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CASTRATION IN INDIA. 
every day ; t a large abscess, however, 
which discharged a great quantity 
The abscess gradually healed up, as 
throat. The mare has since gone on 
London; Jan. 13 , 1855 . 
CASTRATION IN 
For previous Official Orders, vide e Veterinarian / for 
September, 1854, p. 520 — 525. 
(Copy.) No. 9-52 of 1854. 
To the Officer Commanding 1st Regiment of Light Cavalry 
(Lancers.) 
Camp, Neemuch : September 27, 1854 . 
Sir, — I am directed to forward for your information the 
annexed copy of a letter, No. 4042, of the 14th inst., from 
the acting Deputy- Adjutant-General of the Army. 
I have the honour, &c., &c., &c. 
(Signed) G. A. Leekie, Captain, 
Line Adjutant. 
No. 4042. (Circular.) 
Adjutant-General’s Office, Head Quarters, 
Poonah ; September 14 , 1854 . 
Sir, — With reference to the circular letter from this 
Department, No. 1339, dated 16th March last, I am directed 
by the Commander-in-Chief to intimate that, from the reports 
received up to this date, His Excellency is satisfied that the 
system of depriving horses of the powers of generation 
which obtains in the Poonah Irregular Horse is attended 
with more suffering to the animal than the ordinary method 
of castration, without affording any advantages over the 
latter, his Lordship, therefore, does not wish the experiment 
of the former system to be carried any further. 
I have, &c., &c., &c., 
(Signed) S. Hale, Lieutenant-Colonel, 
Acting Deputy-Adjutant-Generalof the Army. 
To the Brigadier Commanding R.F.F . , Mussurabad. 
(True copy.) (Signed) E. Green, Captain, 
Major of Brigade, R.F.F. 
(Signed) G. A. Leekie, Captain, 
Line Adjutant. 
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