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PART IV —SUBORDINATE ESTABLISHMENT.
37. Table VII shows the strength of the subordinate staff. During the year
twelve graduates joined the Department. Assistants were posted as follows :—one each
to Mymensingh, Bakarganj, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Sunamganj, Goalpara, Kamrup,
and North Lakhimpur, all for itinerating work. One man resigned to continue his
studies in America, one resigned without any reason, and one failed to join his
appointment when on transfer. I regret to report that one Assistant (M. A. Khan
of Barisal) was dismissed from the service for carelessness, neglect of duty, and
submission of false reports. I personally made a careful local enquiry assisted by
an Inspector, visited several villages in the Sundarbans where disease had been
severe and could find no trace of inoculation work either from panchayats, chaukidars
or villagers. A separate investigation was made by the District Officer, whose report
confirmed the former. The Assistant was given every opportunity to explain his
conduct. The case was submitted to the Director of Agriculture with my report and
the Assistant was accordingly dismissed. The case was also reported to the Inspector-
General, Civil Veterinary Department.
38. Veterinary Inspector S. Mukerjee was placed in charge of the Assistants
in the Assam Valley with his headquarters at Jorhat. He was on tour for 192 days
and travelled 5,630 miles by rail, 786 miles by steamer and country boat, and 1,028
miles by road. On tour he inoculated 2,516 cattle, 95 ponies and 87 other animals
and treated 714 animals for contagious and 2,075 animals for non-contagious diseases.
He visited 228 villages. He inspected the work of the Veterinary Assistants at
Mariani, Gauhati, Dibrugarh, North Lakhimpur, Tezpur, Mangaldai, Dhubri and Shil-
long. The tonga stables on the Shillong-Gauhati road were twice inspected by him and
a glander case detected, certified, and destroyed. In the previous year the Inspector
was on tour for 236 days and he inoculated 7,155 animals. There is a considerable
decrease in the number of animals inoculated by him during the year. As the
number of Assistants increases, he will do less inoculating and more inspecting. His
duties will consist in checking the work of the Assistants, visiting seats of outbreaks,
diagnosing disease, enquiring into the results of inoculation, etc.
39. Veterinary Inspector G. P. Sen had his headquarters at Dacca. He inspect-
ed the Assistants in East Bengal. During the year he was on tour for 159 days and
travelled 5,441 miles by rail, 2,736 miles by steamer and country boat and 492 miles
by road. He inoculated 580 cattle against Rinderpest and 12 horses against Anthrax.
His duties have been as follows :— Inspection work under the Glanders and Farcy
Act,—11 horses were detected with Glanders and Farcy at Rangpur and were destroyed
and premises disinfected. Inspection of hospitals, dispensaries and the work of
Assistants in the mofussil. He visited Comilla, Dinajpur, Bogra, Noakhali, Chittagong,
Rajshahi, Nator, Faridpur, Jalpaiguri, Rangpur, and Mymensingh, and 52 villages
where inoculation had been previously undertaken. He was deputed to Behar where
he obtained nine Brahmini bulls ; these were distributed for the improvement of the
local breed to Karimganj, Silchar, Rangpur, Barisal and Dacca. He attended
Jamalpur, Baderganj and Sonepur Fairs for the purchase of cattle for the Govern-
ment Farm or for the Dacca Municipality. At headquarters he has supervised the
receipt and distribution of sera and regularly inspected the Dacca Municipal gow-
khanas. Both Inspectors have shown considerable energy and interest in their
work.
40. The Veterinary Assistants who have shown a keen and intelligent interest
in their work during the year are P. C. Sarkar of North Sylhet, M. P. Ghose of
Mymensingh, and P. Mukkerjee of Shillong. Several Veterinary Assistants have
had to be censured for slackness and carelessness during the year.
41. During the year the two Staff and one Reserve Assistant have been on tour
for 206 days and visited the following districts :—Bakarganj and Goalpara four times,
Jalpaiguri twice, Dacca, Malda, Kamrup, Tezpur and Nowgong once each, where
they assisted the local men in inoculating. When at headquarters their duties
consisted in dispensary work, visiting gariwallas' stables in the bazar and inspecting
gowkhanas.
TABLES X.—XIII BLANK.
42. Table No. XIV shows the number of cattle fairs and shows held during the
year. Last year no information was available under this heading. Those at North
Sylhet, Sunamganj and Khasi and Jaintia Hills are young shows, only recently started
and supported by contribution from Government or Local Bodies. The others are
old well-established fairs where cattle are brought for gale.