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

| Date of | Date of preceding | 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. |
| Inspection. | Inspection. | | | | | | | |

CENTRAL DISTRICT.—continued.

| 1866: | | | | | | | | |
| April 21 | Jan. | Milton | Selwyn | J. J. King | 3,000 | 3,000 | Clean | Jan. | |
| „ 23 | Feb. | „ | Ashburton | T. C. Moorhouse | 12,000 | 12,000 | Diseased | April 1 | |
| „ 27 | „ | Prebbleton | Springs Road | Brooke | 1,200 | 1,200 | Doubtful | | |
| „ 27 | „ | Ditto | Ditto | A. Dawson | 300 | 300 | Clean | | |
| „ 28 | „ | Coven | Harewood Road | Riebards | 300 | 300 | Do. | | |

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

| April 7 | | Mesopotamia | Rangitata | Caton and Campbell | 13,000 | 4,000 | Clean | | |
| „ 13 | | Sherwood | Timaru | T. W. White | 7,000 | 7,000 | Do. | | |
| „ 17 | | Otipau | Do. | F. C. Shrimpton | 15,000 | 15,000 | Do. | | |
| „ 21 | | Saintburn | Waiitangi | Dalziel | 4,000 | 600 | Do. | | |
| „ 24 | | Karau | Otago | W. H. Jackson (d) | 62 | 62 | Do. ... | Going to Hekateramea. | |

Christchurch, 3rd May, 1866.

F. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(a) DECLARATION—I, Charles King, of Motonau, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 1,448 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 been mixed with any Sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

C. G. KING.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 10th day of April, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(b) DECLARATION—I, Thomas Kerr of Hawkeswood, Amuri, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, six 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 been mixed with any Sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

THOMAS KERR.

Declared before me at Hastie’s, this 25th day of April, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(c) DECLARATION—I, J. J. King of Milton Station, Selwyn, 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 Milton Station, Selwyn, 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.

J. J. KING.

Declared before me at Gigg’s, this 21st day of April, 1866.—R. F. HOLDERNESS, Inspector of Sheep.

(d) DECLARATION—I, W. H. Jackson, of Hekateramea Station, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 62 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at Karau Station, Otago, 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. H. JACKSON.

Declared before me at Karau Station, this 23rd day of April, 1866.—ANDREW PETERSON, Inspector of Sheep.