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APPENDIX A.
Annual Report of the Bovine Vaccine Depôt, Shillong, for the year 1896-97.
Total expenditure.
1. The total expenditure for the year was Rs. 6,492-7-10, being less than that of the year
before by Rs. 52-2-7. The diminution would have been greater, had
not capillary tubes cost Rs. 354-4-8 more this year.
Petty construction and repairs.
2. A sum of Rs. 159-8 was expended on petty construction and
repairs.
Animals.
3. During the year, 411 calves were bought at a net- cost of Rs. 2,608, of which Rs. 384 have
been charged to Manipur. After vaccination, the calves were sold
back to the contractors for Rs. 2 each throughout the year.
The account of the calves is as follows:
|
UNPROTECTED CALVES. |
|
|
Balance in hand on April 1st,1896 .................... |
35 |
|
Bought during the year ........................ |
411 |
|
Total ................................. |
446 |
|
Vaccinated during the year .......................... |
435 |
|
Died ................................... |
10 |
|
Balance in hand on March 31st 1897 .............. |
1 |
|
Total ........................ |
446 |
|
PROTECTED CALVES. |
|
|
Balance in hand on April 1st, 1896 ................... |
1 |
|
Vaccinated during the year ..................... |
435 |
|
Total .......................... |
436 |
|
Sold .......................... |
340 |
|
Died .................................. |
95 |
|
Balance in hand on March 31st, 1897 ............. |
1 |
|
Total ................................... |
436 |
|
4. The mortality was : |
|
|
Mortality. |
|
|
Protected calves ......................... |
95 |
|
Unprotected calves ........................ |
10 |
|
Total .............................. |
105 |
Of the vaccinated calves, 20 died before the vesicles were developed and 75 after lymph had
been taken from them.
Expenditure on calves.Of this amount, vaccine tubes cost
5. The net expenditure on calves was Rs. 2,608, while in the
preceding year it was Rs. 2,904.
Cost of feeding.
6. The calves' food cost Rs. 314-10, compared with Rs. 284-5-6
in 1895-96.
Miscellaneous.
7. The expenditure under the head" Miscellaneous" was Rs. 2,513-5-10, against Rs. 2,076-6-8
in 1895-96. Of this amount, vaccine tubes cost Rs. 2,041-1-9,
service stamps and telegrams Rs. 75-13, and contingencies
Rs. 396-7-1. In 1895-96, the amount paid for vaccine tubes was Rs. 1,686-13-1, for service
stamps and telegrams Rs. 51-6, and for contingencies Rs. 338-3-7.
Establishment.
8. The establishment consists of a second-grade hospital assistant, with a special allowance
of Rs. 20 a month, a clerk at Rs. 10, a loader at Rs. 12, a coolie at
Rs. 9, and a coolie and sweeper at Rs. 9 each, engaged for seven
months only.
An additional coolie at Rs. 9 is paid for by Manipur.
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