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                                                            APPENDIX A.

Report on the Veterinary Administration of the Manipur State for the year 1913-14.

1.   Personnel*—Babu Krishna Narain, Veterinary Assistant, has continued in charge throughout
the year, under the supervision of the Vice-President, Manipur State Durbar. He has worked very
satisfactorily, as has the compounder, Thokeham Mangaljao Singh. Negotiations are in progress for
.reading the latter to the Belgaehia Veterinary College for training.

2.   Tours.—The Veterinary Assistant visited 121 villages outside the 5-mile radius. He was on
tour for 87 days, travelling 1,004 miles. The decrease in his touring is clue to the fact that there was
no severe outbreak of Rinderpest as in the previous year.

3.   Contagious diseases,—The number of animals known to have died of contagious diseases during
the year under report was 1,839.

Equities.—There has been no record of any contagious disease among ponies.

Bovines,—(a) Rinderpest was reported from only 29 villages, as against 348 in the previous
year, and the number of deaths was only 1,791 as against 25,347. The Veterinary Assistant visited
20 out of the 29 villages affected-

(b) Foot-and-mouth disease broke out in 8 villages, as against four in 1912-13. The Veterinary
assistant visited all the outbreaks. Nineteen deaths occurred.

other infectious diseases were reported among cattle.

Other animals.—'The record under this is not complete. The 29 deaths recorded, were
such as came to the. Veterinary Assistant's while attending cattle during the Rinderpest
They are the deaths which were caused among pigs by Rinderpest.

4.   Preventive inoculation.—Duly 22 cattle were inoculated tor Rinderpest—ten in Impbal
in Ukhrud, in the eastern hills. No gains occurred among inoculated cattle. In spite of the
In spite of the prejudice of the Manipuri population against inoculation is as strong as ever and none
the villagers outside Impled in which Rink occured to have their cattle vaccinated.
^;' ;most extraordinary in view of the c way in which the Manipuri has taken to vacema-

T'he balance of 500 c. c. anti-Rinderpest;- serum in stock at the end of last year was used up and a
iio.di supply of 5,000 c. c indented from the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory still remains in hand.

5.   In-pntiev4s.—The new Veterinary Dispensary was completed in October, 1913, and was
occupied from 1st November, 1918. In if there is accommodation for in-patients and 43 were admitted
. the last six months of the year, of which 42 were discharged as cured.

6. OHt-paiients.-These is a decrease in the number of out-patients from 2,607 in the previous
year to 1,664 during the year under report. This is not due to any prejudice against the Veterinary
assistant or the dispensary, but to the com panrative freedom from contagious diseases.

The Veterinary Assistant, performed 14 major and 13 minor operations as against 16 major and
minor operations in the previous year.

                                                                                                    J. C. HIGGINS,
                                                                            Vice-President of the Manipur State Durbar.