RETURN OF SHEEP IMPORTED BY SEA INTO THE PROVINCE OF

CANTERBURY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1862.

We certify the above to be correct Returns.

Lyttelton, March 22, 1862.

WM. PALFREY, Inspector of Sheep.
P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.
Christchurch, March 31, 1862.

Declaration.—I, George B. Johnson (for Cookson, Bowler and Co.), of Lyttelton, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 20 in number, on board the vessel Lord Worsley (Wood, commander), now lying at Lyttelton, in the said Province, have not within three months last past been subject to any dressing for the cure of the scab, nor been mixed with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

(For Cookson, Bowler and Co.),
GEORGE B. JOHNSON.

Declared before me, at Lyttelton, this 30th day of January, 1862.
WILLIAM PALFREY, Provisional Inspector of Sheep.

Certificate of Inspector.—I, William Palfrey, Provisional Inspector, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 20 sheep, the property of G. B. Johnson, now being 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 30th day of January, 1862.
WILLIAM PALFREY, Inspector of Sheep.

Declaration.—I, Henry Joseph Coote, of Canterbury, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 101 in number, marked diamond, on board the vessel Airedale (Kennedy, commander), now lying at Lyttelton, in the said Province, have not within three months last past been subject to any dressing for the cure of the scab, nor been mixed with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

H. J. COOTE.

Declared before me, at Lyttelton, this 17th day of February, 1862.
WILLIAM PALFREY, Provisional Inspector of Sheep.

Certificate of Inspector.—I, William Palfrey, Provisional Inspector, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 101 sheep, branded diamond, the property of H. J. Coote, now being on board the Airedale, at Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand, at Lyttelton, this 17th day of February, 1862.
WILLIAM PALFREY, Provisional Inspector.

Declaration.—I, Alfred Richard Creyke, of Riccarton, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 5 in number, on board the vessel Airedale (Kennedy, commander), now lying at Lyttelton, in the said Province, have not within three months last past been subject to any dressing for the cure of the scab, nor been mixed with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

A. R. CREYKE.

Declared before me, at Lyttelton, this 20th day of February, 1862.
P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

Certificate of Inspector.—I, William Palfrey, Provisional Inspector, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 5 sheep, the property of A. R. Creyke, now being on board the Airedale, at Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand, at Lyttelton, this 22nd day of February, 1862.
WILLIAM PALFREY, Provisional Inspector.

Declaration.—I, Edward Allen Hargreaves, of Lyttelton, merchant, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 21 in number, now being on board the vessel Fanny Fisher (Smith, 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.

E. A. HARGREAVES.

Declared before me, at Lyttelton, this 29th day of March, 1862.
P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

Certificate of Inspector.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 21 sheep, the property of E. A. Hargreaves, now being on board the Fanny Fisher, at Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand, at Lyttelton, this 29th day of March, 1862.
P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.