iii

Pages.

V. (A) EQUINE DISEASE—

(1) Glanders and Farcy ... ... ... ...

91

(2) Surra ... ... ... ...

95

(3) Ludhiana disease ... ... ... ...

97

(4) Inspection of Dak Lines ... ... ...

98

VI.—-GENERAL—

(1) Cost of Department ... ... ... ...

101

(2) Tours of Imperial Officers—

Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Department ...

102

Assistant to the Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary
Department ... ... ...

107

Imperial Bacteriologist ... ... ...

ib.

(3) Personnel of the Department ... ... ...

108

(4) General Remarks—

Horse-breeding in Ajmere ... ... ...

109

Pony and mule-breeding in Central Provinces ...

110

Horse and mule-breeding in Central India ... ...

ib.

Horse and mule-breeding beyond the Border—Kurrum ....

111

Mule-breeding in Dir, Swat and Chitral ... ...

ib.

Cleansing of Horse Boxes ... ... ...

ib.

Trial of new veterinary preparations ... ...

ib.

Rules for guidance of Zilladars and Salutris ...

112

Advice to breeders ... ... ... ...

ib.

Quarterly Veterinary Journal, in Urdu, by Veterinary-
Captain Pease ...

113

Issue of Agricultural Ledgers—Special Vety. Series ...

ib.

Horse-breeding Manual, in Urdu, by Vety.-Captain Pease,

ib.

Translation ot Syud Sardar Shah Gilani's Manual of
Cattle diseases into Hindi ... ...

ib.

Translation of Williams' Medicine and Surgery into Urdu,

ib.

Horse and mule-breeding in Native States ... ...

114

VII.—TABLES (REVENUE SECTION)—

PART II.—PROVINCIAL REPORT.

I.—HORSE-BREEDING—

(1) Horse and Pony stallions belonging to District Boards, &c.

125

Casualties ... ... ... ...

ib.

Sales ... ... ... ... ...

ib.

Demand for Provincial and District Board stallions ...

ib.

Number of stallions at stud work and number of mares

covered ... ... ... ...

126

Cost of feed and keep, and how defrayed ... ...

127

(2) Produce ... ... ... ... ...

ib.

(3) Colts castrated ... ... ... ...

ib.

(4) Mares unbranded or branded for district horse-breeding

ib.

(5) Pony and mule-breeding in Burma ... ...

128

(6) Pony and mule-breeding in Madras ... ...

ib.

(7) Pony and mule-breeding in Bengal ... ...

129

(8) Conclusion ... ... ... ... ...

130

II.—MULE-BREEDING—

(1) Donkey stallions belonging to District Boards, &c. ...

133

Cost of feed and keep of district donkey stallions. ...

ib.

Demand for donkey stallions ... ... ...

ib.

III.—CATTLE DISEASE—INVESTIGATION AND PREVETION—

(1) Professor Koch's Rinderpest demonstrations ... ...

137

Dr. Simpson's microbe of Rinderpest ... ...

142

(2) Exportation of hides and bones ... ... ...

ib.

(3) Tick plague or Texas fever ... ... ...

143

(4) Rabies ... ... ... ... ...

144

(5) Bacteriological Survey ... ... ... ...

ib.

(6) Cattle disease as reported from various Provinces ...

145