Destruction of life in India by poisonous snakes / J. Fayrer.

  • Joseph Fayrer
Date:
1882
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Credit: Destruction of life in India by poisonous snakes / J. Fayrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. A $ 4 they may have oeen, and will continue to be, if distributed without discretion for snakes not poisonous. If this method of dealing with the matter—and who can deny its importance—be adopted (but it must be done willingly, and not with the foregone conclusion that it will fail), I am certain that, as part of a comprehensive scheme for the destruction of noxious animals generally, it will succeed.” The following is the purport of the resolution of Novem- ber 8, 1882, which shows that in 1881 the number of deaths caused by snake-bite, of men and animals, con- trasted favourably with that of the previous year, 1880. The statement appended to this resolution shows in detail for each province the number of persons and cattle killed by wild animals and snakes, and the number of wild animals and snakes destroyed, with the rewards paid for their destruction during the year 1881, as compared with the previous year. The figures are summarised in the following tables :— Nu?nber of Hu?nan Beings and Cattle Killed by Snakes Persons killed. Cattle killed. 1880. 1881. 1880. 1881. Madras 1,182 ... 1,064 ••• 227 - 273 Bombay 972 ... 1,024 ••• 9,208 ... 89 ... 191 Bengal 10,064 ... 1,248 ••• 154 North-Western Pro- vinces and Oudh ... 4,723 ••• 5,010 ... 221 ••• 317 Punjab 68l ... 744 ••• 78 69 Central Provinces ... 901 ... 985 39 26 British Burma 149 135 194 ... 150 Coorg 3 - Nil ... Nil ... Nil Assam 211 ... 189 ... 57 16 Hyderabad Assigned Districts 125 ... 197 ... 383 ... 836 Ajmere-Merwara ... 1 49 ••• 54 ••• Nil Nib- 1 Total 19,060 ... 18,610 ... 2,536 ... 2,032 Snakes killed and Rewards Paid Destroyed. Rewards. Destroyed. Rewards. 1880. Rs. a. p. 1 881. Rs. a. p. Madras Nil . Nil . Nil Nil Bombay 177,078 . .. 6,922 3 6 ... 207,113 ... 6,214 0 0 Bengal 23,201 . N.-W. Provinces •• 3,733 3 6 ... , 19,282 . ...3,430 5 0 and Oudh... 1,029. 10 2 0 ... 1,142 ... 56 5 3 Punjab 9,126 . Cent. Provinces 866 . .. 635 50... 22,279 ... 1,587 4 0 336 6 0 ... D493 ... 562 8 0 1 British Burma. 997 . 200 ... 2,990 27 0 0 j Coorg 58 . Nil 16 4001 Assam 202 . Hyderabad As- Nil 3°° ... 34 0 0 j signed districts 158 . 23 14 0 ... 332 ... 45 8 0 Ajmere-Merwara 61 . Nil 21 Nil Total ... 212,776 ... 11,663 20.. . 254,968 ...11,960 14 3 The deaths of human beings from snake-bite were, in 1880, 19,060; while in 1881 they were 18,610.
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