Agricultural Reports




RETURN of all CATTLE Slaughtered at the Public Slaughter-house, Newmarket, during the week ending Saturday, 9th June, 1855.

Name of person for whom slaughtered. No. of Pigs. No. of Sheep. No. of Goats. No. of Calves. No. of Great Cattle.
W. P. Wells ... 0 0 0 8
A. Chisholm 6 0 0 0 1
F. Andrews 3 0 0 0 0
R. George ... 7 0 0 2
M. Rice 8 9 0 0 3
J. Young 7 0 0 0 0
F. George 1 7 0 0 2
J. Holmes 8 9 0 1 0
W. Sterne 2 0 0 0 0
Total slaughtered 31 78 0 1 13

Joseph Osborne,
Keeper of Public Slaughter-house, Newmarket.

To the Inspector of Slaughterhouses Auckland District.


Waste Land Board Office, Auckland,
15th June, 1855.

In accordance with the 30th clause of the Crown Lands Ordinance, No. 1, Sess. 10, I publish the following list of Licence Holders and apportionments made by the Wardens of the Hundred of Onehunga.

Charles J. Taylor,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Name of Licence Holder. Apportionment of Great Cattle.
Alexander, John 5 head
Bates, William 5
Belcher, William 2
Beswick, Charles 2
Bolous, John 13
Bradburn, John 4
College, John 2
Collings, Thomas 3
Courtney, J. C. 8
Crew, Patrick 5
Cue, 3
Daly, Robert 2
Dilworth, J. 24
Dobson, John 2
Dolan, John 2
Duggin, John 3
Earle, Edward 3
Farmer, James 31
Farrell, George 8
Furley, Samuel 4
Foley, Michael 2
George, Edward 22
Hanson, James 4
Hewits, William 26
Hill, J. Carlton 4
Higgins, William 6
Kelly, Patrick 6
Keree, John 6
Kerr, John 3
Lavery, Henry 7
Lay, John 3
Leathie, William 2
Lorigan, 12
Lundon, John 8
Lusk, R. B. 12
Madigan, Murtagh 2
Mahoney, Thomas 4
Martin, Patrick 1
Martin, Francis 3
May, George 6
May, Joseph 17
May, Martin 5
McCartin, James 3
McGhee, John 4
McKenzie, Donald 3
McPike, John 2
Miller, William 3
Meehan, Patrick 3
Mooney, James 5
Moore, Charles 7
Murdoch, John 3
Nixon, Adam 2
O’Brien, Thomas 5
O’Neill, James 2
Purchas, A. G. 7
Ralph, Anthony 6
Riley, John 2
Rooney, Andrew 2
Rist, John 3
Sharp, William 8
Stuttard, Edward 3
Smith, William 2
Stewart, James 2
Thomson, Henry 6
Tilley, Samuel 3
Turner, William 3
Tramley, Richard 2
Tweedale, Thomas 2
Waters, George 2
Wild, W. S. 6
Williams, John J. 2

Five head of Small Cattle, in lieu of one head of Great Cattle.

(Signed) Martin May,
Henry Thomson,
Wardens of Hundred of Onehunga.

Printed by Williamson & Wilson, for the Provincial Government.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1855, No 19





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🌾 Cattle Slaughtered in Auckland District (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Cattle, Slaughter, Auckland, Livestock, Brands, Marks
9 names identified
  • W. P. Wells, Cattle slaughtered
  • A. Chisholm, Cattle slaughtered
  • F. Andrews, Cattle slaughtered
  • R. George, Cattle slaughtered
  • M. Rice, Cattle slaughtered
  • J. Young, Cattle slaughtered
  • F. George, Cattle slaughtered
  • J. Holmes, Cattle slaughtered
  • W. Sterne, Cattle slaughtered

  • Joseph Osborne, Keeper of Public Slaughter-house, Newmarket

🗺️ Licence Holders and Apportionments of Great Cattle

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
15 June 1855
Licence Holders, Apportionments, Great Cattle, Onehunga, Crown Lands
71 names identified
  • John Alexander, Licence Holder
  • William Bates, Licence Holder
  • William Belcher, Licence Holder
  • Charles Beswick, Licence Holder
  • John Bolous, Licence Holder
  • John Bradburn, Licence Holder
  • John College, Licence Holder
  • Thomas Collings, Licence Holder
  • J. C. Courtney, Licence Holder
  • Patrick Crew, Licence Holder
  • Cue, Licence Holder
  • Robert Daly, Licence Holder
  • J. Dilworth, Licence Holder
  • John Dobson, Licence Holder
  • John Dolan, Licence Holder
  • John Duggin, Licence Holder
  • Edward Earle, Licence Holder
  • James Farmer, Licence Holder
  • George Farrell, Licence Holder
  • Samuel Furley, Licence Holder
  • Michael Foley, Licence Holder
  • Edward George, Licence Holder
  • James Hanson, Licence Holder
  • William Hewits, Licence Holder
  • J. Carlton Hill, Licence Holder
  • William Higgins, Licence Holder
  • Patrick Kelly, Licence Holder
  • John Keree, Licence Holder
  • John Kerr, Licence Holder
  • Henry Lavery, Licence Holder
  • John Lay, Licence Holder
  • William Leathie, Licence Holder
  • Lorigan, Licence Holder
  • John Lundon, Licence Holder
  • R. B. Lusk, Licence Holder
  • Murtagh Madigan, Licence Holder
  • Thomas Mahoney, Licence Holder
  • Patrick Martin, Licence Holder
  • Francis Martin, Licence Holder
  • George May, Licence Holder
  • Joseph May, Licence Holder
  • Martin May, Licence Holder
  • James McCartin, Licence Holder
  • John McGhee, Licence Holder
  • Donald McKenzie, Licence Holder
  • John McPike, Licence Holder
  • William Miller, Licence Holder
  • Patrick Meehan, Licence Holder
  • James Mooney, Licence Holder
  • Charles Moore, Licence Holder
  • John Murdoch, Licence Holder
  • Adam Nixon, Licence Holder
  • Thomas O’Brien, Licence Holder
  • James O’Neill, Licence Holder
  • A. G. Purchas, Licence Holder
  • Anthony Ralph, Licence Holder
  • John Riley, Licence Holder
  • Andrew Rooney, Licence Holder
  • John Rist, Licence Holder
  • William Sharp, Licence Holder
  • Edward Stuttard, Licence Holder
  • William Smith, Licence Holder
  • James Stewart, Licence Holder
  • Henry Thomson, Licence Holder
  • Samuel Tilley, Licence Holder
  • William Turner, Licence Holder
  • Richard Tramley, Licence Holder
  • Thomas Tweedale, Licence Holder
  • George Waters, Licence Holder
  • W. S. Wild, Licence Holder
  • John J. Williams, Licence Holder

  • Charles J. Taylor, Commissioner of Crown Lands
  • Martin May, Warden of Hundred of Onehunga
  • Henry Thomson, Warden of Hundred of Onehunga