Sheep Inspection Returns




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RETURN OF SHEEP INSPECTED BY THE INSPECTORS OF SHEEP FOR THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1866.

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 at Station. REMARKS.
NORTHERN DISTRICT.
1866: Jan. 3 .... Wharfdale Ashley G. H. Lee 5,000 5,000 Clean. .... ....
,, 24 .... Government Yards Hurunui G. Rutherford (a) .... 790 Do. .... Going to Christchurch.
,, 31 .... Ditto Ditto J. S. Cavershill (b) 6,000 6,000 Do. .... Going to Motanau.
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
Jan. 5 .... Colombo Street Christchurch E. Mitchell 100 100 Clean. .... ....
,, 8 .... Ditto Ditto E. Barnell .... 400 Do. .... ....
,, 9 .... Racecourse Hill Hawkins R. H. Rhodes 16,000 9,000 Do. .... ....
,, 10, 11 .... Dalethorp Malvern Hills J. C. W. Russell .... 10,000 Do. .... ....
,, 10, 11 .... Milton Selwyn J. J. King 4,000 4,000 Doubtful. .... ....
,, 13 .... Coven Harewood Road J. Richards 250 250 Clean. .... ....
,, 22 .... Ditto Lincoln Road G. W. Ell 250 250 Do. .... ....
,, 22 .... Ditto Ditto R. Eaglesome 400 400 Do. .... ....
,, 23 .... Quail Island Port Victoria T. H. Potts (c) 110 110 Do. .... ....
,, 24 .... Rokeby Rakaia F. Pitt 17,000 10,000 Scabby. .... ....
,, 25 .... Beard’s Ditto W. Dunford, sen. 11,600 6,000 Clean. .... ....
,, 26 .... Thoresby Selwyn Allington, Brothers 600 600 Do. .... ....
,, 28, 29 .... Oakley Leeston J. R. Collisson 1,150 1,150 Do. .... ....
,, 31 .... Sandhills Rakaia E. H. Fereday 6,000 6,000 Scabby. .... ....
Avon P. Herr 1,800 1,800 Clean. .... ....
SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
Jan. 1 .... Arowhenua Geraldine T. G. Reach .... 148 Do. .... ....
,, 2 .... Burke’s Pass Gladstone J. Maude 8,700 1,200 Do. .... ....
,, 5 .... Levels Timaru E. Hassall 67,000 15,000 Do. .... ....
,, 8 .... Opawa Gladstone J. B. Shuttle 33,000 4,000 Do. .... ....
,, 9 .... Montresson Ditto — Spencer 6,000 2,000 Do. .... ....
,, 9 .... Ditto Ditto Charles Enson 6,200 700 Do. .... ....
,, 9 .... Sawdon Mount Cook Dist. J. Parkerson 6,600 1,500 Do. .... ....
,, 10 .... Takepe Ditto J. Hay 5,000 3,000 Do. .... ....
,, 12 .... Richmond Ditto John Frazer 3,600 2,600 Do. .... ....
,, 13 .... Swanton Ditto John Evans 4,200 1,200 Do. .... ....
,, 13 .... Ditto Ditto T. W. Hall 3,400 3,000 Do. .... ....
,, 17 .... Ditto Ditto J. Hay 7,500 900 Do. .... ....
,, 17 .... Simon’s Pass Ditto T. D. Clews 7,500 900 Do. .... ....
,, 18 .... Mary’s Range Ditto C. Pallarat 4,000 500 Do. .... ....
,, 19 .... Lakeside Ditto J. Paterson 6,000 5,900 Do. .... ....
,, 20 .... Grampian Hills Ditto H. Ford 10,000 2,500 Do. .... ....
,, 22 .... Haldon Ditto — Techmaker 6,900 2,000 Do. .... ....
,, 23 .... Black Forest Ditto James Frazer 2,400 500 Do. .... ....
,, 23 .... Grey Hills Ditto R. Parkerson 7,000 2,700 Do. .... ....

Christchurch, 3rd February, 1866.

P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(a) DECLARATION.—I, William Rutherford, of Addington, Amuri, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 790 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at the Hurunui Crossing, 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. RUTHERFORD.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 24th day of January, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(b) DECLARATION.—I, T. W. Bruce, of Motanau, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 6,000 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at the Hurunui Crossing, 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.

THOMAS W. BRUCE.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 31st day of January, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(c) DECLARATION.—I, William Gray, of Governor’s 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 110 in number, now being at Quail Island, 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 GRAY.

Declared before me at Governor’s Bay, this 23rd day of January, 1866.—R. H. HOLDERNES, Inspector of Sheep.



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🌾 Return of Sheep Inspected by the Inspectors of Sheep for the Province of Canterbury During the Month of January, 1866

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
3 February 1866
Sheep Inspection, Canterbury, Sheep Stations, Scab, Clean
39 names identified
  • G. H. Lee, Manager or Owner of Wharfdale Station
  • G. Rutherford, Manager or Owner of Government Yards
  • J. S. Cavershill, Manager or Owner of Government Yards
  • E. Mitchell, Manager or Owner of Colombo Street
  • E. Barnell, Manager or Owner of Colombo Street
  • R. H. Rhodes, Manager or Owner of Racecourse Hill
  • J. C. W. Russell, Manager or Owner of Dalethorp
  • J. J. King, Manager or Owner of Milton
  • J. Richards, Manager or Owner of Coven
  • G. W. Ell, Manager or Owner of Coven
  • R. Eaglesome, Manager or Owner of Coven
  • T. H. Potts, Manager or Owner of Quail Island
  • F. Pitt, Manager or Owner of Rokeby
  • W. Dunford (senior), Manager or Owner of Beard’s
  • Allington, Manager or Owner of Thoresby
  • J. R. Collisson, Manager or Owner of Oakley
  • E. H. Fereday, Manager or Owner of Sandhills
  • P. Herr, Manager or Owner of Avon
  • T. G. Reach, Manager or Owner of Arowhenua
  • J. Maude, Manager or Owner of Burke’s Pass
  • E. Hassall, Manager or Owner of Levels
  • J. B. Shuttle, Manager or Owner of Opawa
  • Spencer, Manager or Owner of Montresson
  • Charles Enson, Manager or Owner of Montresson
  • J. Parkerson, Manager or Owner of Sawdon
  • J. Hay, Manager or Owner of Takepe
  • John Frazer, Manager or Owner of Richmond
  • John Evans, Manager or Owner of Swanton
  • T. W. Hall, Manager or Owner of Swanton
  • T. D. Clews, Manager or Owner of Simon’s Pass
  • C. Pallarat, Manager or Owner of Mary’s Range
  • J. Paterson, Manager or Owner of Lakeside
  • H. Ford, Manager or Owner of Grampian Hills
  • Techmaker, Manager or Owner of Haldon
  • James Frazer, Manager or Owner of Black Forest
  • R. Parkerson, Manager or Owner of Grey Hills
  • William Rutherford, Declared sheep not treated for scab
  • Thomas W. Bruce, Declared sheep not treated for scab
  • William Gray, Declared sheep not treated for scab

  • P. B. Boulton, Chief Inspector of Sheep
  • H. Ramsay Scavell, Inspector of Sheep
  • R. H. Holderness, Inspector of Sheep