✨ Land Claims Schedule, Sheep Act
1860
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
SCHEDULE.
| Name and Address of Claimant. | Commissioner's Report. |
|---|---|
| Susanna Pain, of Masterton, Wairarapa | Entitled to receive Government scrip to the amount of £200, in satisfaction of Land Orders Nos. 823, lodged with the Commisssioner, the value of the same being £100. |
| John Montefiore and Thomas Law Montefiore, of London and Charmouth, County of Dorset, in England, Trustees under the Will of John Montefiore, the elder | Entitled to receive Government scrip to the amount of £200, in satisfaction of Land Order No. 327, which is declared to be lost, satisfactory proof thereof having been received. The value of the said land order being £100. |
| James Sutton Westcott, of Liverpool, in England | Entitled to receive Government scrip to the amount of £200, in satisfaction of Land Order No. 247, lodged with the Commissioner, the value of the same being £100. |
DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.
19th December, 1878.
Approved in Council, 24th December, 1878.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
"The Sheep Act, 1878."
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th December, 1878.
THE following sections of "The Sheep Act, 1878,"
which will come into operation on 1st January,
1879, are hereby published for general information.
G. S. WHITMORE,
Colonial Secretary.
INSPECTORS OF SHEEP.
SECTION 15. It shall be lawful for any Inspector,
when it shall appear to him to be necessary for the
purpose of enabling him to decide satisfactorily upon
the condition of any sheep, to call upon the owner of
such sheep to make a declaration in the form or to
the effect specified in Schedule B to this Act; and if
any such owner shall refuse or neglect to make such
declaration when so called upon, he shall be liable to
a penalty of not less than ten pounds nor exceeding
fifty pounds; and if any person shall make any such
declaration, knowing the same to be false, he shall be
liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds, or to be
imprisoned for any term not exceeding six calendar
months.
the ear-marks and brands upon such sheep. Every
person refusing or neglecting to deliver or cause to
be delivered such return as aforesaid shall be liable
to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.
The Chief Inspector shall, in the month of July in
every year, transmit to the Colonial Treasurer a state-
ment, compiled from the returns furnished in pur-
suance of this section, of the whole number of sheep
and lambs within his district.
SCHEDULE B.
DECLARATION TO BE MADE AS TO SHEEP EXAMINED
BY INSPECTOR.
I, , of , do hereby solemnly declare that [I
have made to the best of my belief a complete muster of all the
sheep in my charge, and that*] my sheep marked , being
in number, now being at , have not within
three months undergone any dipping or dressing within the
meaning of "The Sheep Act, 1878," nor within three months
been mixed with any infected sheep, nor depastured on any run,
nor placed in any yard, enclosure, carriage, or truck in which
there were any infected sheep; and I make this solemn declara-
tion conscientiously believing the same to be true.
Declared before me, at , this day of , 18
, C.D., A.B.
Inspector of Sheep [or J.P.].
- May be omitted when not required by the Inspector.
SCHEDULE A.
NUMBER OF SHEEP DEPASTURING ON , STATION,
RUN, OR FARM, ON 31ST MAY, 18 .
Table structure:
Sex:
Male.
Female.
Nos.:
Ear-mark and Brand.
Freehold.
Crown Lands.
Total.
Sheep Types:
Merino
Long-wool
Cross-bred
I hereby certify the above to be a true and correct return.
Date. A.B.
RATE UPON SHEEP.
Section 21. Every owner of sheep shall, between the
first and thirtieth day of June in every year, deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Chief Inspector a
written return, in the form provided in Schedule A,
of the number of sheep and lambs of each sex exceed-
ing three months old owned by him on the thirty-
first day of May preceding, specifying in such return
POSSESSION OF INFECTED SHEEP.
Section 33. If, upon the complaint of an Inspector
or any sheepowner in the district, it shall be esta-
blished to the satisfaction of a Resident Magistrate
having jurisdiction in the district that any sheep-
owner, whose sheep or any of them are infected, has
failed to clean such sheep within reasonable time, or
is not taking due means to insure their being cleaned,
then it shall be lawful for such Magistrate to autho-
rize the Inspector to enter into possession of such
sheep, and to take such steps as may be necessary to
clean the same: And any expenses thereby incurred
by the Inspector may be recovered from the owner
of such sheep in any Court of competent jurisdiction.
For the purpose of the exercise of the powers con-
ferred by this section, such Inspector may enter upon
the run and premises on which such sheep are kept,
with such assistance as he may require, and any
owner or occupier who shall obstruct any Inspector
in the discharge of, or neglect to afford all reasonable
facilities for the discharge of, such duty shall, for
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Report on Claims under Manawatu Land Orders Act, 1877
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Land claims, Land Orders, Government scrip, Schedule, Wairarapa, London
- Susanna Pain, Claimant for Land Orders
- John Montefiore, Trustee under Will
- Thomas Law Montefiore, Trustee under Will
- John Montefiore (the elder), Deceased testator in Will
- James Sutton Westcott, Claimant for Land Order
- DAVID LEWIS, Commissioner
- FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council
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- G. S. WHITMORE, Colonial Secretary