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RETURN of Sheep Inspected by the Inspectors of Sheep, &c.—continued.

Christchurch, 3rd September, 1866.

P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(a) DECLARATION.—I, G. H. Moore, of Glenmark, Waipara, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded —, being 30,000 in number, now being at Glenmark, 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.

G. H. MOORE.

Declared before me at Glenmark, this 3rd day of August, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(b) DECLARATION.—I, Cooke Reynell, of Waiora, Woodend, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded —, being 1,700 in number, now being at Waiora, 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.

C. REYNELL.

Declared before me at Waiora, this 10th day of August, 1866.—H. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.

(c) DECLARATION.—I, G. H. Moore, of Glenmark, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded —, being 25,000 in number, now being at Glenmark, 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.

G. H. MOORE.

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

(d) DECLARATION.—I, E. Mitchell, of Christchurch, do hereby solemnly declare that I have made a complete muster of all the Sheep in my charge, and that my Sheep, branded —, being 56 in number, now being at Windmill 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.

E. MITCHELL.

Declared before me at Christchurch, this 2nd day of August, 1866.—R. HOLDERNESS, Inspector of Sheep.

(e) DECLARATION.—I, Francis Pitt, of Glens of Rokeby Station, Rakaia, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded —, being 1,500 in number, now being at Rokeby 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.

F. PITT.

Declared before me at Rokeby, this 10th day of August, 1866.—R. HOLDERNESS, Inspector of Sheep.

RETURN of Sheep, inspected by the Inspector of Sea-borne Sheep, imported into Lyttelton during the month of August, 1866.

Christchurch, 5th September, 1866.

P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.

(a) DECLARATION.—I, F. H. Wilson, of Cashmere, do hereby solemnly declare that the sheep, 23 in number, marked —, on board of the vessel “Airedale,” Meikelman, Commander, now lying at Lyttelton in the said Province, have not within three months last past been subject to any dressing for the cure of the scab, nor been mixed with any sheep infected with scab or catarrh; and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

F. HERBERT WILSON.

Declared before me at Lyttelton, this 9th day of August, 1866.—WILLIAM PALFREY, Inspector of Sheep.