Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 32

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✨ Sheep Inspection and Declarations

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

DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1866.

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.

NORTHERN DISTRICT.

| 1866 March 13 | ... | Horsely Down | Hurunui | J. D. Lance | ... | 46,000 | 21,000 Scabby | ... | ... |
| ... 22 | ... | Government Yards | Ditto | Rhodes and Wilkin (a) | ... | 2,218 | Clean | ... | From St. Leonards. |
| ... 26 | ... | Ditto | Ditto | Rhodes and Wilkin (b) | ... | 3,115 | Do. | ... | From St. Leonards. |

CENTRAL DISTRICT.

| March 3 | ... | Islam | Riccarton | F. Walker | ... | 500 | Clean | ... | ... |
| ... 5 | ... | Hulk Federation | Lyttelton | J. H. Caton | ... | 52 | Scabby | ... | Per Wellington Steamer from Picton. |
| ... 5, 7 | ... | Dalethorpe | Malvern Hills | J. C. W. Russell (c) | ... | 21,400 | Clean | ... | ... |
| ... 8 | ... | Racecourse Hill | Hawkins | R. H. Rhodes (d) | ... | 19,000 | 3,500 Do. | ... | ... |
| ... 12 | ... | Avonhead | Riccarton | J. Hill | ... | 500 | 500 Do. | ... | ... |
| ... 13 | ... | Farm | Ditto | H. Washbourn | ... | 200 | 200 Do. | ... | ... |
| ... 13 | ... | Do | Selwyn | Thos. Overton | ... | ... | 1,000 Do. | ... | ... |
| ... 14 | ... | Do | Ditto | H. D. Gardiner | ... | 300 | 300 Do. | ... | ... |
| ... 15 | ... | Sale Yard | Riccarton | Burnell and Co. | ... | 250 | 250 Do. | ... | ... |
| ... 15 | ... | Oakley | Rakaia | E. H. Fereday | ... | 7,000 | 7,000 Scabby | ... | ... |
| ... 15 | ... | Farm | Ditto | G. Moodie | ... | 450 | 450 Clean | ... | ... |
| ... 23 | ... | Do | Lincoln Road | Worley | ... | 200 | 200 Do. | ... | ... |
| ... 24 | ... | Fendalton | ... | W. Chisnall | ... | 300 | 130 Do. | ... | ... |
| ... 26 | ... | Do | Templeton | W. B. Toswell | ... | 1,000 | 1,000 Do. | ... | ... |
| ... 28 | ... | Do | Weedon | Alington Brothers | ... | 206 | Do. | ... | ... |

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

| March 7 | ... | Levels | Timaru | E. Hassall (e) | ... | 15 | Clean | ... | Arrived per Geelong. |
| ... 12 | ... | Karau | Otago | Thos. Davidson (f) | ... | 108 | Do. | ... | From Otago. |
| ... 15 | ... | Hekateramea | Waitangi | W. H. Jackson | ... | 55,000 | 15,000 Do. | ... | ... |
| ... 18 | ... | Karau | Otago | Thos. Lunam (g) | ... | 800 | Do. | ... | From Otago. |
| ... 25 | ... | Do | Do | W. R. Buchanan (h) | ... | 613 | Do. | ... | From Otago. |

Christchurch, 4th April, 1866.

P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

DECLARATIONS

(a) DECLARATION.—I, Stephen Nosworthy, of St. Leonards, Amuri, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 2,218 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at the Hurunui, 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.

S. NOSWORTHY.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 23rd day of March, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(b) DECLARATION.—I, T. R. K. Laurie, of St. Leonards, Amuri, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 3,115 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at the Hurunui, 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.

R. K. LAURIE.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 27th day of March, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(c) DECLARATION.—I, Murrough O’Brien, of Dalethorpe, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 21,400 in number, now being at East Malvern Nook, 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.

MURROUGH O’BRIEN.

Declared before me at McRae’s, this 8th day of March, 1866.—R. F. HOLDERNESS, Inspector of Sheep.

(d) DECLARATION.—I, William Davison, of Racecourse Hill, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded —, being 5,500 in number, now being on Racecourse Hill, 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.

JOHN H. DAVISON, for R. H. RHODES.

Declared before me at Racecourse Hill, this 8th day of March, 1866.—R. F. HOLDERNESS, Inspector of Sheep.

(e) DECLARATION.—I, James Anderson, of Southland, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 15 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at Timaru, 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.

JAMES ANDERSON.

Declared before me at Timaru, this 7th day of March, 1866.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

(f) DECLARATION.—I, Thomas Davidson, of Southland, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 103 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at Karau, 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.

THOMAS DAVIDSON.

Declared before me at Karau, this 12th day of March, 1866.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

(g) DECLARATION.—I, Thomas Lunam, of Dep Dell, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 800 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at Karau, 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 LUNAM.

Declared before me at Karau, this 16th day of March, 1866.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

(h) DECLARATION.—I, Michael Ronald Buchanan, of the Levels Station, Canterbury, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 613 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me on the South Side of the Waitangi, 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.

MICHAEL RONALD BUCHANAN.

Declared before me at the Waitangi, this 26th day of March, 1866.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 32

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Return of Sheep Inspected in Canterbury Province

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated4 April 1866
KeywordsSheep, Inspection, Scab, Canterbury, March 1866
👱🏽 Names

25 names identified

J. D. Lance, Manager or Owner of Horsely Down
Stephen Nosworthy, Declared sheep at Government Yards
T. R. K. Laurie, Declared sheep at Government Yards
F. Walker, Manager or Owner of Islam
J. H. Caton, Manager or Owner of Hulk Federation
Murrough O'Brien, Declared sheep at Dalethorpe
R. H. Rhodes, Manager or Owner of Racecourse Hill
John H. Davison, Declared sheep at Racecourse Hill
J. Hill, Manager or Owner of Avonhead
H. Washbourn, Manager or Owner of Farm in Riccarton
Thomas Overton, Manager or Owner of Farm in Selwyn
H. D. Gardiner, Manager or Owner of Farm in Selwyn
Burnell, Manager or Owner of Sale Yard
E. H. Fereday, Manager or Owner of Oakley
G. Moodie, Manager or Owner of Farm in Rakaia
Worley, Manager or Owner of Farm in Lincoln Road
W. Chisnall, Manager or Owner of Fendalton
W. B. Toswell, Manager or Owner of Fendalton
Alington, Manager or Owner of Farm in Weedon
E. Hassall, Manager or Owner of Levels
James Anderson, Declared sheep at Levels
Thomas Davidson, Declared sheep at Karau
W. H. Jackson, Manager or Owner of Hekateramea
Thomas Lunam, Declared sheep at Karau
W. R. Buchanan, Declared sheep at Karau

👩‍💼 Officials

P. B. Boulton, Chief Inspector of Sheep
H. Ramsay Scarell, Inspector of Sheep
R. F. Holderness, Inspector of Sheep
Andrew Paterson, Inspector of Sheep

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