Sheep Inspection Reports




RETURN OF SHEEP INSPECTED IN THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1863.

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.
September 3 Cowley Grove Cust J. S. Williams 1,050 1,050 Scabby
September 9 Loburn Ashley A. H. Cunningham 10,000 10,000 Scabby
September 22 Glenmark Waipara G. H. Moore 45,000 2,000 Scabby
September 27 Stockgrove Waipara G. Hammer 250 250 Scabby
September 28 Mount Brown Waipara Place and Innes 7,000 7,000 Scabby
September 28 Double Corner Waipara L. A. G. Walker 6,000 3,500 Scabby

CENTRAL 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.
September 14 Opawa Farm Heathcote J. S. Williams 100 100 Doubtful
September 19 Whichmore Ashburton J. Park 4,500 4,500 Clean
September 19 Forks Ashburton G. H. Greenstreet 2,000 2,000 Clean
September 21 Hill and Bray’s Ashburton J. Hill 5,500 5,500 Clean
September 23 Mount Hutt Rakaia A. Lean 9,000 2,500 Scabby
September 24 Mount Hutt Rakaia A. Lean 9,000 6,000 Scabby
September 25 Searness Ashburton T. Harding 3,400 3,400 Doubtful
September 26 Ellerton Rakaia T. Allan 9,000 9,000 Clean
September 28 Lyndhurst Rakaia W. Dunford, Jun. 5,600 3,000 Clean
September 28 Lyndhurst Rakaia W. Dunford, Jun. 5,600 2,400 Scabby
September 28 Lavington Rakaia W. Dunford 6,000 6,000 Clean
September 29 Rookby Rakaia F. Pitt 10,000 6,000 Clean

SOUTHERN 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.
September 5 Hakateramea Waitangi G. D. Lockhart* 26,500 22,500 Clean Certificate granted.
September 8 to 14 The Point Waitangi H. Meyer 17,300 17,300 Clean
September 16 Waitangi Waitangi E. Gibson 2,887 2,887 Clean Certificate granted.
September 24 Tekapo Lake Tekapo J. Beswick† 2,946 2,946 Clean

Christchurch, 2nd October, 1863.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

  • DECLARATION.—I, W. H. Jackson, of Hakateramea, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 26,500 in number, marked LH, now being depastured by me at Hakateramea, 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.

Declared before me, at Hakateramea Station, this 5th day of September, 1863.

ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

† DECLARATION.—I, John Evans, of Swainton Station, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 2,946 in number, now being depastured by me at Swainton Station, McKenzie Country, 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 Swainton Station, this 24th day of September, 1863.

ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1863, No 18





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🌾 Return of Sheep Inspected in Canterbury Province (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
2 October 1863
Sheep, Scab, Disease, Inspections, Canterbury, Northern District, Central District, Southern District
20 names identified
  • J. S. Williams, Manager or owner of Cowley Grove and Opawa Farm
  • A. H. Cunningham, Manager or owner of Loburn
  • G. H. Moore, Manager or owner of Glenmark
  • G. Hammer, Manager or owner of Stockgrove
  • Place and Innes, Manager or owner of Mount Brown
  • L. A. G. Walker, Manager or owner of Double Corner
  • J. Park, Manager or owner of Whichmore
  • G. H. Greenstreet, Manager or owner of Forks
  • J. Hill, Manager or owner of Hill and Bray’s
  • A. Lean, Manager or owner of Mount Hutt
  • T. Harding, Manager or owner of Searness
  • T. Allan, Manager or owner of Ellerton
  • W. Dunford (Jun.), Manager or owner of Lyndhurst
  • F. Pitt, Manager or owner of Rookby
  • G. D. Lockhart, Manager or owner of Hakateramea
  • H. Meyer, Manager or owner of The Point
  • E. Gibson, Manager or owner of Waitangi
  • J. Beswick, Manager or owner of Tekapo
  • W. H. Jackson, Declared sheep at Hakateramea
  • John Evans, Declared sheep at Swainton Station

  • P. B. Boulton, Inspector of Sheep
  • Andrew Paterson, Inspector of Sheep