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Report on the Civil Veterinary Department,
Punjab for the year 1918-19.
BY COLONEL J. FARMER, C.I.E., CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT.
Part I.- Administration.
1. The following statement shows the names of officers who held charge
of the several appointments and the amount of touring performed by them
during the year under report.
Name of appointment.
Chief Superintendent, Civil Ve-
terinary Department, Punjab.
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department, North Punjab.
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department, South Punjab.
Officiating Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department, South
Punjab.
Deputy Superintendent, South
Panjab.
Officiating Deputy Superinten-
dent, Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment.
Officer under training ...
Name of Officer.
Colonel ,T. Farmer,
C.I.E.
Mr. T. F. Quirke
Mr. G. Taylor ..
Rai Sahib Lala Kota
Ram.
Ditto. ...
Pandit Janki Nath...
Mr. J. S Garewal ...
Dates of holding charge.
1st April 1918 to 31st March 1919
Ditto ...
1st April 1918 and 8th January
1919 to 31st March 1919.
2nd. April 1918 to 7th January 1919
1st April 1918 and 8th January
1919 to 31st March 1919.
10th July 1918 to 20th February
1919.
1st April 1918 to 31st March 191
Number of days
spent on tour.
193
125
52
203
68
118
209
NUMBER OF
MILES
TRAVELLED
By rail.
8,373
11,173
1,695
13,085
2,072
3,130
10,858
By
road.
1,370
1,528
222
1,805
873
1,035
1,323
Mr. D. Meadows remained on military duty throughout the year, con-
sequently the post of the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, North
Punjab and North West Frontier Province was held by Mr. Quirke. Mr.
G. Taylor held charge of the office of Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, South Punjab, for 2 months and 25 days during the year, i.e., 1st April
1918 and from 8th January 1919 to 31st March 1919. He was transferred to
Poona to officiate as Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bombay
Presidency, during the absence of Lieutenant-Colonel G. K. Walker, C.I.E.,
O.B.E. Rai Sahib Lala Kotu Ram, Deputy Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department, South Punjab, officiated as Superintendent for 9 months and 6
days, viz., from 2nd April 1918 to 7th January 1919, in place of Mr. Taylor.
The former held charge of the office of Deputy Superintendent, Civil
Veterinary Department, for 1st April 1918, and from 8th January 1919 to the
close of the year.
In the absence of Mr. Taylor the districts of Jhang, Multan, Mont-
gomery, Lyallpur, Muzaffargarh and Dera Ghazi Khan were temporarily
transferred to the Central Punjab Circle which greatly increased the work of
the Chief Superintendent.
Pandit Janki Nath, Veterinary Inspector, attached to the office of Super-
intendent, Civil Veterinary Department, South Punjab, was appointed to
officiate as Deputy Superintendent and was placed in quasi independent charge
of the above districts with his headquarters at Lahore. These districts were
re-transferred to the South Punjab Circle in February 1919.
2. The Superintendent of the North-Punjab Circle is still in charge of
the North-West Frontier Province, Civil Veterinary Department administra-
tion ; but owing to the war the question of the appointment of a separate
Superintendent could not be dealt with. It is very difficult for one officer
to do justice to the work of both Provinces.