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Colonel Walker proposed the following resolution:—

Resolution XIV.

"That it is considered that any suitable measure that can be
adopted for reducing and destroying the surplus population of dogs
is desirable, but that it does not appear to be possible under the condi-
tions prevailing in India to deal more effectively with the disease.
Power should be given to veterinary practitioners to order the deten-
tion and destruction of dogs suffering from rabies."

This resolution was unanimously accepted by the meeting.

Subject IX.—In view of the necessity of progress in the
FIELD OF RESEARCH, THE METHOD BY WHICH IT SHOULD BE
BROUGHT ABOUT AND THE MEANS BY WHICH RESEARCH AND
EXECUTIVE BRANCHES SHOULD BE CO-ORDINATED.

Colonel Walker said that there was a feeling that the present
staff at the Muktesar Laboratory was very largely occupied in routine
work and could not get into as close a touch with the executive
officers of the provinces as was desirable. The question was whether
each province did not require a laboratory of its own with an officer
to carry out investigations into local diseases. This again raised
the point relating to the necessity for a head of the department
to co-ordinate the work of these officers.

Mr. Taylor stated that the whole question of research in connec-
tion with problems of animal husbandry should be under the direction
of the veterinary department as resolved in Resolution VI
under Subject IV. The department ought to widen its field of
research both on the physiological and pathological sides, The
need for research had been strongly emphasized throughout the
discussions of the Conference and he urged that an institute for
this purpose ought to be established. Such an institution as he
contemplated should be an integral part of the Civil Veterinary
Department. There would probably be difficulty in obtaining men
trained in the various branches of research, but he thought that
officers would be able to specialize in their own subjects after appoint-
ment. The institution could also undertake the post-graduate
training of Indian graduates and of officers recruited from England.
He suggested that Government should be asked to provide an
increased staff for. the Muktesar Laboratory to enable the investi-
gation of the more urgent problems to be undertaken without delay,
and to allow research officers to visit the provinces for this purpose.

Mr. Howlett referred to his proposal for the provision of labora-
tories and staff for the study of insect parasitology, the details of
which (Appendix D) had been circulated among the members.
Under this proposal, one officer would be deputed for research in