Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 69

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✨ Sheep Inspection Reports

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RETURN OF SHEEP INSPECTED BY THE INSPECTORS OF SHEEP, &c.—continued.

Date of Inspection	Date of preceding inspection	Name of Station	Where situate	Name of Manager or Owner	No. of Sheep on Station	No. of Sheep inspected	Result	Date on which Sheep were last dressed	Remarks

CENTRAL DISTRICT—continued.

| 1865, Nov. 22 | Oct. 16 | Spreydon | Lincoln Road | W. S. Moorhouse | ... | 150 | 150 | Scabby | Oct. 18 | ... |
| ... | Aug. 7 | ... | Prebbleton | J. Toswill | ... | 800 | 800 | Clean | ... | ... |
| Nov. 24 | ... | Spayton | Ashburton | J. H. Cridland | ... | 4,000 | 4,000 | Doubtful | ... | A scabby sheep of Mr. Aynsley's had joined this flock. |
| Nov. 27 | ... | Acton | Rakaia | D. McLean (a) | ... | 9,700 | Clean | Aug. 19 | ... |
| Nov. 28 | ... | ... | Ditto | Dunford, sen. | ... | 6,000 | Do. | ... | ... |

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

| Oct. 31 | ... | Kakahu | Geraldine | G. Macpherson | ... | 4,600 | Clean | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | Raincliffe | Ditto | E. Stericker | ... | 4,675 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Nov. 1 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | ... | 15,100 | 14,000 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Nov. 3 | ... | ... | Ditto | G. Macpherson | ... | 4,500 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Nov. 10 | ... | ... | Timaru | T. W. Hall | ... | 1,200 | 1,309 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Nov. 10 | ... | Sunnyside | Ditto | P. R. Luxmoore | ... | 100 | 100 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Nov. 16 | ... | Bush Station | Temuka | Reach | ... | 13,000 | 4,000 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Nov. 17 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Ditto | ... | ... | 10,000 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Nov. 18 | ... | Four Peaks | Geraldine | T. Billett | ... | 15,500 | 9,000 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Nov. 20 | ... | Sea Beach | Ditto | A. McDonald | ... | 11,000 | 1,000 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Nov. 23 | ... | Homesland | Pareora' | W. C. Smith | ... | 12,500 | 5,500 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Nov. 23 | ... | ... | Ditto | Ditto | ... | 7,000 | Do. | ... | ... |

Christchurch, 2nd December, 1865.

P. R. BOULTON,
Chief Inspector of Sheep.

Declarations

(a) DECLARATION.—I, Richard W. Morley, of Christchurch, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded --, being 21 in number, now being in a paddock in Colombo-street South, have not within the 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.

Declared before me at Christchurch, this 1st day of November, 1865.—P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(b) DECLARATION.—I, David Gebbie, of the Head of the Bay, 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 the Head of the Bay, 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.

DAVID GEBBIE.

Declared before me at Head of the Bay, this 7th day of November, 1865.—P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(c) DECLARATION.—I, J. H. Davidson, of Racecourse Hill, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded --, being 7,000 in number, now being at Racecourse Hill, have not within two and three months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor within two and 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.

JNO. H. DAVISON.

Declared before me at Racecourse Hill, this 10th day of November, 1865.—P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(d) DECLARATION.—I, Alfred Hornbrook, of Mount Pleasant, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 3,000 in number, branded --, now being at Mount Pleasant, 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.

A. HORNBROOK.

Declared before me at Mount Pleasant, this 14th day of November, 1865.—P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(e) DECLARATION.—I, F. H. Wilson, of Cashmere, 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 Cashmere, 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.

F. HERBERT WILSON.

Declared before me at Cashmere, this 15th day of November, 1865.—P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(f) DECLARATION.—I, Joseph Hill, of Avonhead, 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 Avonhead, 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.

JOSEPH HILL.

Declared before me at Avonhead, this 15th day of November, 1865.—P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(g) DECLARATION.—I, Donald McLean, of Acton, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded --, being 9,700 in number, now being at Acton, 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.

DONALD McLEAN.

Declared before me at Acton, this 28th day of November, 1865.—R. F. HOLDERNESS, Inspector of Sheep.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 69

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Return of Sheep Inspected by the Inspectors of Sheep for the Province of Canterbury (continued from previous page)

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated2 December 1865
KeywordsSheep Inspection, Canterbury, Central District, Southern District, Scabby, Clean
👱🏽 Names

20 names identified

W. S. Moorhouse, Manager of Spreydon Station
J. Toswill, Manager of Prebbleton Station
J. H. Cridland, Manager of Spayton Station
D. McLean, Manager of Acton Station
Dunford (sen.), Manager of Acton Station
G. Macpherson, Manager of Kakahu Station
E. Stericker, Manager of Raincliffe Station
T. W. Hall, Manager of Timaru Station
P. R. Luxmoore, Manager of Sunnyside Station
Reach, Manager of Bush Station
T. Billett, Manager of Four Peaks Station
A. McDonald, Manager of Sea Beach Station
W. C. Smith, Manager of Homesland Station
Richard W. Morley, Declared sheep free from scab
David Gebbie, Declared sheep free from scab
J. H. Davidson, Declared sheep free from scab
Alfred Hornbrook, Declared sheep free from scab
F. Herbert Wilson, Declared sheep free from scab
Joseph Hill, Declared sheep free from scab
Donald McLean, Declared sheep free from scab

👩‍💼 Officials

P. R. Boulton, Chief Inspector of Sheep
R. F. Holderness, Inspector of Sheep

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