Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 3

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✨ Diseased Sheep Return

RETURN FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31st MARCH, 1859, OF DISEASED SHEEP.

NORTHERN DISTRICT.

Name of Station.	Name of Manager or Owner.	No. of Sheep on Station.	No. Diseased.	When procured Diseased.	Date of last Inspection.	Result.	Date and nature of last legal proceedings.	Result.	Remarks.
Glenmark	G. H. Moor	1,500	...	11th February	11th February	Scabby	2nd March. Cases tried in Resident Magistrate's Court.	Convicted on each charge and fined.	Mr. Moore lodged an appeal against decision in each case.
Ditto	Ditto	20,000	350	12th ditto	12th ditto	Ditto	...	...	...
Ditto	Ditto	5,000	...	14th ditto	14th ditto	Ditto	...	...	...
Mount Pleasant	A. Hornbrook	3,000	3,000	12th March	10th March	Ditto	Proceedings taken.	Case adjourned till 6th April.	...
Teviot Dale	J. Meldrum	6,000	1,200	12th ditto	12th ditto	Ditto	Ditto 30th March.	Fined £50.	...
Reed's Station	C. A. Freeland	5,000	5,000	26th ditto	26th ditto	Ditto	Proceedings taken for 6th April.	...	...

THOMAS K. ADAMS,
Inspector of Sheep.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

Name of Station.	Name of Manager or Owner.	No. of Sheep on Station.	No. Diseased.	When procured Diseased.	Date of last Inspection.	Result.	Date and nature of last legal proceedings.	Result.	Remarks.
South Rakaia	Sir W. Congreve	900	900	November 29	January 7	Scabby	February 2. Information for not having sheep branded S and allowing sheep to stray. Fined £35.	...	Dressed for the first time on the 25th January.
Mr. Reed's, south side Waimakariri (In the Northern District)	C. A. Freeland	4,000	...	March 10	...	Scabby	March 21. During diseased sheep.	Deposit fined £25.	Travelling to the Ashburton and Otago.

Christchurch, April 1, 1859.

P. B. BOULTON,
Inspector of Sheep.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1859, No 3

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Return of Diseased Sheep for the Quarter Ended 31st March, 1859

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated1 March 1859
KeywordsDiseased Sheep, Sheep Stations, Inspections, Legal Proceedings, Fines, Scabby Sheep, Northern District, Southern District
👱🏽 Names

G. H. Moor, Manager/Owner of Glenmark Station
A. Hornbrook, Manager/Owner of Mount Pleasant Station
J. Meldrum, Manager/Owner of Teviot Dale Station
C. A. Freeland, Manager/Owner of Reed's Station
W. Congreve (Sir), Manager/Owner of South Rakaia Station

👩‍💼 Officials

THOMAS K. ADAMS, Inspector of Sheep
P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep

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