RETURN OF SHEEP INSPECTED BY THE INSPECTORS OF SHEEP FOR THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY,

DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1864.

| 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. |
|----------------|------------------------|------------------|----------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------------------------------------|----------|

NORTHERN DISTRICT.

| Oct. 5 | ... | Mount Thomas | Ashley | J. T. Brown | 7,000 | 500 | Scabby. | Scabby. |
| " | ... | Ashley Gorge | Ditto | Thomas Ellis | 6,000 | 400 | Scabby. | Scabby. |
| 7 | ... | Carlton | Cust. | Robert Wilkin | 1,500 | 800 | Clean. | ... |
| 8 | ... | Birch-hill | Ashley | Mannering | 2,600 | 2,500 | Clean. | ... |
| 13 | ... | Government Yard | Hurunui | — Tabart (a) | ... | 750 | Clean. | ... |
| 14 | ... | Horsley Downs | Ditto | J. D. Lance | 32,000 | 32,000 | 50 Scabby. | ... |
| 17 | ... | Glenmark | Waipara | G. H. Moore | 45,000 | 3,000 | Clean. | ... |
| 19 | ... | Coldstream | Ashley | J. Macfarlane (b) | 550 | 550 | Clean. | Certificate granted. |
| 21 | ... | Mount Grey | Kowai | S. O'Connell | 5,000 | 5,000 | Clean. | ... |
| 25 | ... | Fernside | Ashley | A. H. Cunningham | 6,000 | 6,000 | Scabby. | ... |
| " | ... | Double Corner | Waipara | F. Courage (c) | 2,000 | 2,000 | Clean. | Certificate granted. |
| 29 | ... | Loburn | Ashley | A. H. Cunningham | 4,000 | 3,000 | Clean. | ... |

CENTRAL DISTRICT.

| Oct. 4 | ... | Farm | River Styx | His Honor S. Bealey | 2,500 | 2,500 | Clean. | ... |
| " 11 | ... | Acton | Rakaia | E. Hassell | 15,000 | Scabby. | ... | Hui crossed the Rakaia, and been found in Mr. Knyvett's flock. |
| " 12 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | 4,000 | 4,000 | Scabby. | ... |
| 17 | ... | Farm | Riccarton | H. Washbourn (d) | 40 | 40 | Clean. | Certificate granted. |
| " | ... | Sheldon | Lincoln Road | J. P. Wilkinson (e) | 54 | 54 | Clean. | ... |
| 20 | ... | Ashburton | Ashburton | T. Moorhouse | 5,000 | 3,000 | Scabby. | ... |
| " | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | ... | 8,000 | Clean. | ... |
| 24 | ... | Searness | Ditto | T. Harding | 4,500 | 4,500 | Scabby. | ... |
| 25 | ... | Mount Hutt | Rakaia | A. Lean | 8,500 | 8,500 | Clean. | ... |
| 28 | ... | Farm | Prebbleton | S. D. Glyde | 80 | 20 | Scabby. | Sheep have been destroyed. |
| " | ... | Ditto | Ditto | D. Bennetts | 80 | 80 | Scabby. | ... |
| " | ... | Henton | Lincoln Road | D. Lewis (f) | 700 | 700 | Clean. | Certificate granted. |
| 29 | ... | The Grange | Ditto | Geo. Gould (g) | 300 | 300 | Clean. | ... |

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

| Oct. 3 | ... | Mount Fourpeaks | Geraldine | Walker and Clogston | 13,000 | 12,000 | Clean. | 16,000 Sheep have been inspected on this run; all above 13,000 are supposed to be strangers from other runs. The portion now inspected are said not to have been mixed with the 3,000 Sheep declared diseased last month. |
| " | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | ... | 2,500 | Clean. | ... |
| 7 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | ... | 700 | Clean. | ... |
| 5 | ... | Raukapuka | Ditto | A. Cox | 40,000 | 4,000 | Clean. | ... |
| 6 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | ... | 6,000 | Clean. | ... |
| 14 | ... | Saltwater Creek | Pareora | King | 3,000 | 3,000 | Clean. | ... |
| 15 | ... | Otipua | Ditto | Jas. King | 7,000 | 2,500 | Clean. | ... |
| 27 | ... | Pareora | Ditto | D. Innes | 20,000 | 3,000 | Clean. | ... |
| " | ... | Opuha | Geraldine | W. Hornbrook | 9,050 | 4,000 | Clean. | ... |
| 21 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | ... | 5,000 | Clean. | ... |

Christchurch, and November, 1864.

F. B. BOULTON, Inspector of Sheep.

DECLARATIONS

(a) DECLARATION. — I, Francis Tabart, of Highfield, Amuri, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 750 in number, 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. — FRANCIS TABART.

Declared before me at Hustle’s, this 13th day of October, 1864. — H. Ramsay Scarvell, Inspector of Sheep.

(b) DECLARATION. — I, John Macfarlane, of Coldstream, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded --, being 550 in number, now being at Coldstream, 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 MACFARLANE.

Declared before me at Coldstream, this 19th day of October, 1864. — H. Ramsay Scarvell, Inspector of Sheep.

(c) DECLARATION. — I, Frank Courage, 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 3,000 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 three months been mixed with any Sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true. — FRANK COURAGE.

Declared before me at Double Corner, this 27th day of October, 1864. — H. Ramsay Scarvell, Inspector of Sheep.

(d) DECLARATION. — I, Henry Washbourn, of Riccarton, on the Ashley, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded --, being 40 in number, now being at Riccarton, have not within three months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor within three 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. WASHBOURN.

Declared before me at Christchurch, this 17th day of October, 1864. — P. B. Boultoun, Inspector of Sheep.

(e) DECLARATION. — I, James P. Wilkinson, of Shelton Farm, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded --, being 54 in number, now being at Shelton Farm, 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. — JAMES P. WILKINSON.

Declared before me at the Shelton Farm, this 17th day of October, 1864. — P. B. Boultoun, Inspector of Sheep.

(f) DECLARATION. — I, David Lewis, of Henton, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep branded --, being 700 in number, now being at Henton, 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. — DAVID LEWIS.

Declared before me at Halswell House, this 28th day of October, 1864. — P. B. Boultoun, Inspector of Sheep.

(g) DECLARATION. — I, George Gould, of Christchurch, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded --, being 300 in number, now being at The Grange, 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. — GEORGE GOULD.

Declared before me at Christchurch, this 29th day of October, 1864. — P. B. Boultoun, Inspector of Sheep.