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in column 11 of Table VI, a sum of Rs. 600-9-6 was also spent towards the supply of
instruments to Local Board Assistants and debited to Government.
50. Table No. VII shows the total strength of the subordinate veterinary staff
as it stood on the 31st March 1910. During the year two men, who were tempo-
rarily employed by Local Boards, were discharged as their services were no longer
required. Eleven men joined the Department direct from College and one man,
after his case had been carefully considered, was allowed to rejoin, after resigning
his appointment and being absent for about 9 months. These Assistants were posted
at Kishorganj, Madaripur, Comilla, Jalpaiguri, Hailakandi, North Sylhet, Goalpara,
Tezpur, Mangaldai, Nowgong and Golaghat.
61. The duties of an Inspector consist in checking the work of the Assistants,
visiting seats of outbreaks, diagnosing disease, enquiring into the results of inoculation,
etc. He is also expected to know the particulars of the various breeds of cattle and
to take an interest in all questions relating to the welfare of horses and cattle. He is
also an Inspector under the Glanders and Farcy Act.
Veterinary Inspector S. Mukherjee remained in charge of the Assistants in the
Assam Valley with his headquarters at Jorhat. He was sent to Bengal Veterinary
College for three months' training in the Post Graduate class. He was on tour
for 133 days and travelled 5,101 miles by rail, 1,038 miles by road and 779 miles
by steamer and country boat. He visited 81 villages and treated 228 animals for
contagious disease and 516 for non-contagious disease. He inspected the dispensaries
at Dibrugarh, North Lakhimpur, Sibsagar, Mariani, Golaghat, Shillong, Mangaldai
and Nowgong. He also inspected the ponies on the tonga road and the cattle at the
Government Farms of Shillong and Jorhat. The Staff Veterinary Assistant (P. C.
Sirkar), who remained in charge of the office of the Inspector during his absence,
was on tour for 47 days and travelled 901 miles by rail, 713 miles by road and 120
miles by steamer. He treated 207 cases for contagious and non-contagious diseases,
and inspected the dispensaries at Sibsagar, Mariani, Gauhati, Barpeta, Tezpur and Now-
gong. In the previous year the Inspector was on tour for 192 days and travelled 5,630
miles by rail, 78G miles by steamer and country boat and 1,028 miles by road.
During the year 15 Assistants were under his supervision.
52. Veterinary Inspector G. P. Sen was placed in charge of the Assistants in
Eastern Bengal and Surma Valley, and had his headquarters at Dacca. He was
sent to the Bengal Veterinary College for 3 months' training in the Post Graduate
class where he showed considerable ability and was creditably reported upon by the
Principal. He was on tour for 116 days and travelled 5,271 miles by rail, 525 miles
by road and 1,496 miles by steamer. He visited 79 villages in his enquiry into the
results of inoculation, etc. He inspected the Assistants of Mymensingh, Faridpur,
Malda, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dacca and Comilla twice during the year, and those at
Pabna, Noakhali, Chittagong, Barisal, Madaripur, Kishorganj, Bogra and Dinajpur
once. During the year he had 29 assistants under his supervision. He assisted in
the purchase of cattle at Sonepur, inspected the cattle on Government Farm, Dacca,
and visited outbreaks of Glanders in his jurisdiction. During his stay at headquarters
he works under my guidance in the laboratory and supervises the distribution of
serum, etc. During the deputation period of Mr. G. P. Sen, Staff Veterinary Assistant
M. S. Chaudhuri remained in charge of the office of the Inspector, Eastern Bengal, and
inspected the work of the Veterinary Assistants in his circle.
53. The Veterinary Assistants who have taken a keen and intelligent interest
in their profession and who have been specially successful in their work are the
following:—S. Ghosh, Dacca, S. C. Das Gupta, Barisal, S. Haque, Noakhali, P. C.
Mukharji, Malda, P. Mukharji, Shillong, and F. Ahmed, North Lakhimpur. M. P.
Ghosh of Mymensingh and P. C. Sirkar of North Sylhet, who were creditably men-
tioned last year have since been promoted to Staff Assistants.
A number of Assistants have not shown sufficient energy and initiative in making
themselves known and have been satisfied to wait passively for patients instead of
searching for them. No man can hope for success of promotion in the Department
unless he shows himself energetic and takes a keen interest in his work.
54. During the year the three Staff Assistants at headquarters were on tour for
334 days and visited the following districts:—Dacca (thrice), Barisal (twice), Malda
Sylhet, Darrang, Jalpaiguri and Nowgong once and inoculated 3,768 head of cattle.
They either assisted the local men or went to places where there were no Assistants.
The demand for their services was not so great this year, and their services were