RETURN of SHEEP INSPECTED by the INSPECTORS of SHEEP for the PROVINCE of CANTERBURY,

DURING THE MONTH of JUNE, 1864.

NORTHERN DISTRICT

CENTRAL DISTRICT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT

Christchurch, 4th July, 1864.

P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

DECLARATIONS

(a) 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 6,000 in number, now being at Loburn 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 Loburn, this 1st day of June, 1864.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

A. H. CUNNINGHAM.

(b) DECLARATION – I, L. A. G. Walker, of Double Corner, 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 1,000 in number, now being at Double Corner, have not within three 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 Double Corner, this 1st day of June, 1864.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

L. A. G. WALKER.

(c) DECLARATION – I, H. C. H. Knowles, of Glentui, 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 1,300 in number, now being at Glentui, 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 Glentui, this 25th day of June, 1864.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

CHARLES H. KNOWLES.

(d) DECLARATION – I, Philip Mirfin of Hawkeswood, Amuri, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 830 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 the Hastie’s, this 25th day of June, 1864.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

PHILIP MIRFIN.

(e) DECLARATION – I, Andrew Paterson of Levels, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep branded A, being 5,500 in number, now being at Lake Side, 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.

Declared before me at Lake Side, this 10th day of June, 1864.—P. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

ANDREW PATERSON.