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

CENTRAL DISTRICT.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

Christchurch, 3rd June 1864.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

(a) DECLARATION.—I, N. S. Walker, of Christchurch, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 900 in number, marked G, now being depastured by me at the North Bank of 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.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 2nd day of May, 1864.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

N. S. WALKER.

(b) DECLARATION.—I, Thomas Renwick, of Nelson, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 1,378 in number, marked 7, now being depastured by me at the North Bank of 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.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 14th day of May, 1864.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

THOMAS RENWICK.

(c) DECLARATION.—I, N. S. Walker, of Christchurch, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 145 in number, marked G, 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.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 27th day of May, 1864.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

N. S. WALKER.

(d) DECLARATION.—I, Charles G. King, of Hawkeswood, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 1,500 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at the North Bank of 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.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 28th day of May, 1864.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

C. G. KING.

(e) DECLARATION.—I, A. H. Cunningham, of Fernside, Ashley, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep branded T, being 5,000 in number, now being at Fernside, 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.

Declared before me at Fernside, this 1st day of June, 1864.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

A. H. CUNNINGHAM.

(f) DECLARATION.—I, A. H. Cunningham, of Fernside, 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 3,000 in number, now being at Birch-hill, Ashley, 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.

Declared before me at Fernside, this 1st day of June, 1864.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

A. H. CUNNINGHAM.

(g) DECLARATION.—I, Alexander Lean, of Mount Hutt, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded A, being 8,000 in number, now being at Mount Hutt, 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.

Declared before me at Mount Hutt, this 9th day of May, 1864.—P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

ALEXANDER LEAN.

(h) DECLARATION.—I, Thomas Allen, of Rakaia, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep branded AB, being 12,000 in number, now being at the Rakaia, 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.

Declared before me at the Rakaia, this 24th day of May, 1864.—P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

THOMAS ALLEN.

(i) DECLARATION.—I, Thomas Carter Moorhouse, of the Ashburton, 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 the Ashburton, 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.

Declared before me at the Ashburton, this 25th day of May, 1864.—P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

THOS. C. MOORHOUSE.

(k) DECLARATION.—I, George Dowling, of Rhoborough Downs Station, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 1,000 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at the River Ohau, 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.

Declared before me at the River Ohau, this 14th day of May, 1864.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

GEORGE DOWLING.

(l) DECLARATION.—I, Edmund Hodgkinson, of Bold Hill, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 1,508 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at Ohau Lake, Otago, 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 Lake Ohau, this 16th day of May, 1864.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

E. HODGKINSON.

CHRISTCHURCH:

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