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extends for several miles, and the greater portion of which is 

 nnder water during the monsoon. For the 2| years the stable 

 has been in use, there has, up to last November, hardly been a 

 single case of fever there. The stables are splendidly ventilated. 

 The drainage is on the surface system, and could not, we believe, 

 be better. The stalls and all the stable fittings are kept 

 most scrupulously clean. Bad smells are unknown. The tem- 

 perature at Parel generally ranges 2° lower than at Colaba, 

 especially at night. The Colaba Stables are situated in the Colaba 

 Causeway. To the north is a large piece of maidan, belonging to 

 Government, sometimes submerged during the monsoon for a few 

 days at a time ; to the south are Goods stations and yards 

 belonging to the two Railway Companies ; to the east, the Colaba 

 Causeway road, with the sea about 600 feet beyond ; to the west, 

 open maidan with the sea distant about 1,000 ft. The average 

 number of horses stabled at Colaba during November and December 

 was 574. The drainage of the stable is inferior to that at Parel, 

 being on an underground system. Great care is, however, taken in 

 flushing the drains, and keeeping the premises scrupulously clean. 

 The ventilation of the stables is good. Fever has often been 

 prevalent in these stables in October and November, but the number 

 of fatal cases has been few, and the disease has usually dis- 

 appeared as soon as the " cold weather " set in. 



To sum up : the number of horses kept at Parel is less than one- 

 third of that kept at Colaba ; the interior sanitary arrangements at 

 the former are superior to those at the latter ; the record of fever 

 cases at the former has, up to November last, compared most 

 favourably with that at the latter : the temperature at the former 

 averages 2° lower than at the latter. Notwithstanding all these 

 facts to the credit of Parel, 10 horses have been attacked there 

 during the recent outbreak -of surra, against 4 horses attacked at 

 Colaba Stables. 



Feed and Water-supply. — (a) Feed. The Company's horses 

 get from 12 lbs. to 15 lbs. grain per day, according to size. The 

 majority of the horses attacked with " surra "fever were horses 

 receiving 15 lbs. grain-feed. The feed in question was composed 

 of a mixture of 8 parts, viz., 3 parts gram, 3 parts barley, 

 1 part koolti (boiled), and 1 part Indian-corn. Their hay-feed was 

 12 lbs. per diem. The hay is grown on black soil in Guzerat. Like 

 all Indian hay it is jungle hay, not raised on drained land. The 



