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    While at the latter place, i.e., Sitapore, 50 young stock varying
from 10 to 15 months were inoculated during the first week in
January last with the following results:—

    "Now in view of the fact that these two sets of inoculations
were carried out by officers in whom I have every confidence, it
must be admitted that the results are far from satisfactory and as
I am further informed that serious casualties occurred following on
serum simultaneous inoculations at the Government dairy farm
at Karnal, we are naturally becoming greatly alarmed.

    "In the case of the casualties at Allahabad, the Veterinary
Officer, Major P. V. Beatty, R.A.V.C., states that most of the
animals, which died, did so after showing typical rinderpest symp-
toms. Blood smears from two of the cases were examined and
although one animal showed symptoms of red-water previous to
death the results of the microscopical examination of the blood
are reported to have been negative.

    "In the case of Sitapore, where the inoculations were carried
out by Captain T. F. Arnold, R.A.V.C., (who in view of the recent
unsatisfactory results at Allahabad was specially warned by me
to be most careful with these inoculations), 10 of the half-bred
animals were unfortunately in poor condition, but he reports that
they appeared to be strong enough to be inoculated. He further
stated that most of the animals inoculated showed a temperature
reaction after 24 to 36 hours and some of the cattle and all the
buffaloes gave a clinical reaction on the third day; the clinical
reaction was a mucopurulent catarrh of the eyes and in one case