ANNUAL REPORT

                                                           OF THE

                                    BENGAL VETERINARY COLLEGE

                                                For the year 1900-1901.

                                                    THE STUDENTS.

CLASS A.—Twenty students joined this class at the beginning of the
session, two being rejections from last year. Of these, six left subsequently ;
the remaining fourteen, of whom twelve are Hindus, one a Eurasian, and
one a Muhammadan, appeared at the examination and nine passed, making
a percentage of 64.28, against 85.71 last year. Of the five plucked students,
amongst whom are the two rejected students of last year, one (the Bankura
District Board stipendiary) has been given another chance, as he failed only
in the aggregate. As regards the other four, all of whom are District Board
stipendiaries, their supporters have been advised to remove them.

2.     CLASS B.— Thirteen students (of whom twelve had been promoted
from class A and one had failed in class B last year) continued their
studies throughout the year. All these men went up for the examination
and ten passed, giving a percentage of 76.92, against 66.66 last year. The
three plucked students are to have another chance.

3.     CLASS C.—Four students promoted from class B, one plucked student
of last year, and eight " two years " men formed the number of students in
this class. These thirteen students appeared at the Diploma examination
and all were successful, making a pass of 100 per cent., against 93.75
last year.

4.     The examinations were conducted in accordance with the instructions
Paid down in the proceedings of a Veterinary Conference, held at Umballa in
July 1900, by a Board of Examiners consisting of Veterinary-Majors W. R.
Hagger, Assistant to the Inspector-General, Civil Veterinary Department,
W. D. Gunn, Superintendent, Government Cattle Farm, Hissar, and R. H.
Ringe, Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, North-Western Provinces
and Oudh. The following are extracts from the remarks made by them :—

" Class A was weak in Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and Botany. In Materia Medica
their posology (doses) was faulty and their knowledge of Pharmacy somewhat deficient."

"Class B was good in all subjects except that of Therapeutics, in which subject the
students were undoubtedly weak. The Board would beg to remark that the text-book,
Tuson's Pharmacopoæa, now in use, though very suitable for the study of Materia Medica,
does not embrace the subject of Therapeutics."

"Class C was.........fairly good throughout. In Operative Surgery many candidates

lost marks through the unscientific manner in which they manipulated their instruments,
which fault may be attributed to a want of self-coufidence. The students in this class
were likewise not good at ageing of horses."

5.     As the remarks of the Examiners are mainly directed to those subjects
which have been taught by outside lecturers, I have made proposals to the
Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Bengal, by which the present

arrangements may be improved.

6.     A competitive examination for a prize in gymnastics was held among
the students by the staff of the College, and the prize was won by G. K. Singh,
a second-year student.