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most part highly technical and concerned with work in labora-
tories, and questioned whether such courses were really suitable
for men whose work would be in the field in India. Colonel Smith
thought that Mr. Sheather was referring to the courses of a parti-
cular college, and said that a course of the kind required could be
obtained at one or other of the colleges in England. He thought
that by sending the best students in the Indian colleges to a veteri-
nary college in England the most suitable Indian recruits for the
imperial service would be obtained.

Mr. G. Taylor said that in the Punjab, the annual expenditure
on the veterinary department was very small in comparison with
the value of the cattle in the province, and he thought that if the
figures were brought to the notice of Government, they might be
more inclined to provide increased funds for the department. He
thought the present veterinary assistant was being asked to under-
take more responsible work and more technical knowledge was
required of him than in the past, and it was necessary that better
scales of pay should be given in order to attract better men. He
considered that post-graduate training should be carried on in
India and an institute for this purpose and for research work ought
to be established. Officers coming from home would also be
able to obtain at such an institution a training in Indian
diseases.

The President then proposed the appointment of the following
sub-committee to report on the whole question of veterinary edu-
cation. Lieutenant-Colonel A. Smith (Chairman), Colonel J.
Farmer, Lieutenant-Colonel G. K. Walker, Lieutenant-Colonel
W. B. Edwards, Major K. Hewlett, Messrs. D. Clouston, D. A. D.
Aitchison and W. Taylor. The proposal was put to the meeting
and carried.

The sub-committee met the following afternoon—the terms of
reference being :—

        (a) Provision of higher veterinary education in India as recom-
           mended by the Public Services Commission.

        (b) What standard of education should be laid down for the
           different grades of men required ?

        (c) The revision of the curricula and the existing examination
           systems at the respective veterinary colleges and schools.
           Is it possible to have uniformity ?

The report of the sub-committee was considered on the third
morning when the President called upon Lieutenant-Colonel A.
Smith to read the report which was as follows :—

    " (a) We are of opinion that at the present stage of development of the Civil Veterinary
                Department any rapid Indianization of the service is unlikely. We consider that