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

P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

Christchurch, 2nd August, 1866.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT

(a) DECLARATION.—I, George W. McRae, of Glens of Tekoa, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 458 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.

Declared before me at Barnett's, this 3rd day of July, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

GEORGE W. McRAE.

(b) DECLARATION.—I, Thomas McDonald, of Horsely Downs, Hurunui, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 21,000 in number, now being at the Heathstock Run, have not within three months last past had applied to any of them any reputed scab-destroying preparation, nor within three months last past been mixed with any Sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

Declared before me at Horsely Downs, this 9th day of July, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

THOMAS McDONALD.

(c) DECLARATION.—I, C. G. King, of Motonau, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 13,000 in number, now being at Motonau, 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.

Declared before me at Motonau, this 14th day of July, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

C. G. KING.

(d) DECLARATION.—I, G. W. McRae, of Glens of Tekoa, Amuri, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 297 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.

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

GEO. W. McRAE.

(e) DECLARATION.—I, T. D. Drury, of Teviotdale, Waipara, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 14,000 in number, now being at Teviotdale, 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.

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

T. D. DRURY.

CHRISTCHURCH:

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