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Vide para-
graph 2 of
C. P. Sectt.
Agric. Dept.
etter No.352-
XIII—10-20
d. 15-7-15.

4.   Outbreaks of cattle disease in the forest villages in the Northern and
Southern Circles and in the Betul, Melghat, Amraoti and Buldana Divisions
of the Berar Circle will be reported by Kotwals or Patels to the Forest

Ranger who in turn will report to the nearest Veterinary Assistant. In
the Nimar and Yeotmal Divisions of the Berar Circle, reports of outbreaks
will be made by the Kotwals or Patels, to the Patwari of the nearest
revenue village and the Patwari will then report to the nearest Veterinary
Assistant.

5.  Reports of outbreaks of disease among herds encamped in forest
areas outside the limits of a village, will be made by Forest Guards to the
Range Officer, who will in turn report to the nearest Veterinary Assistant.

6.  Blank forms of report slips, bound in books, may be obtained on
indent from the Jail Press, Nagpur.

7.  The following are the orders of the Government of India regarding
the necessity of co-operation between the Civil and Military authorities in
dealing with outbreaks of epidemic cattle disease :—

Cases have recently come under the notice of the Government of India in
which, owing to the division of authority between Civil and Military Officers,
the measures that have been taken upon the occurrence of an outbreak of
contagious disease among animals have not been as prompt and effective
as they might and should have been. In outbreaks of disease, it is especi-
ally important that all concerned should co-operate in the fullest manner,
as the powers of the executive in the matter are at the best extremely
limited, while the evil spreads so rapidly that whatever can be done to
check it should be done at once. The following procedure should be
observed in future whenever contagious disease makes its appearance
among animals :—

(1) When any contagious or infectious disease appears among animals
at a horse or cattle fair, or in the neighbourhood of a cantonment, or on
a line of military communication, the District or Sub-Divisional Officer
shall immediately report the fact and the nature of the disease to the
nearest military authority, who will be responsible for communicating the
information to any other military authorities whom it may concern.

(2) When such disease appears in a camp or cantonment or among
animals under military authority on a line of communication, the facts shall
be immediately reported by the military authorities to the District or Sub-
Divisional Officer within whose charge the disease has appeared.

(3) The principal local authority, whether Civil or Military, within
whose jurisdiction the disease has appeared should keep the local Military
or Civil authority (as the case may be) informed of the preventive or
repressive measures that he has adopted, so that the action taken by the
one may be, as far as possible, continued by the other. Any suggestions
that either authority may have to make for action on the part of the other,
with a view to checking the spread of the disease, should be made to him
direct. The latter on receiving them should give them his best attention
and should inform the authority who made them how far he feels himself
able to accept and act upon them.