Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 7

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✨ Sheep Inspection Returns

RETURN OF SHEEP INSPECTED BY THE INSPECTORS OF SHEEP FOR THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1865.

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.

CENTRAL DISTRICT

Jan. 2 | ... | ... | Selwyn | Joseph Hill | 4,500 | 4,500 | Clean | ... |

" 6 | ... | Morley’s | Lincoln Road | James Woolley | 190 | 100 | Clean | ... | Certificate granted.

" 6 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Morley, Brothers (b) | ... | 90 | Clean | ... |

" 7 | ... | Farm | Avon | Thomas Merry | 12 | 12 | Clean | ... |

" 11 | ... | Desert | Waimakariri | H. J. Mathias | 5,000 | 5,000 | Clean | ... |

" 12 | ... | Waireka Farm | Hawkins | Karslake and Anson | 2,000 | 150 | Clean | ... |

" 23 | ... | Farm | Prebbleton | H. Bennett (c) | 80 | 80 | Clean | ... | Certificate granted.

" 26 | ... | Ditto | Lincoln Road | J. Milne | 700 | 700 | Clean | ... |

" 30 | ... | Ditto | St. Alban’s | Goldney, Brothers | 100 | 100 | Clean | ... |

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

Dec. 2 | ... | Waikakai | Waitangi | W. H. Harris | ... | 1,100 | Clean | ... |

" 9 | ... | Grampian Hills | Orari | R. Smith | 15,000 | 2,000 | Clean | ... |

" 23 | ... | Waitangi | Waitangi | E. Gibson | 13,000 | 2,000 | Clean | ... |

" 24 | ... | Hakateremea | Ditto | Douglas and Co. | 36,250 | 5,000 | Clean | ... |

" 25 | ... | Peak | Ditto | C. Meyer | 20,000 | 7,000 | Clean | ... |

" 25 | ... | South Waitangi | Otago | C. Meyer (d) | ... | 4,530 | Clean | ... | About to be introduced into the Province.

" 26 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Parker, Brothers (e) | ... | 8 | Clean | ... | Ditto ditto.

Christchurch, 2nd February, 1865.

P. B. BOULTON,
Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(a) DECLARATION.—I, Malcolm McFarlane, of White Rock 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 12,000 in number, now being at the White Rock 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.

MALCOLM McFARLANE.

Declared before me at White Rock, this 6th day of January, 1865.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(b) DECLARATION.—I, W. Henry Morley, of Lincoln Road, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 420 in number, now being at the Lincoln Road, 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.

W. HENRY MORLEY.

Declared before me at Lincoln Road, this 6th day of January, 1865.—P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(c) DECLARATION.—I, Hugh Bennett, of Prebbleton, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 80 in number, now being at Prebbleton, 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.

HUGH BENNETT.

Declared before me at Prebbleton, this 23rd day of January, 1865.—P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(d) DECLARATION.—I, Charles Meyer, of Station Peak, Waitangi, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 4530 in number, branded —, now being depastured by me at Otekaike, in the Province of Otago, 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.

CHARLES MEYER.

Declared before me at Station Peak, this 25th day of January, 1865.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

(e) DECLARATION.—I, W. K. McCulloch, of Elephant Hill Station, Canterbury, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, eight in number, marked 7-, now being depastured by me at Waitangi, in the Province of Otago, 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.

WILLIAM KEMP McCULLOCH.

Declared before me at Waitangi, this 25th day of January, 1865.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 7

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Return of Sheep Inspected in Canterbury Province

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated2 February 1865
KeywordsSheep, Inspection, Canterbury, Scab, Certificates
👱🏽 Names

18 names identified

Malcolm McFarlane, Manager/Owner of White Rock Station
Joseph Hill, Owner of station in Selwyn
James Woolley, Manager/Owner of Morley’s Station
W. Henry Morley, Manager/Owner of station in Lincoln Road
Thomas Merry, Owner of farm in Avon
H. J. Mathias, Owner of Desert Station
Karslake, Owner of Waireka Farm
Anson, Owner of Waireka Farm
Hugh Bennett, Owner of farm in Prebbleton
J. Milne, Owner of farm in Lincoln Road
Goldney, Owner of farm in St. Alban’s
W. H. Harris, Owner of Waikakai Station
R. Smith, Owner of Grampian Hills Station
E. Gibson, Owner of Waitangi Station
Douglas, Owner of Hakateremea Station
Charles Meyer, Owner of Peak and South Waitangi Stations
Parker, Owner of station in Otago
William Kemp McCulloch, Manager/Owner of Elephant Hill Station

👩‍💼 Officials

P. B. Boulton, Chief Inspector of Sheep
H. Ramsay Scarvell, Inspector of Sheep
Andrew Paterson, Inspector of Sheep

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