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Personal Assistant to the Director with touring duties. At the same
time, Veterinary Inspector, Mr. V. N. Kulkarni, who had been
carrying on the duties of Personal Assistant was appointed to an
Inspector's range. This new arrangement has proved much more
suitable.

Mr. Marathe was on tour for 83 days and travelled 4,004 miles
by rail and 1,258 miles by road and 34 miles by sea. He visited
10 districts, inspected 39 hospitals and dispensaries, attended the
Agricultural shows held at Mulegaon in Sholapur district and at
Saswad in Poona district. Mr. V. N. Kulkarni, while holding the
appointment of Personal Assistant, attended two outbreaks of
cattle disease.

                    I. VETERINARY INSTRUCTION.

3.    Staff.—Mr. V. R. Phadke held charge as Principal of the
College throughout the year under report. Mr. M. Mohey Deen
was appointed to do duty as Superintendent, Civil Veterinary
Department, Sind and Rajputana, for a period of about 7½ months,
vice Mr. J. H. G. Jerrom acted as Director of Veterinary Services,
Bombay Presidency. Mr. K. R. S. Aiyar the Lecturer, was
appointed to act as Assistant Professor vice Mr. M. Mohey Deen
and Mr. S. V. Sakhadeo, a member of the Subordinate Veterinary
Service, acted for Mr. Aiyar. The remainder of the staff continued
unchanged.

4.    The students.—There were 99 students' names on the rolls on
the 1st of April 1933. All appeared for the Annual Professional
Examination held in April. Of these, 59 passed successfully. Of
the successful students, 28 having passed the final examination
left the College ; 15 students were promoted from class B to
class C and 16 were promoted to class B from class A. In addition
to the above, 7 students from class C, 2 from class B and 5 from
class A were eligible and appeared for the supplementary examina-
tion held in October. All with the exception of 2 in class C
passed. The 5 from class C having qualified left the College.
The 2 from class B were promoted to class C and 5 from class A
were promoted to class B. Twelve students discontinued the
course after having failed.

5.    In June 1933, 21 new students were admitted to class A
and 3 old students—2 in class C and 1 in class A—were readmitted.
There were thus 83 students on the rolls at the commencement of
the first session.

6.    Of the 21 new students admitted, 10 were natives of the
Bombay Presidency, 4 of Mysore, 1 of Malabar, 1 of Madras, 1 of
Ceylon and 4 of Federated Malay States. Of the new students, 1 had
passed the Intermediate Arts, 2 had passed the First Year Arts and
18 the Matriculation or S.L.C. examinations. The new students
classified according to caste were 8 Brahmins, 1 Maratha, 7 other
Hindus, 4 Christians and 1 Singhalese.