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                                    Veterinary dispensaries.

See Table V.

9. There were two Veterinary dispensaries working in the province during
the year under report, the same number
as last year.
One thousand six hundred and thirty-four cases were treated and 4 castra-
tions were perfomed at the dispensaries against 1,540 cases treated and 10
castrations performed last year.

Ajmer Veterinary Dispensary.—Veterinary Assistant Abdul Haq held
charge of the hospital throughout the year. He was assisted by Veterinary
Assistant Fakhur-ud-din from 1st April to 10th October 1915 and from 27th
December 1915 to 31st March 1916. Veterinary Assistant Fakhur-ud-din
officiated for the Veterinary Assistant, Beawar, who was granted privilege
leave for 2½ months from 11th October to 25th December 1915. The
number of animals treated at the hospital was 851 (128 in-patients and 723
out-patients) against a total of 806 (155 in-patients and 651 out-patients)
treated last year. Of 851 cases treated during the year under report 212 were
equines, 132 bovines and 507 other animals. Four other animals were
castrated at the hospital against 10 animals castrated last year. The junior
Veterinary Assistant, while on tour, visited 109 villages, treated 351 cases for
contagious and 11 for non-contagious diseases as shown in Table IV, against
28 villages visited, and 218 animals treated for contagious and 3 for non-conta-
gious diseases.

Two hundred and nineteen horses were shod at the dispensary shoeing forge
against 373 shod last year. The amount realized on account of shoeing charges
amounted to Rs. 419-7-0 against Rs. 540-6-0 realized from this source last
year.

Fees are charged at this dispensary for the treatment of animals belonging
to persons having an income of Rs. 100 and over a month and the amount
realized from this source amounted to Rs. 991-5-0 against Rs. 1,201-5-0 realized
last year.

Beawar Veterinary Dispensary.—Veterinary Assistant Nur Bux was
in charge of the dispensary except from 11th October to 25th December
1915 when he went on privilege leave and Fakhur-ud-din, the junior Veterinary
Assistant, Ajmer, officiated for him.

Seven hundred and eighty-three (81 in-patients and 702 out-patients)
cases were treated at the hospital during the year 1915-16 against 734 cases
(81 in-patients and 653 out-patients) treated last year. Of the 783 cases
treated this year 235 were equines, 203 bovines and 345 other animals. While
on tour the Veterinary Assistant visited 21 villages and treated 6 cases for
non-contagious diseases against 96 villages visited and 85 cases treated for
contagious and 59 for non-contagious diseases last year.

The reason for the falling off in the number of villages visited and cases
treated on tour is attributed to many animals being sent away, on account
of scarcity, for grazing outside the district and no outbreaks of epidemic
disease were reported.

                          III.—BREEDING OPERATIONS.

                                            (1) Bovines.

See Table VIII.

10. There was one bull present on 1st April 1915. None were added
during the year under report and there
was a balance of one at the close of the
year. The bull served 7 cows during the year against 112 served by two
bulls last year. The cost of maintenance as shown in Table XIV-A was
Rs. 292-1-6 against Rs. 409-11-9 last year.

There is nothing to be recorded under the heads (2) equines and (3)
others.