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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1875.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1875.
Despatch from the Secretary of State.
THE following despatch from Her Majesty's
Secretary to the Government of India, with
its enclosure, is published for general information.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary).
No. 572.
Government of India, Military Department,
Fort William, 9th December, 1874.
To the Colonial Secretary, New Zealand.
SIR, I am desired by the Right Hon. the Gover-
nor-General of India in Council to forward, for the
information of His Excellency the Governor, the
accompanying copy of a report, dated 10th September,
1874, by Staff Veterinary Surgeon W. Thacker, on
the present state and future prospects of the horse
trade in the colonies as affecting the supply of re-
mounts for the Army in India, and of the resolution
passed thereon by the Government of India.
- I am also to request that the accompanying
notice on the same subject may be published in the
leading journals, and circulated as extensively as
possible.
I am, &c.,
H. K. BURNE, Colonel,
Secy. to Govt. of India.
No. 560.
Government of India, Military Department.
Extract from the proceedings of the Government of
India, in the Military Department, under date Fort
William, the 9th December, 1874.
(SUPPLY OF ARMY REMOUNTS FROM AUSTRALIA.)
READ—
Report by Staff Veterinary-Surgeon W. Thacker,
Remount Agent, dated 10th September, 1874.
From W. Thacker, Esq., Calcutta Remount Agent,
Government of India, to the President, Special
Stud Commission.—(Dated Bombay, the 10th
September, 1874.)
In accordance with the instructions contained in
your letter No. 3,193 of the 21st March, and No.
1,708 of the 31st March, 1874, from the Military
Department, Government of India, I proceeded at
the close of the last purchasing season (31st March)
to Australia, for the purpose of collecting reliable in-
formation as to the present and future prospects of
a supply of remounts being obtainable for the Army
in India.
-
To carry out this duty fully, I deemed it neces-
sary to visit, as far as my limited time would allow,
the districts from which horses for the Indian market
were principally obtained; and with the further view
of forming an opinion as to the probable qualifica-
tions of the horses destined to influence the future
supply, visited the studs where thorough-bred stock
only were reared, and from which entire horses
became distributed throughout the country. -
The colonies in which my investigations have
been carried out from actual observations are Tas-
mania, Victoria, and New South Wales. -
In Tasmania horse-breeding may be considered
to have declined, the number of horses in the year
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🛡️ Despatch Regarding Supply of Army Remounts from Colonies
🛡️ Defence & Military9 December 1874
Despatch, India, Army remounts, Horse trade, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales
- William H. Reynolds (in the absence of the Colonial Secretary)
- H. K. Burne, Colonel, Secy. to Govt. of India
- W. Thacker, Staff Veterinary Surgeon