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     Report on the Punjab Veterinary College
                    for the year 1917-18

BY COLONEL H. T. PEASE, C.I.E., PRINCIPAL.

Staff.

1. I remained in charge of the College during the year, and in
addition to my own work carried out the duties
of Professor of Sanitary Science. Mr. W.
Taylor was Professor of Pathology and Parasitology and remained in charge
of the out-patient and small animals clinics. Mr. E. Burke, I.S.O., was Pro-
fessor of Surgery and in charge of the Horse Hospital. Khan Bahadur
S. Mahtab Shah, Gilani, was Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. Khan
Sahib Syed Sardar Shah was Professor of Bovine Pathology and in charge of
the Cattle Hospital. Ghulam Rasul Khan, who was appointed to officiate for
Khan Sahib Ghulam Hussain Khan, on furlough pending retirement, was
House Surgeon and Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy.

The following posts have remained unfilled owing to lack of suitable
candidates:—

     1. 2nd Demonstrator of Anatomy.
     2. Veterinary Graduate in the Dog Ward.
     3. Assistant Professor of Botany.
     4. Hospital Assistant.

It is hoped that suitable candidates for the above posts may be forth
coming after the War.

Admissions.

2. The summer session commenced on the 1st May and closed on the
30th June 1917. The winter session commenced
on 1st October 1917 and closed at the end of
March 1918.

Eighty-five new students were admitted into the College in April 1917.
Of these 55 were in the 3 years' and 30 in the 4 years' course. Four students
left from the 3 years' course, leaving 51, and 2 left from the 4 years' course,
leaving 28 in that class.

The second year class of the 3 years' course started with 45 students
of which 2 military students were remanded on account of ill-health,
leaving 43 to complete the year. The 4 years' course commenced with
31 students. One of these, Kashmira Singh, was allowed to go on recruiting
duty, and, having obtained about 150 recruits, was given a direct commission
in the Army. Two students were unable to attend the requisite number
of lectures on account of ill-health, so that only 28 completed the year's
training.

There were 45 students in the third year's class of the 3 years' course
and 20 in the 4 years' course. All but one, who unfortunately died just
before the examination, completed the year's training.

The students newly admitted in April 1918 came from—