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

DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1865.

NORTHERN DISTRICT.

| 1865, Feb. 1 | ... | Government Yard | Hurunui | J. S. Caverhill (a) | ... | 6,480 | Clean | ... | Imported, Ditto |
| 1 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | G. W. McRae (b) | ... | 225 | Clean | ... | Certificate granted, Ditto |
| 8 | ... | Ashley Gorge | Ashley | Thos. Ellis (c) | ... | 3,500 | Clean | ... | Ditto |
| 9 | ... | Birch-hill | Ditto | T. S. Mannering (d) | ... | 3,800 | Clean | ... | Ditto |
| 9 | ... | Fernside | Ditto | A. I. Cunningham (e) | ... | 6,000 | Clean | ... | Ditto |
| 14 | ... | Horsley Downs | Hurunui | J. D. Lance (f) | ... | 12,000 | Clean | ... | Imported |
| 18 | ... | Government Yard | Ditto | F. Tabart (g) | ... | 500 | Clean | ... | Ditto |
| 18 | ... | Ashley Gorge | Ashley | Thos. Ellis (h) | ... | 2,500 | Clean | ... | Certificate granted |
| 27 | ... | Government Yard | Hurunui | Walter Shrimpton (i) | ... | 310 | Clean | ... | Imported |

CENTRAL DISTRICT.

| Feb. 8 | ... | Islam | Riccarton | J. C. W. Russell | ... | 170 | Clean | ... | ... |
| 8 | ... | Lake Ellesmere | Ditto | R. Taylor | ... | 120 | Clean | ... | ... |
| 11 | ... | Ashburton | Ashburton | J. Jenkins | ... | 400 | Scabby | ... | ... |
| 11 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | T. C. Moorhouse | ... | 8,000 | Doubtful | ... | ... |
| 11 | ... | Hunts | Ditto | I. Park | ... | 1,600 | Scabby | ... | ... |
| 12 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | T. Park | ... | 3,100 | Clean | ... | Certificate granted |
| 13 | ... | Scarness | Ditto | T. Harding (k) | ... | 4,500 | Scabby | ... | ... |
| 22 | ... | Hoon Hay | Peninsula | H. J. Cridland | ... | 730 | Scabby | ... | ... |

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

| Jan. 31, Feb. 1 | ... | Grampian Hills | Orari | C. G. Tripp | ... | 15,000 | Clean | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | On the River | Waitangi | M. Holmes (l) | ... | 4,889 | Clean | ... | Imported |
| ... | ... | Otaia | ... | J. McLean | ... | 350 | Clean | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | Blue Cliffs | Ditto | Thompson, Brothers | ... | 2,500 | Clean | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | Opawa | Ditto | W. Younghusband | ... | 7,682 | Clean | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | Ditto | Opawa River | W. Horobrook | ... | 645 | Clean | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | Cave | Opihi | R. and G. Rhodes | ... | 29,129 | Clean | ... | ... |

Christchurch, 3rd March, 1865.

P. B. BOULTON,
Chief Inspector of Sheep.

DECLARATIONS:

(a) DECLARATION.—I, Alexander McLean, of Motanau, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 6,480 in number, marked —, 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.

ALEX. McLEAN.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 1st day of February, 1865.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(b) DECLARATION.—I, George Willesden McRae, of Glen Tekoa, Amuri, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 225 in number, marked —, 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.

GEO. W. McRAE.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 1st day of February, 1865.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(c) DECLARATION.—I, Thomas Ellis, of Ashley Gorge Station, 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 3,500 in number, now being at Ashley Gorge Station, 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 February, 1865.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(d) DECLARATION.—I, T. S. Mannering, of Birch-hill, 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 3,800 in number, now being at Birch-hill, 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.

T. S. MANNERING.

Declared before me at Birch-hill, this 9th day of February, 1865.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(e) DECLARATION.—I, A. H. Cunningham, of Fernside, 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 Fernside, 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.

A. H. CUNNINGHAM.

Declared before me at Fernside, this 9th day of February, 1865.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(f) DECLARATION.—I, J. D. Lance, of Heathstock, Hurunui, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 12,000 in number, now being at Horsley Downs, 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.

J. D. LANCE.

Declared before me at Horsley Downs, this 14th day of February, 1865.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(g) DECLARATION.—I, Gordon Saxby, of Highfield, Amuri, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 500 in number, marked —, 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.

GORDON H. SAXBY.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 18th day of February, 1865.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(h) DECLARATION.—I, Thomas Ellis, of Ashley Gorge, 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 2,500 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 24th day of February, 1865.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(i) DECLARATION.—I, Walter Shrimpton, of Sandford Down, Hurunui, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 310 in number, marked —, 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.

WALTER SHRIMPTON.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 27th day of February, 1865.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(k) DECLARATION.—I, William Douglas, of Scarness, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 4,500 in number, now being at Scarness, 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.

W. DOUGLAS.

Declared before me at Scarness, this 13th day of February, 1865.—P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(l) DECLARATION.—I, James Horne, of Oamaru, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 4,889 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at Waiareka, 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.

JAMES HORNE.

Declared before me at Mackay’s Ferry, this 3rd day of February, 1865.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.