Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1860 – No. 1

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✨ Sheep Inspection Returns

RETURN OF SHEEP INSPECTED FROM 1st NOVEMBER TO 31st DECEMBER, 1859.

NORTHERN DISTRICT.

DATE OF INSPECTION	DATE OF PRECEDING INSPECTION	NAME OF STATION	WHERE SITUATE	NAME OF MANAGER OR OWNER	NO. OF SHEEP ON THE STATION	NO. OF SHEEP INSPECTED	RESULT	DATE ON WHICH SHEEP WERE LAST DRESSED	REMARKS
11th November	...	Hurunui River	Hurunui	William Congreve	900	900	Clean	Not within 3 months	Imported Sheep by land.
19th November	28th September	Coringa Station	Waimakariri	E. M. Templar	5,000	5,000	Clean	Not within 3 months	...
21st November	10 months previous	Mount Pleasant	Port Victoria District	A. Hornbrook	8,000	400	Scabby	...	...
28th November	...	Brooklands	Mount Grey	T. U. Wilson	3,600	2,000	Clean	Not within 3 months	...
22nd December	...	Cheviot Hills	Between Hurunui and Waiau-ua	Gerrard	28,000	3,400	Clean	March last	Sheep bought by Mr. Wilkin, and intended for the Wairau country.
26th December	...	Heathstock	South Hurunui	J. W. Mallock	11,000	2,000	Clean	...	Sheep also bought by Mr. Wilkin. Inspected at Mr. Mallock’s request previous to being passed through the dip, as a precaution.

THOMAS K. ADAMS,
Inspector of Sheep.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1860, No 1

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Sheep Inspection Report for November-December 1859

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
KeywordsSheep, Inspection, Scab, Northern District, Livestock Health
👱🏽 Names

7 names identified

William Congreve, Manager/Owner of Hurunui River Station
E. M. Templar, Manager/Owner of Coringa Station
A. Hornbrook, Manager/Owner of Mount Pleasant Station
T. U. Wilson, Manager/Owner of Brooklands Station
Gerrard, Manager/Owner of Cheviot Hills Station
J. W. Mallock, Manager/Owner of Heathstock Station
Wilkin (Mr), Purchaser of sheep from Cheviot Hills and Heathstock

👩‍💼 Officials

Thomas K. Adams, Inspector of Sheep

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