GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

            ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION REPORT

                                                    OF THE

    CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT IN INDIA

                                    FOR THE OFFICIAL YEAR

                                     1900-1901.

                    PART I.-IMPERIAL REPORT.

                          I.-HORSE BREEDING.

Number of stallions
on the Register.

A reference to Table I will show that at the beginning of the year under
report there were 373 horse stallions present; 47 were added to the Register
and 63 removed, leaving a balance of 357 on the 31st March 1901.

2.  The strength of pony stallions in the Bombay Presidency was 17, the
same as last year.

3.  Table II will show that of the 357 horse stallions present at the close of
the year, 170 were up to 10 years of age, 160 over 10 and up to 15 years, and
27 over 15 years old.

Number of stallions
at work.

4. Table V will show that of 357 horses on the Register, 291 were actually
employed at stud work; of the remainder 47 were unacclimatized horses and 19
ineffective from sickness or other causes.

Cost of feed and
keep.

5.  The general average annual cost per horse, including feed, keep, attend-
ants, gear and clothing, etc., amounted to R366-1-10 (vide Table IX) against
R347-8-4 in the previous year, showing an increase of only R18-9-6 per annum,
which, considering the high rates which prevailed for grain, and the excessive
fodder famine which existed during the year, must be considered satisfactory.

Number and classes
of stallions imported
and purchased.

6. The number of stallions received during the year, either by importation
or by purchase in India, was as noted below:—

Prices paid for
each class.

7. The average prices paid for horses purchased in India were as follows:-

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