✨ Sheep Inspector's Report and Land Claims
178
SHEEP INSPECTOR’S REPORT—continued.
The above Returns show a total of 183,034 Sheep, being an increase of 24,189 upon the Return of 1874, making a difference of £50 7s. 10½d. in the assessment in favor of this year.
It will also be seen that there are three flocks at present without their clean certificates, as compared with five at this time last year.
I have at the same time to report the existence of another disease among the sheep — I mean the louse plague, which has increased at an alarming rate in the Rangitikei District since my last Report. I consider it absolutely necessary that some provision should be made in the Act with regard to the same, which in my opinion is more antagonistic to the interests of flock-owners than many of themselves seem to be aware of. In the event of any legislation taking place on the subject, I shall be glad to offer suggestions as to the best mode of dealing with the matter.
I do not consider the per centage of lambs has been quite so great this year as usual, owing to the very severe weather experienced in the past lambing season. Judging from the quantity of surplus stock in the district, I am of opinion that boiling down will again have to be resorted to, that, I consider, being the only means of getting rid of a certain class of sheep with which the market will be glutted after next shearing.
ROBERT K. SIMPSON,
Inspector of Sheep.
Marton, 13th November, 1875.
Reports.
(From New Zealand Gazette, 18th November, 1875.)
I, DAVID LEWIS, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance No. 15, Session XI., of the Legislative Council of the Islands of New Zealand, to hear and decide Claims to Land by persons claiming title thereto from, through, or under the New Zealand Company, report that the Claims of the under-mentioned persons having been duly referred to me for investigation, I do hereby decide that the said persons are respectively entitled to Crown Grants of the land set against their names in the annexed Schedule.
DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.
New Zealand Company’s Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1875.
SCHEDULE.
| No. of Report. | No. of Claim. | Name of Claimant. | Commissioner’s Decision. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1589 | 842 | George Moore | Entitled to a Crown Grant of a part of Section No. 7, Hutt District, containing about ten acres, more or less, having a frontage to “Petoni Beach,” being the portion of the Section not included in a Grant issued to William Buick, dated the 18th January, 1853. Excepting always a right of way 50 links wide, leading from the Beach into W. Buick’s land. The legal estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 11th day of August, 1851. |
| 1590 | 1075 | Charles Townsend | Entitled to a Crown Grant of 50 acres, more or less, part of Section No. 169, on the plan of the Hutt District. The legal estate to be antevested in the Grantee as from the 11th of November, 1844. |
Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by Blundell Bros Printers for the time being to such Government.
Wellington Provincial Gazette 1875, No 34
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🌾
Sheep Inspector's Report for Rangitikei and Manawatu Districts
(continued from previous page)
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources13 November 1875
Sheep, Inspection, Assessment, Rangitikei, Manawatu, Scab, Clean Certificate, Louse Plague
- Robert K. Simpson (Inspector of Sheep), Submitted report on sheep inspection
- Robert K. Simpson, Inspector of Sheep
🗺️ New Zealand Company Land Claims Report
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey11 November 1875
Land Claims, Crown Grants, Hutt District, New Zealand Company
- George Moore, Entitled to a Crown Grant of land
- Charles Townsend, Entitled to a Crown Grant of land
- David Lewis, Commissioner