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RETURN OF SHEEP IMPORTED BY SEA INTO THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1862, AND JANUARY, 1863.

I certify the above to be a correct Return.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

Christchurch, 2nd February, 1863.

• DECLARATION.—I, Edward Mitchell of Lyttelton, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 29 in number, on board of the vessel Austral, R. Phillips, 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.

EDWARD MITCHELL.

Declared before me at Lyttelton, this 1st day of December, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 29 sheep, the property of Edward Mitchell on board the Austral at Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand at Lyttelton, this 1st day of December, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

† DECLARATION.—I, Edwin Barnes Walker of View Hill, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 3080 in number, marked M O, on board of the vessel Sirocco, Derryman, 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.

EDWIN BARNES WALKER.

Declared before me at Lyttelton, this 22nd day of December, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 3080 sheep, branded M O, the property of E. B. Walker, on board the Sirocco at Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand at Lyttelton, this 22nd day of December, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

‡ DECLARATION.—I, Charles Edward Bird of Dunedin, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 1600 in number, marked C, on board of the vessel Prince Alfred, Wheeler, Commander, now lying at Lyttelton in the said Province, have not within three months last past had applied to 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.

CHAS. E. BIRD.

Declared before me, at Lyttelton, this 30th day of December, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 1600 sheep, branded C, the property of C. E. Bird, on board the Prince Alfred, at Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand at Lyttelton, this 30th day of December, 1862.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

§ DECLARATION.—I, John Thomson, of Lyttelton, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 6 in number, now on board of the vessel Derwentwater, Commander John Thomson, 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.

JOHN THOMSON.

Declared before me at Lyttelton, this 8th day of January, 1863.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR.—I, Philip Baker Boulton, Inspector of Sheep, hereby certify that I have carefully examined 6 sheep, the property of John Thomson, on board the Derwentwater at Lyttelton, and that I find such sheep entirely free from scab or catarrh.

Given under my hand at Lyttelton, this 8th day of January, 1863.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.