APPENDIX No, 4. 



FfiOM 



W. 0. KENOUF, ESQUIRB, C. S., 



Director of Agriculture, Punjab, 



To 



Aix COMMISSIONERS, DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS AND 

 SETTLEMENT OFFICERS IN THE PUNJAB. 

 Dated LYALLPUE, the 4th September 1910. 



SIE, 



I have the honour to address you in continuation cf my Circular No. 1 

 of 1906 and with reference to the decision of the Provincial Government in 

 their No. 1084-5, dated 23rd June, 1910, to continue the annual grant of a 

 lakh of rupees for veterinary objects for another five years from the 1st of 

 April, 1911. As before, the allotments by districts are to be made by Commis- 

 sioners for the period of five years. I propose to review briefly the progress 

 made in the last four years and to offer suggestions for the utilisation of the 

 grant. 



2. I would first invite a reference to my Circular No. 1 of 1906 in 

 which the position at that time was summarised and in which variou s 

 general questions were discussed. As regards staff, we are working up to a 

 strength of one veterinary assistant, mainly stationary, in each tahsil, and 

 one itinerating man per district with a 5 per cent, leave reserve. The 14 

 men still needed to complete this cadre will be recruited by April, 1912. 

 There are now 12 veterinary inspectors in place of 9. The number of 

 Superintendents remains unchanged at 3. 



3. The change which was introduced in 1907, from a system under 

 which veterinary assistants were mainly itinerating to one under which they 

 are mainly stationary at their hospitals, going on tour only when summoned 

 to outbreaks of disease, has entailed much heavier expenditure on buildings 

 than was originally contemplated. Complete veterinary hospitals are needed 

 almost everywhere. Nevertheless, excellent progress has been made with the 

 programme. There are now 59 hospitals on the standard plan or affording 

 satisfactory accommodation and many more are under construction. 



4. It was stated in any Circular No. 1 of 1906 that the most impor- 

 tant feature of the scheme f or veterinary development was the systematic 

 and regular supply of bulls with a view to the improvement of agricultural 

 cattle. A scale of 7 or 8 good Government bulls per tahsil was aimed at or, 

 say 800 or 900 for the Province. There are now 472 Government bulls 

 against about 200 in 1906. Having regard to the fact that a number of 

 old animals have been replaced and that casualties have been made good, 

 the scheme of supplying one bull per tahsil per annum has been more or 

 less adhered to. The standard has been exceeded in some districts, while, 

 in others, very little has been done. The matter has received careful 

 consideration in every district, and deficiencies are often due to special cir- 

 cumstances. 



