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Surgeon-Major I. Newton, as Superintendent, from 1st
April 1875 to 7 th December, and as Officiating Superintendent
General from 10th December 1875 to 7th March 1876.

Dr. Ferguson, as Officiating Superintendent, from 8th
December 1875 to 8th February 1876.

Surgeon J. Bennett, as Officiating Superintendent, from
9th February to 31st March 1876.

2.   During the hot months work was carried on chiefly in
the hill territory of Bisáhir and in the Hazárá and Murree
hills. The Rájah of Bisáhir had his son vaccinated, and oppo-
sition was not met with in his country. Small-pox appeared
in several places in the hills amongst people who had lately
come from the plains. It appeared at Solun and Subáthú.
Vaccinations and revaccinations were freely performed. The
disease was confined to natives. In Simla operations were,
as usual, performed during the whole season. Great difficulty
was experienced in keeping up the vaccine disease and supply of
virus. This was perhaps caused by the exceptional weather
and long continued rains. In Kálká not a single case of
small-pox occurred owing to the excellent arrangements of
Captain Corbyn, Assistant Commissioner. Hitherto this
disease has almost invariably yearly appeared there. In
October the hill territory of Bhagal was done. The Rájah
gave every assistance, and promised to have his son, an
infant, vaccinated next year.

3.    DELHI.—In November I commenced work in the
Delhi District, intending to do the whole of it, if possible,
before the troops for the Camp of Excercise had assembled
there. The greater part was done. Mr. T. W. Smyth, Deputy
Commissioner, the subordinate native officials, and some
native gentlemen, gave every assistance in their power. Their
time was much taken up in making arrangements for the camp,
&c., and not so much work was done as would otherwise have
been done ; nevertheless a large number of people were vacci-
nated, and there was no small-pox during the whole time the
troops were in the district. In many places opposition was
met with and overcome.

Early in December I went away on leave, and Dr. I.
Newton took my place and worked in the Sonepat Tahsil.
The time of the Tahsíldár was taken up almost entirely in
providing for the troops, but he gave as much help as he could,
and the people gave less trouble than they formerly had given.

4.   KARNAL.—At the end of December Dr. Newton
entered the Karnál District at Pánipat. The people of this
large town had up till now been violently opposed to vaccina-
tion ; but through the able assistance of the Tahsíldár and his
Naib, and Members of the Municipal Committee, over 1,000
children were vaccinated. A good many of these were
Rajputs. By the 10th January this tahsíl was done, and that
of Karnál begun. Here difficulty was everywhere met with,
but in most instances eventually overcome. The Tahsíldár