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Superintendents have complained, and state that Rs. 5 per diem are not
sufficient to cover their expenses. I selected Dr. Butler, Superintendent of
Vaccination in Kattiawar Circle's letter for submission to Government; and
I briefly stated in my endorsement No. 1103, dated 4th March last, that
" I can say, from my own knowledge, that Rs. 5 per diem for our Superintend-
ents will not cover all the expenses of travelling," &c.; and pointed out to
Government that our Superintendents get no other kind of allowance, such
as tentage, office allowance, nor are they supplied with tents. This Govern-
ment in their Resolution No. 756, dated 29th March, again recommended that
the former rate of travelling allowance bo granted.

Certificates of Vaccination from
candidates for Government em-
ploy.

14. In Resolution No. 1138, dated 12th May 1869, Government made
known that they were not prepared to adopt
the rule that a certificate of successful vaccina-
tion, when there is no evidence of protection by
small-pox (or insusceptibility), be exacted from
all candidates for Government employ. I will not urge a reconsideration of
this, but I may mention that the recruits of the Bombay Native Army have
for many years past been vaccinated, when not otherwise protected; and it
is worth mentioning that there have only been fifteen deaths from small-pox
among the Sepoys in the last ten years. I have never heard of recruits on
this side of India objecting to be vaccinated. They quietly submit to it, as
a necessary preliminary to their enlistment. Again, the employés of the
Telegraph Department suffered so severely from small-pox, that it was
directed in Circular No. 1897 of 1868-69, dated 20th March 1869, from the
Superintendent, Sub-Bombay Division, to the Assistant Superintendent in
charge Bombay Office, that all employés in the Telegraph Department be
vaccinated when it does not interfere with caste prejudices : and they were
vaccinated or re-vaccinated without a murmur, as far as I know.

Superintendence of Dispensa-
ries.

15. Mr. Grey, Collector of Belgaum, made a suggestion early in 1869,
that Superintendents of Vaccination might,
when on tour, inspect Dispensaries. The sugges-
tion was referred to me for opinion by the
Inspector General, Indian Medical Department, in his letter No. 1090, dated
12th April 1869. I stated in my answer thereto, No. 284, dated 19th idem,
that Superintendents have time enough to inspect Dispensaries without
detriment to their vaccination duties, and that, in point of fact, they do now
inspect the vaccination work at Dispensaries. At the same time I stated