RETURN OF SHEEP IMPORTED BY SEA INTO THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1862.

I certify the above to be a correct Return.

Christchurch, July 31, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

DECLARATION.—I, Charles Hartmann of Wellington, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 31 in number, on board of the vessel Lord Worsley (Kennedy, commander), now lying at Lyttelton, in the said Province, have not within three months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor been mixed with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

Declared before me, at Lyttelton, this 15th day of July, 1862.

CHARLES HARTMANN.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 31 sheep, the property of Charles Hartmann, on board the Lord Worsley at Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand, at Lyttelton, this 16th day of July, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

†DECLARATION.—I, H. P. Murray Aynsley, of Lyttelton, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 130 in number, marked A, on board of the vessel Omeo (MacLachlan, commander), now lying at Port Lyttelton, in the said Province, have not within three months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor been mixed with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

Declared before me, at Lyttelton, this 17th day of July, 1862.

H. P. MURRAY AYNSLEY.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 130 sheep, branded A, the property of H. P. Murray Aynsley, on board the Omeo, at Port Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand, at Lyttelton, this 17th day of July, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

‡DECLARATION.—I, David Innes, of Canterbury, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 19 in number, on board the vessel Kensington (King, commander), now lying at Lyttelton, in the said Province, have not within three months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor been mixed with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

Declared before me, at Lyttelton, this 19th day of July, 1862.

D. INNES.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 19 sheep, the property of David Innes, on board the Kensington, at Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand, at Lyttelton, this 19th day of July, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

§DECLARATION.—I, George D. Lockhart, of Christchurch, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 1 in number, on board of the vessel Gothenburg, now lying at Lyttelton, in the said Province, have not within three months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor been mixed with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true.

Declared before me, at Christchurch, this 29th day of July, 1862.

GEORGE D. LOCKHART.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 1 sheep, the property of George D. Lockhart, on board the Gothenburg, at Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this 29th day of July, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

CHRISTCHURCH: PRINTED AT THE UNION PRINTING OFFICE, GLOUCESTER STREET, BY MESSRS. WARD AND REEVES, OFFICIAL PRINTERS TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF CANTERBURY.