the subjects taught by a European officer.
10. We should point out that the Principal has decidedly too much teaching
work to do. Considering the large number of students of three classes, and only one
European Assistant, it cannot be too urgently insisted that a third officer is necessary
especially as a new Contagious Disease Ward is about to be opened. Possibly the less
satisfactory results as compared with those of former years may be explained by the
fact that the Principal was alone for the first nine months of the present teaching
year. The subjects taught by the Principal are : Veterinary Law, Equine Medicine and
Surgery in both C and B, Hygiene, Soundness and Age, and principles of shoeing;
we hold that this is far too much for one chair, especially as the Principal has the
whole of the administrative work of the institution. Under these circumstances he is
unable to devote that supervision to the Native teachers which is absolutely necessary.
(Sd.) F. S. H. BALDREY, VETY. LIEUT.,
Asst. to Inspector-General, C. V. D., President.
(Sd.) G. K. WALKER, VETY. LIEUT.,
Supdt., C. V. D., Provl. Circle, Punjab, Member-
(Sd.)
W. O. DAWSON, VETY. LIEUT.,
Supdt., C. V. D., Rájputána, Member.