854 VISITS TO REMOUNT DEPOT AT SAHARUNPORE. 
The following is a list of the Stud Department in 1870 :— 
Superintendent of Studs. 
Major Couper, Staff corps, Saharunpore. 
Deputy Superintendents of Studs. 
Lieut.-Col. Sir C. W. D’Oyly, Staff corps, Hapur. 
Major W. C. McDougal, Staff corps. Central Provinces. 
First Class Assista?its. 
Col. A. A. Mac Donnell, Bengal Infantry, Saharunpore. 
Col. A. C. Plowdert, Staff corps, Buxar. 
Second Class Assistants. 
Lieut.-Col. Parrott, Staff corps, Kurnaul. 
Lieut.-Col. E. S. Jackson, Bengal Infantry, Hapur. 
Sub-Assistants. 
Lieut.-Col. W. B. Irwin, Staff corps, Poosah. 
Lieut.-Col. Trench, Staff corps, Kurnaul. 
Major Smith, Staff corps, Ghazeepore. 
Doing-Duty Officers. 
Sir J. Earquhar, late 2nd European Light Cavalry, Poosah. 
Capt. Rochfort, late 4th European Light Cavalry, Kurruntadhee. 
Lieut. L. J. Jamieson, 7th Hussars, Ghazeepore (probation). 
Capt. Capel, late 5th European Light Cavalry, Kurruntadhee (pro¬ 
bation). 
Veterinary Surgeons. 
Garrad, Principal Veterinary Surgeon, Karruntadhee. 
Woods, Saharunpore. 
Kettlewell, Kurnaul. 
Skoulding, Poosah. 
Bath, Hapur. 
Oliphant, Hapur (officiating). 
There were conductors, who had been sergeants in regiments, 
to overlook the grooming and feeding. 
A head salootree, and four or five assistant salootrees to each 
establishment. 
Nailbunds (farriers), six to each depot, syces, &c. 
The superintendent's duty was general direction. The deputy- 
superintendent’s duty was to look to the breeding under the 
Assamee and zemindar systems, the Assamee being a contract 
between Government and breeder, by which the former was 
bound to take, and the latter to sell produce of mares left with 
them and covered by Government stallions, the price being from 
70 to 120 rupees, when from six to twelve months old. Under 
the Zemindar plan the sale was optional on both sides, the only 
stipulation being “ first refusal ” of produce. Eirst-class assist¬ 
ants attended to management of horses at the depots or studs. 
Second class acted under these; sub-assistants helped them; 
