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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

Christchurch, 2nd July, 1866.

P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

DECLARATIONS

(a) DECLARATION.—I, George Curle, of Hawkswood, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 3,500 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.

GEORGE CURLE.

Declared before me at the Hurunui, this 13th day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(b) DECLARATION.—I, John Burgess, of Ohoka Creek, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 39 in number, now being at the Ohoka Creek, 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 BURGESS.

Declared before me at the Ohoka Creek, this 21st day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(c) DECLARATION.—I, Donald Coutts, of Kaiapoi Island, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 120 in number, now being at Kaiapoi 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.

DONALD COUTTS.

Declared before me at Kaiapoi Island, this 22nd day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(d) DECLARATION.—I, Edward Revell, of Korotueka, River Cam, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 650 in number, now being at Korotueka, 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.

EDWARD REVELL.

Declared before me at Korotueka, this 26th day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(e) DECLARATION.—I, Joseph Keetley, of Kaiapoi Island, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 250 in number, now being at the Farm, Rangiora Drain Road, 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 KEETLEY.

Declared before me at Kaiapoi Island, this 28th day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(f) DECLARATION.—I, Robert Grimwood, of Southbrook, Rangiora Bush, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 150 in number, now being at Southbrook, 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.

ROBERT GRIMWOOD.

Declared before me at Southbrook, this 27th day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(g) DECLARATION.—I, John Luxton, of Forestdale, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 100 in number, now being at Forestdale, 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 LUXTON.

Declared before me at Forestdale, this 27th day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(h) DECLARATION.—I, Joseph Kelcher, of Moeraki Downs, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 26 in number, now being at Moeraki Downs, 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 KELCHER.

Declared before me at Moeraki Downs, this 27th day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(i) DECLARATION.—I, Alexander Watt, of Ashley Bank, Rangiora, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 75 in number, now being at Ashley Bank, 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.

ALEXANDER WATT.

Declared before me at Ashley Bank, this 27th day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(j) DECLARATION.—I, Robinson Benn, of Mansfield Farm, Rangiora, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 75 in number, now being at Mansfield Farm, 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.

ROBINSON BENN.

Declared before me at Rangiora, this 28th day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(k) DECLARATION.—I, John Robert Pawsey, of Mount Grey Downs, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 27 in number, now being at my Farm, Mount Grey Downs, 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. R. PAWSEY.

Declared before me at Mount Grey Downs, this 29th day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(l) DECLARATION.—I, Caroline Joens, of Ashley Bank, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 92 in number, now being at the Farm, Ashley Bank, 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.

CAROLINE JOENS.

Declared before me at Ashley Bank, this 30th day of June, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(m) DECLARATION.—I, John Brook, of Lincoln, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 970 in number, now being at Lincoln, 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 BROOK.

Declared before me at Lincoln, this 15th day of June, 1866.—R. F. HOLDERNESS, Inspector of Sheep.

(n) DECLARATION.—I, John Tosswill, of Trebleton, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 1,170 in number, now being at Heskerton 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.

JOHN TOSSWILL.

Declared before me at Heskerton, this 27th day of June, 1866.—R. F. HOLDERNESS, Inspector of Sheep.

(o) DECLARATION.—I, W. H. Jackson, of Hekateremea Station, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, six in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at Karau Station, 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, this 11th day of June, 1866.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.

(p) DECLARATION.—I, Richard K. Parkerson, of Whale's Back Flat Station, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 296 in number, marked —, now being depastured by me at Waitangi River, 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.

RICHARD K. PARKERSON.

Declared before me at the Waitangi, this 25th day of June, 1866.—ANDREW PATERSON, Inspector of Sheep.