New Zealand Gazette – 1877 – No. 83

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✨ Cattle Inspector Returns

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1003

Returns from Cattle Inspector.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd October, 1877.

THE following Return, received from the Cattle Inspector for the Provincial District of Canterbury,
is published for general information.

DANIEL POLLEN.

RETURN of CATTLE arrived from FOREIGN PORTS into the PORT of LYTTELTON, and landed at
LYTTELTON, from 1st OCTOBER, 1876, to 1st APRIL, 1877.

Date of Arrival and Inspection.	Name of Ship.	Where from.	Number and Description of Cattle.	Name of Owner.	Condition.
1876. October 5	"Tararua," s.s.	Hobart Town	1 Arab entire	Mr. Guild	Very good.
" 11	"Merope"	London (quaran- tine relief cer- tificate)	3 bulls, shorthorns	Matheson's Agency	Good.
" 18	"Alhambra," s.s...	Adelaide, South Australia (bred by Mr. Mur- ray)	*7 rams, 5 ewes, merinoes	Mallock and Lance	Fair.
" 20	"Arawata," s.s.	Melbourne	166 merinoes, rams	Dalgetty and Co.	Good.
" 26	"Ringarooma"	Ditto	2 Shetland ponies	Mrs. Coster	Good.
November 9	"Sunbeam"	Calcutta	Bull hides	Wm. Wilson	Good.
" 3	"Langstone," ship	London	3 Alderney cows	H. P. Hill	Good.
" 4	"Otago," s.s.	Melbourne	89 merino rams	Dalgetty and Co.	Fair.
" 15	Barque	Hobart Town	1 pony, Shetland	H. P. Cunningham	Good.
1877. January 13	"Cardigan Castle"	London	2 Alderney cows, 1 calf...	W. J. Bluett	Good.
" 15	"Crusader"+	London	Thoroughbred mare	Miles, Hasssell, and Co.	Good.
February 13	"Ringarooma," s.s.	Melbourne	3 Alderney heifers, and 1 bull	W. J. Bluett	Good.
February 23, to April 1, None	"Tararua," s.s.	Hobart Town...	2 merino rams	Mr. Hawkins	Very good.

This lot was not landed at Lyttelton at this time, the necessary Veterinary Surgeon's certificate was wanting, all other
certificates right. They were sent back by steamer to Dunedin, landed there, and then brought back here and landed as New
Zealand stock; the sheep were perfectly right and passed the Scab Inspector, &c. But it seems that the Inspector at Dunedin is
either ignorant of the law or very lax in his inspections; if they could not have been landed here according to law, they had no
right to be landed at any New Zealand port. There were two entires brought down from Sydney some time since not allowed to
be landed here; they were taken on to Dunedin and allowed to be landed.

In this case the London certificate was supposed to be left in England. After a great deal of communication between
the Government and Miles, Hassell, and Co., I was instructed to allow the mare to be landed under Quarantine Certificate,
which was done, and from inquiries made at Miles, Hassell, and Co. since, I am given to understand that the required certificate
has been forwarded to the Government. I have never given a release certificate in this case, as I considered the certificate
ought to have been placed in my hands and communicated to the Government through the Inspector.

Christchurch, 7th June, 1877.

THOMAS HILL, M.R.C.V.S.L.,
Inspector, Canterbury District.

RETURN of CATTLE inspected (Interprovincial by Overland Route) from 1st OCTOBER, 1876, to
1st APRIL, 1877 (6 months).

Date of Inspection.	Where from.	Number and Description of Cattle.	Name of Owner.	Condition.
1866. October 14	Clarence River-Carter Bros., Nelson Province	100 head mixed ages and sexes	Carter Bros.	Not very good.
" 21	" " " "	125	Atkinson	Good.
" 21	These inspec- tions took place at the Hurunui, about 55 miles from Christ- church.	49	McGrath	"
" 21	" " " "	7	J. Armstrong	"
" 21	" " " "	17	J. McFarlane	"
" 22	" " " "	286	Carter Bros.	Not very good.
November 24	*	195
1877. March 17	Inspection took place at the Kaikourast Weka Pass.	18	G. Kells	Good.

These two lots the owners refused to pay the fees, on the ground that the district had never been declared an infected
district under the Diseased Cattle Act. It seems that the Local Cattle Board had quite overlooked this, and the consequence
was that I never received any remuneration for my inspection and expenses until the 29th May, 1877, and then from the
Government.

† These cattle were detained by the Canterbury Police, and the inspection took place by the order of the Hon. the Colonial
Secretary; report sent to him; also consultation with Hon. C. C. Bowen. The cattle, to all outward appearance, were healthy.
They were sent back again, and escorted by the police.

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