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5.    In Calcutta and its suburbs all stables were regularly inspected.
Glanders was detected in two and Surra in three stables. In the mufassal
27 deaths from glanders were reported as against 67 in the previous year.

6.    Two new dispensaries were opened in the district of Bakarganj
during the year, bringing the total number of such institutions up to 27.
The number of patients treated during the year was 34,889 as against 37,785
in the previous year. The decrease is attributed to the fall in the number of
cases of foot-and-mouth disease. The Governor in Council notices with
satisfaction that arrangements are being made by certain District Boards to
construct veterinary dispensaries.

7.    The number of stud bulls kept by Government and local bodies
decreased from 71 in the previous year to 68. The Governor in Council
notices with pleasure the gift by Babu Dukhaja Mohan Chaudhuri of a good
Montgomery bull to the veterinary dispensary in Rangpur district.

8.    The work of the Deputy Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, Inspectors and of the staff of the Bengal Veterinary College was
satisfactory. His Excellency in Council records his appreciation of the
services of Lt.-Col. Smith, whose duties are arduous owing to the shortage in
the leaching staff and the absence on military duty of officers of the depart-
ment.

                                             By order of the Governor in Council,

                                                                L. BIRLEY,

                                                  Secy. to the Govt. of Bengal.

                                   No. 6709.
Copy forwarded to the Director of Agriculture, Bengal, for information.

                                             By order of the Governor in Council,

                                                                M. A. MOMEN,
                                          Under-Secy. to the Govt. of Bengal.

DACCA.
The 17th August 1918.

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