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The Sind circle again stands first as compared with the preced-
ing year ; the Presidency circle has jumped from the 9th to the
2nd place; the Central circle again holds the 3rd place ; Western
Guzerat has fallen from the 2nd to the 4th place; Aden has risen
from the 8th to the 5th place; the Western circle has fallen from
the 5th to the 9th place ; and Cutch is again last. The average has
risen in all circles except two, viz., Eastern Guzerat and Western
circles ; in both the decrease is small. The very high average in
Sind is due entirely to the great number of re-vaccinations.

Tours of su-
perintendents

65. In the Central circle I went through the zillahs of'
Poona, Ahmednagar, and Sholápur. I intended to visit Ratnágiri
and Satara, but was called into Bombay on account of the severe
epidemic of small-pox. I inspected the work of all the vaccina-
tors in the Ahmednagar zillah very carefully, and was well
pleased with their work in nearly every instance. In the 3
talukas of Poona which I visited the work was also very good,
and in Karmála taluka of Sholápur zillah it was fair. Dr. Raby's
tour extended through Dharwar and Belgaum zillahs, in which
he examined most of the vaccinators' work, and in Kanara he
saw the work of 5 men. Dr. Cody visited all the zillahs in his
circle, and saw work in 27 talukas. Dr. Colah went through the
whole of his districts except Máhi Kánta, and saw work in
nearly all talukas. Dr. Blomfield visited the 4 divisions of Kat-
tywar, and two talukas of Ahmedabad zillah, but Pálanpur has
not been visited for the last three years. Dr. Blomfield was in
expectation of being relieved of his vaccination duties; had
he thought it likely he should be still in charge of the West-
ern Guzerat circle he would have made a point of visiting
the Pálanpur territory last cold season. Dr. Williams went
through all his districts. He says :—" I need write but a very
" brief account of my tour. I marched up the right bank of
" the Indus, which I crossed over from Thul in Jacobabad to
" Ghotki in the Rohri districts, and then traversed the Hy-
" derabad districts, and the neighbourhood of the Eastern Nara
" as far as Jhooda, when I re-entered Hyderabad by Bago
" Tando and Badin, and then went into the Sháhbandar and

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