Otago Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 843

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✨ Sheep Returns



RETURN OF NUMBER OF SHEEP IN THE PROVINCE.

I have the honor to forward, for the information of the Government, Return of Sheep in the Province of Otago, for the year ended 30th September, 1872.

The accompanying list shows a total of three million three hundred and nine thousand two hundred and eighty-seven (3,909,287) sheep above six months old. Two million four hundred and twenty-three thousand two hundred and twenty-one (2,423,221) are returned as depasturing upon Runs; seven hundred and ninety-eight thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight (798,898) on freehold; thirty-six thousand and eighteen (36,018) on Hundreds; and fifty-one thousand one hundred and fifty (51,150) on Gold Fields.

All the sheep in the Province, with the exception of those depastured on one station in the Waikouaiti District, have been free from disease for the last two years, and as there were some fears entertained regarding their condition at the time when the Returns were first prepared, I deemed it advisable to hold over its publication until from personal inspection I had satisfied myself that they were either free from disease or otherwise. I attended while the sheep were being washed and shorn in January, and was unable to detect the slightest appearance of disease. I again carefully examined them in the month of March last, being nine months after the final dressing, and never saw the flock looking better.

I am happy to say that, owing to the prompt action taken by the proprietor of the station when the disease was first discovered in the month of June last winter, in checking it before it spread through the flock, there being only some 30 or 40 touched out of about 35,000. I am now in a position to report that the whole of the sheep in the Province are free from disease.

With a view to prevent the re-introduction of disease from without, I would strongly recommend that dips be erected at the Bluff or Invercargill, Port Chalmers, and somewhere near Oamaru, and that all sheep not being intended for the butcher be dipped under proper supervision before they are allowed to travel into the interior.

I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,

W. LOGIE, Chief Inspector.

The Provincial Treasurer, Dunedin.

Name Address No. of Run. Freeholds, Gold Fields. Average of Runs. No. of Sheep. Total.
Allan, John East Taieri freehold 1550
Atkins, G. Queenstown gold fields 1800
Ayson, Peter Wanaka freehold 500
Ayson, P. and J. Finnegans, Baldinsha do 377 300
Ayson, Alexander Markhill, Clutha run 161 20080 2950
Anderson, John Wyndham, Popotunoa do 162 28160 7050 10000
Anderson, John Kelvin Grove, Kaihiku freehold 1570
Anderson, J. Crawford Mount Coey, North Clutha do 1600
Amyas, Edward Hillhampton, Palmerston do 1200
Allan, James Hopehill, East Taieri do 1800 2611
Adam, James Tokomairiro do 1800
Aitken and Harrison Clifden, Waiau run 172A 15509 6900
do 172B 5500
Albert, Joseph Akatore, Tokomairiro freehold 2600
Anderson, A. and J. do 550
Borrie, Donald Balmoral, West Taieri do 26
Borrie, Mrs West Taieri do 110 19425
Buchanan, Andrew Pateroa, Hamilton run 248 76400
Butement, John North station, Lake Wakatipu do 346 54000 1800 16554
Black, William Milburn, Tokomairiro freehold hundreds 1000 2800
Brown, Alexander Green Island and Strath Taieri freehold hundreds 300 1300
Brunton, William Toi Tois freehold run 61 1950
do 62 18466 2800
Bray, Benjamin, sen. Hawksbury freehold 4950
Bryon Brothers Springhill, Lovel’s Flat, Tokomairiro do 850 1200
Brugh Brothers Kuri Bush, Clinton, Port Molyneux run 129 20480 3200 3286
Brown, T. P. 24-Mile creek, Lake Wakatipu gold fields 1500
Boyd, J. T. run 131 32640 8888
Bowler, J. Inch Clutha freehold 126
Broad, Samuel Ashdown farm, Waiwera do 140
Blues & Duthie The Gorge, Tokomairiro do 750
Bell, Thomas Howgill, Lower Shotover gold fields 1700
Beattie, John Maungatua freehold 300
Bell, F. D. Meadowbank, Shag Valley, Waihemo do run 80 2220 11000
do 109 10520
do 121 50560
do 255 50000 46144
hundreds 1800 61184


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🌾 Return of Number of Sheep in Otago Province

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Sheep, Otago, Agricultural Statistics, Livestock
33 names identified
  • W. Logie, Chief Inspector reporting on sheep returns
  • John Allan, Sheep owner, East Taieri
  • G. Atkins, Sheep owner, Queenstown
  • Peter Ayson, Sheep owner, Wanaka
  • P. and J. Ayson, Sheep owners, Finnegans, Baldinsha
  • Alexander Ayson, Sheep owner, Markhill, Clutha
  • John Anderson, Sheep owner, Wyndham, Popotunoa
  • John Anderson, Sheep owner, Kelvin Grove, Kaihiku
  • J. Crawford Anderson, Sheep owner, Mount Coey, North Clutha
  • Edward Amyas, Sheep owner, Hillhampton, Palmerston
  • James Allan, Sheep owner, Hopehill, East Taieri
  • James Adam, Sheep owner, Tokomairiro
  • Aitken and Harrison, Sheep owners, Clifden, Waiau
  • Joseph Albert, Sheep owner, Akatore, Tokomairiro
  • A. and J. Anderson, Sheep owners
  • Donald Borrie, Sheep owner, Balmoral, West Taieri
  • Mrs Borrie, Sheep owner, West Taieri
  • Andrew Buchanan, Sheep owner, Pateroa, Hamilton
  • John Butement, Sheep owner, North station, Lake Wakatipu
  • William Black, Sheep owner, Milburn, Tokomairiro
  • Alexander Brown, Sheep owner, Green Island and Strath Taieri
  • William Brunton, Sheep owner, Toi Tois
  • Benjamin, sen. Bray, Sheep owner, Hawksbury
  • Bryon Brothers, Sheep owners, Springhill, Lovel's Flat, Tokomairiro
  • Brugh Brothers, Sheep owners, Kuri Bush, Clinton, Port Molyneux
  • T. P. Brown, Sheep owner, 24-Mile creek, Lake Wakatipu
  • J. T. Boyd, Sheep owner
  • J. Bowler, Sheep owner, Inch Clutha
  • Samuel Broad, Sheep owner, Ashdown farm, Waiwera
  • Blues & Duthie, Sheep owners, The Gorge, Tokomairiro
  • Thomas Bell, Sheep owner, Howgill, Lower Shotover
  • John Beattie, Sheep owner, Maungatua
  • F. D. Bell, Sheep owner, Meadowbank, Shag Valley, Waihemo

  • W. Logie, Chief Inspector