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                                                            REPORT OF THE CIVIL VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.

                                                BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J. FARMER, CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT.

                                                                                                      Part I.

1. The following statement shows the names of the officers who held
charge of the several appointments and the amount of touring work performed
by them:—

2.    Mr. W. Taylor was transferred to the Punjab Veterinary College
on the 12th October 1914.

3.    The Chief Superintendent, Superintendents and Deputy Superin-
tendent toured in almost all their respective districts.

They inspected Veterinary Hospitals, District Board stallions and bulls,
investigated outbreaks of disease, checked inoculation work and gave lectures'
on the breeding and rearing of stock.

In addition to the above, the Chief Superintendent has had to deal with
glanders in the Lahore Army Remount Department circle which is generally
done by the Army Remount Department.

He examined at the Veterinary College, Lahore, and at the Agricultural
College, Lyallpur, and visited Faridkot to advise the State regarding the breed-
ing of horse and mules.

Lala Kotu Ram was appointed as Deputy Superintendent on probation,
and was placed in charge of the districts of Delhi, Rohtak, Gurgaon, Hissar
and Karnal under the control of the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, South Punjab, with effect from 5th October 1914. He has worked well.

The districts of Jhang and Lyallpur were transferred from the Central
Punjab to the South Punjab circle from the 1st October 1914, as the result
of a re-distribution necessitated by the appointment of the Deputy Superin-
tendent and of 3 new Veterinary Inspectors.

4.    The work of the Department is increasing at such a rapid pace that
a separate Superintendent for the North Punjab is urgently needed. The
present arrangement of an officer working under two Governments is not
satisfactory.

                        VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.

5.    The system of instructing Veterinary Inspectors and Veterinary
Assistants adopted last year is proving most successful. During the year