TABLE VI.

                                                                                                                                       TABLE VI.

                                                                                                            IMPERIAL REPORT—MILITARY SECTION.

                                                                                       Statement of Country-bred Remounts purchased during the year 1897-98.

Purchased for

NUMBER PURCHASED.

Under 1 year.

1½ to under 3 years.

1 to under 2 years.

3 to under 6 years.

2 to under 3 years.

6 to under 8 years.

3 to under 4 years.

8 years and over.

4 years and over.

Total.

BREED.

REMARKS.

Horses.

Mares.

Geldings.

Total.

Government sires and
branded dams.

Sires not known and
country dams.

Country sires and
country dams.

Total.

Army Remount Department —

39

42

60

141

2

61

56

14

8

141

113

25

3

141

Native Cavalry, Bengal —

119

355

347

821

8

264

549

821

84

617

120

821

Ditto, Punjab —

53

149

82

284

3

71

210

284

48

236

284

Ditto, Bombay —

229

82

21

332

33

269

30

333

59

132

141

332

Police, North-Western Provinces and Oudh,

13

9

22

10

12

22

3

19

22

Police Punjab —

11

25

6

41

2

39

41

1

10

30

41

Police, Bombay

Northern Division —

4

1

5

2

3

5

1

1

3

5

Central „ —

4

2

6

1

5

6

3

3

6

Southern „ —

1

1

2

1

1

2

1

1

2

in Sind —

67

12

11

90

62

25

3

90

8

82

90

Imperial Service Troops —

99

65

46

209

_

11

81

117

209

2

207

209

Returns incomplete,
Inspector-General
Imperial Service
Troops has promis-
ed to supply full
information in
future years.

Central India Horse —

1

5

6

4

2

6

——

6

6

Total —

627

743

SS9

1,959

2

35

61

335

78

56

446

9

937

1,959

315

1,255

389

1,959

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