Sheep Inspection and Importation




RETURN of Seaborne Sheep dipped under inspection at the Licensed Dips, for the month of March, 1865.

Date when Landed Date of Dipping Proprietor Ship Whence Sheep Dipped in Wool or Shorn in Christchurch Registered Brand No. of Sheep Dipped Strength of Dipping Preparation Proprietor of Licensed Dip Remarks
1865, Feb. 23 1865, Mar. 13 M. Sprot Airedale Dunedin... In Wool ... BB 5 25 lbs. to 100 gallons Burnell and Co. Once Dipped.
Mar. 5 " 18 E. Mitchell Phoebe Wellington Ditto ... H 60 Ditto ... Ditto ... Ditto.
" 7 " 13 J. R. Hill Wild Wave Sydney ... Ditto ... 5 Ditto ... Ditto ... Ditto.

I certify the above to be a correct Return,

P. B. BOULTON,
Chief Inspector of Sheep.

Christchurch, 4th April, 1865.


INSPECTOR’S RETURN OF SHEEP IMPORTED BY SEA.

Date Proprietor Ship Whence Description of Stock Remarks
1865: March 5 E. Mitchell (a) Phoebe Wellington ... 50 rams Clean.
" 7 J. R. Hill (b) Wild Wave Sydney ... 5 rams Clean.
" 27 M. Sprot (c) Rachel London ... 8 rams Clean.

I certify the above to be a correct Return,

P. B. BOULTON,
Chief Inspector of Sheep.

Christchurch, 4th April, 1865.


(a) DECLARATION.—I, Edward Mitchell, of Christchurch, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 50 in number, marked —, now on board of the vessel “Phoebe,” E. Wheeler, Commander, now lying at Port Lyttelton, in the said Province, 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 Lyttelton, this 5th day of March, 1865.—WILLIAM PALFREY, Inspector of Sheep.


(b) DECLARATION.—I, J. R. Hill, of Christchurch, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, five in number, marked —, now on board of the vessel “Wild Wave,” Vandervord, Commander, now lying at Port Lyttelton, in the said Province, 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 Lyttelton, this 7th day of March, 1865.—WILLIAM PALFREY, Inspector of Sheep.


(c) DECLARATION.—I, Mark Sprot (by Burnell, Bennett, and Sprot), of Christchurch, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, eight in number, marked —, now on board of the vessel “Rachel,” Brodie, Commander, now lying at Port Lyttelton, in the said Province, 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 Lyttelton, this 27th day of March, 1865.—WILLIAM PALFREY, Inspector of Sheep.


CHRISTCHURCH:
Printed, under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the ‘Press’ Office, Cashel-street, by JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.




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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 19





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🌾 Return of Seaborne Sheep Dipped Under Inspection (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 April 1865
Sheep, Dipping, Inspection, Licensed Dips, Christchurch
  • M. Sprot, Proprietor of sheep dipped
  • E. Mitchell, Proprietor of sheep dipped
  • J. R. Hill, Proprietor of sheep dipped

  • P. B. Boulton, Chief Inspector of Sheep

🌾 Inspector’s Return of Sheep Imported by Sea

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 April 1865
Sheep, Importation, Inspection, Christchurch
  • E. Mitchell, Proprietor of imported sheep
  • J. R. Hill, Proprietor of imported sheep
  • M. Sprot, Proprietor of imported sheep

  • P. B. Boulton, Chief Inspector of Sheep

🌾 Declaration of Sheep Health by Edward Mitchell

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
5 March 1865
Sheep, Health Declaration, Scab, Catarrh, Lyttelton
  • Edward Mitchell, Declared sheep health

  • William Palfrey, Inspector of Sheep

🌾 Declaration of Sheep Health by J. R. Hill

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
7 March 1865
Sheep, Health Declaration, Scab, Catarrh, Lyttelton
  • J. R. Hill, Declared sheep health

  • William Palfrey, Inspector of Sheep

🌾 Declaration of Sheep Health by Mark Sprot

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
27 March 1865
Sheep, Health Declaration, Scab, Catarrh, Lyttelton
  • Mark Sprot, Declared sheep health

  • William Palfrey, Inspector of Sheep