14

Thus at the close of the year there were 258 veterinary
hospitals in the Province, as shown in the map at the end
of this report.

Government has also sanctioned the appointment of
the additional staff mentioned below for special breeding
tracts and low-lying areas and for the opening of 8 new dis-
pensaries during the year 1929-30 :—

Work of Veterinary
hospitals.— Table V.

30. The total number of animals treated in the veteri-
nary hospitals during the year under
report was 857,951 against 792,149
during the previous year. In addition,
94,684 cases against 109,838 last year were supplied with
medicines, but were not brought to the hospitals. One
lakh sixty thousand four hundred and sixty-five castrations
were performed in these hospitals against 128,840 during
the previous year.

It is very satisfactory to note the steady increase in the
number of sick animals treated at our veterinary
hospitals.

The scheme of outlying hospitals promises to be a.
very popular as well as economical method of extending the
usefulness of our present veterinary organisation in the vil-
lages. The net-work of hospitals provided is being
steadily expanded, the area of control of each Veterinary