✨ Sheep Inspection Report
RETURN OF SHEEP INSPECTED BY THE INSPECTORS OF SHEEP FOR THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY
DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1866.
| Date of Inspection | Date of Preceding Inspection | Name of Station | Where situated | Name of Manager or Owner | No. of Sheep on the Station | No. of Sheep Inspected | Result | Date on which Sheep were last dressed | REMARKS |
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NORTHERN DISTRICT.
| 1866 | |||||||||
| Dec. 3 | ... | Government Yards | Hurunui | Macfarlane & Bruce (a) | ... | 1,500 | Clean | ... | Fat wethers from the Cheviot Hills |
| Dec. 25 | ... | Do. | Do. | Ditto (b) | ... | 1,515 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Dec. 28 | ... | Horsley Downs | Do. | J. W. Mallock | ... | 55,000 | 5,000 | Do. | ... |
| Dec. 28 | ... | Do. | Do. | Ditto | ... | 21,009 | Do. | ... | ... |
| Dec. 31 | ... | White Rock | Ashley | J. Macfarlane | ... | 18,000 | 300 | Scabby | ... |
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
| Dec. 1 | ... | Grassmere | Upper Waimakariri | C. G. Hawdon (c) | ... | 19,000 | 12,000 | Clean | ... |
| Dec. 3 | Oct. 1 | Mount Hutt | Rakaia, South | H. F. M. Aynsley | ... | 12,000 | 6,500 | Do. | July 1 |
| Dec. 10 | Sept. 26 | Highbank | Do. | Thos. Allen | ... | 13,000 | 1,000 | Scabby | Being spotted |
| Dec. 10 | Sept. 14 | Ashburton | Ashburton | Jas. Drife | ... | 7,000 | 400 | Do. | June 18 |
| Dec. 12 | Sept. 14 | Do. | Do. | Ditto | ... | 5,000 | 5,000 | Clean | June 18 |
| Dec. 12 | ... | Rokeby | Rakaia, South | F. Pitt | ... | 15,000 | 6,000 | Do. | ... |
| Dec. 12 | ... | Acton | Do. | D. M'Lean | ... | 30,000 | 2,000 | Do. | ... |
| Dec. 18 | ... | Selwyn | ... | R. J. S. Harman | ... | 4,000 | 500 | Do. | ... |
| Dec. 18 | Nov. 6 | Farm | Leeston | J. R. Collisson | ... | 800 | 800 | Do. | June 6 |
| Dec. 19 | ... | Do. | Papanui | R. H. Rhodes | ... | 150 | 150 | Do. | ... |
| Dec. 31 | ... | Do. | Racecourse | E. Turton | ... | 150 | 150 | Do. | ... |
SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
| Dec. 1 | ... | Orari Gorge | Geraldine | J. Irvine | ... | 15,500 | 4,000 | Clean | ... |
| Dec. 23 | ... | Parsons | Timaru | H. Ford | ... | 27,000 | 400 | Do. | ... |
| Dec. 25 | ... | Springs | Rangitata | E. Cooper | ... | 12,000 | 3,500 | Do. | ... |
Christchurch, 3rd January, 1867.
P. B. BOULTON, Chief Inspector of Sheep.
(a) DECLARATION.— I, T. W. Bruce, of Corsair Bay, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 1,500 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 December, 1866.— A. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.
Evidence of Robert Campbell corroboration of T. W. Bruce’s declaration for 1,500 sheep from the Cheviot Hills run:— That he is living on the Cheviot Hills run, and that the flock from which these sheep have been drafted have not been scabby for at least two years, and not been dipped during that time.
Barnett’s, 3rd December, 1866.
ROBERT CAMPBELL.
(b) DECLARATION.— I, Andrew Curie, of Coralynn, do hereby solemnly declare that the Sheep, 1,515 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 25th day of December, 1866.— A. RAMSAY SCARVELL, Inspector of Sheep.
I certify that the fifteen hundred (1,500) fat wethers that are sold to Macfarlane and Bruce, from the Cheviot Hills, were never dipped, nor ever mixed with scabby sheep.
Cheviot Hills, 21st December, 1866.
WM. GERARD.
(c) DECLARATION.— I, Cyril G. Hawdon of Grassmere, do hereby solemnly declare that my Sheep, branded —, being 12,000 in number, now being at Grassmere, 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 Grassmere, this 2nd day of December, 1866.— R. F. HOLDERNESS, Inspector of Sheep.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1867, No 2
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🌾 Return of Sheep Inspected in Canterbury Province
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources3 January 1867
Sheep Inspection, Scab, Canterbury, Livestock Health
22 names identified
- Macfarlane, Manager/Owner of Government Yards
- T. W. Bruce, Manager/Owner of Government Yards
- J. W. Mallock, Manager/Owner of Horsley Downs
- J. Macfarlane, Manager/Owner of White Rock
- C. G. Hawdon, Manager/Owner of Grassmere
- H. F. M. Aynsley, Manager/Owner of Mount Hutt
- Thomas Allen, Manager/Owner of Highbank
- James Drife, Manager/Owner of Ashburton
- F. Pitt, Manager/Owner of Rokeby
- D. M'Lean, Manager/Owner of Acton
- R. J. S. Harman, Manager/Owner of Selwyn
- J. R. Collisson, Manager/Owner of Farm
- R. H. Rhodes, Manager/Owner of Papanui
- E. Turton, Manager/Owner of Racecourse
- J. Irvine, Manager/Owner of Orari Gorge
- H. Ford, Manager/Owner of Parsons
- E. Cooper, Manager/Owner of Springs
- T. W. Bruce, Declaration of sheep health
- Robert Campbell, Witness corroborating sheep health
- Andrew Curie, Declaration of sheep health
- William Gerard, Certification of sheep health
- Cyril G. Hawdon, Declaration of sheep health
- P. B. Boulton, Chief Inspector of Sheep
- A. Ramsay Scarvell, Inspector of Sheep
- R. F. Holderness, Inspector of Sheep