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attached photograph shows how popular these dispensaries have
become within so short a period.

                              HOSPITALS.

83.  Number of hospitals.—The number of veterinary-
hospitals in the province was 33 as in the previous year. Of
these, 3 hospitals, viz., Daltonganj, Dinapore and Ranchi, were
in charge of touring veterinary assistant surgeons. The post at
Ranchi has, however, been made stationary with effect from 1st
April 1932.

84.  Construction and repair.—An operation shed was
added by the Cuttack municipality to the veterinary hospital,
Cuttack. The work of construction of the new Purnea veteri-
nary hospital, already undertaken by the Purnea district board,
was completed during the year. It is now furnished with
a set of combined office and dispensary rooms, a cattle shed and
an operation shed and menials' quarters. The veterinary
assistant surgeon's quarters will be taken up by the board as soon
as funds permit. The buildings approved for the new Laheria-
sarai veterinay hospital were under construction during the year.

85.  Number of patients treated.—The number of in and
out patients treated at the hospitals was 75,153 as compared
with 70,067 treated in 1930-31 which shows an increase of over
five thousand patients. Out of the total number, 39,205 patients
were treated in the 14 hospitals of the North Bihar, 21,603 in
the 11 hospitals of the Central and 14,345 in the 8 hospitals
of the Orissa Range. In addition to these, 13,499 castrations
were performed by the hospital assistants, and 12,012 cases not
brought to the hospitals, were provided with medicines, against
11,549 and 6,836 respectively, in the year 1930-31. The
details of the work done in each hospital are shown in Table V.

                              CHAPTER IV.

                     BREEDING OPERATIONS.

86. Control of livestock improvement.—The Civil Veterinary
Department exercised control over the breeding operations at
the Patna Cattle Farm as before, and also looked after the stud
bulls maintained at the veterinary hospitals.

During the year, the question of distribution of the Patna
farm bulls was considered at a meeting held jointly with the
Director of Agriculture under the presidency of the Hon'ble
Minister of Education and, as a result, Government were pleased
to decide that they had no objection to these bulls being kept in
veterinary hospitals and dispensaries provided it did not involve
any extra expenditure, that in case any extra expenditure was