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RETURN OF SHEEP INSPECTED BY THE INSPECTORS OF SHEEP FOR THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1864.

April 4, 1864.

P. B. BOULTON,
Inspector of Sheep.

(a) DECLARATION.--I, T. W. Bruce, of Motonau, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 1,200 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at the Hurunui, Amuri District, 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.

T. W. BRUCE.

Declared before me at the Hurunui, this 1st day of March, 1864.--H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(b) DECLARATION.--I, Stephen Nosworthy, of St Leonard’s, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 7,500 in number, marked D., now being depastured by me at St Leonard’s, Amuri District, 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.

S. NOSWORTHY.

Declared before me at St Leonard’s, this 1st day of March, 1864.--H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(c) DECLARATION.--I, Charles McAlpine, of Christchurch, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 3,000 in number, marked R. L., now being depastured by me at St. Leonard’s, Amuri District, 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.

CHAS. McALPINE.

Declared before me at St Leonard’s, this 4th day of March, 1864.--H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(d) DECLARATION.--I, Thomas Ellis, of Ashley Gorge, on the Ashley, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep branded —, being 6,000 in number, now being at Ashley Gorge, have not within two months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor within two months been mixed with any Sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

THOMAS ELLIS.

Declared before me at Ashley Gorge, this 8th day of March, 1864.--H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(e) DECLARATION.--I, John Innes, of Mount Brown, Waipara, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep branded —, being 8,500 in number, now being at Mount Brown, have not within two months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor within two months been mixed with any Sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

JOHN INNES.

Declared before me at Mount Brown, this 11th day of March, 1864.--H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(f) DECLARATION.--I, T. F. Groom, of Dunedin, Otago, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 3,000 in number, marked R. T., now being depastured by me at the Hurunui, Nelson Province, have not within the 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.

T. F. GROOM.

Declared before me at the Hustle’s, Hurunui, this 12th day of March, 1864.--H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(g) DECLARATION.--I, William Forbes, of Culverden, Nelson Province, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, four (Rams) in number, unbranded, being depastured by me at the Hurunui, Amuri District, 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.

WILLIAM FORBES.

Declared before me at Hustle’s, Hurunui, this 12th day of March, 1864.--H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(h) DECLARATION.--I, H. E. Reader, of Teviotdale, Waipara, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep branded —, being 17,000 in number, now being at Teviotdale, have not within two months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor within two months been mixed with any Sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

H. E. READER.

Declared before me at Teviotdale, this 14th day of March, 1864.--H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(i) DECLARATION.--I, G. H. Parlby, of the Rakaia, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 1,044 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at the Hurunui, 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.

G. H. PARLBY.

Declared before me at the Hurunui, this 25th day of March, 1864.--H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(k) DECLARATION.--I, Frank Pitt, of Rookeby, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep branded —, being 14,000 in number, now being at Rookeby, have not within two months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor within two months been mixed with any Sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

F. PITT.

Declared before me at Rookeby, this 17th day of March, 1864.--P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

(l) DECLARATION.--I, Michael John Burke, of the Halswell, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep branded —, being 1,200 in number, now being at the Halswell, have not within two months last past had applied to any of them any scab-destroying preparation, nor within two months been mixed with any Sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

M. J. BURKE.

Declared before me at the Halswell, this 30th day of March, 1864.--P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

(m) DECLARATION.--I, James Macdonald, of Paterson Station, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 2,600 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at Waitaki, have not within two 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.--For Messrs. Harris & Innes.

JAMES MACDONALD.

Declared before me at Waitangi, this 14th day of March, 1864.--ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

(n) DECLARATION.--I, John Russell, of Mount Grey Station, Kowai, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep branded —, being 5,500 in number, now being at Mount Grey, have not within two months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor within two months been mixed with any Sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

JOHN RUSSELL.

Declared before me at Mount Grey, this 10th day of March, 1864.--H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.