ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SHEEP.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 48, 10 January 1862, Page 2

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SHEEP.

(From the Provincial Gazette,.) Dunedin, Dec. 10, 1801. Sir, —I have the ,honor to lay before you the returns of Sheep for September, 1801. You will observe that there is a great addition to the number of last year. The return for 1860 (Southland included) was Four Hundred and Thirty-nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighteen (432,918.) In 1861, for Otago alone there is Five Hundred and Twenty-three Thousand One Hundred and Twentysix (523,126.) Add to the above 55 per cent, of Lambs under three montlis old (not returnable) and there is very near a million of Sheep in the Province. Lambing is nearly over; and, from the splendid season that has been]! the average will be very much higher than we have had for the last few years. It is almost incredible to see the improvement that has taken place in the country by stocking. The immense quantity of grass there is this spring is actually wasting for want of animals to use it. Clip will be good, the quality of the wool much stronger and better than last year, also free from the fault'that was found with it. The contemplated importations of Sheep are very large; in fact, I am aware that upwards of fifty thousand have been contracted for; and I have not the slightest doubt that there will be upwards of a hundred thousand taken into the province the ensuing year. I am disappointed at being unable to hand in a clean return, and am afraid there will be little chance of doing so until the importations from Victoria cease. But if the settlers would erect dips on their stations, and carefully dress all the newly-imported Slieep they buy—likewise those that happen to travel through doubtful country—it would give a great assistance in eradicating disease from the Province. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Wm. Logie, Chief Inspector of Sheep. His Honor the Superintendent, Otago. P.S. —There are as yet a few returns not sent, in to me. As soon as I receive them I shall hand them in forthwith.

NUMBElt AND CONDITION OP THE SHEEP IN THE PROVINCE OP OTAGO, SEPT., 1861. No. Name. Clean. Diseased. Total. 1. F. & Win. Femvick 32000 .. — .. 32000 2. Bowton & M'Master . .25000 .. — .. 25000 3. M'Lean (brothers) 25000 .. — .. 25000 4. W. and 11. Filleul 16000 .. 6000.. 22000 5. Alex, and Wm. Sheenanl4800 .. — .. 14800 6. James Smith 13000 .. — .. 13000 7. Holmes and Campbell ..12400 .. — ...12400 8. Murray and Musprave.. 12400 .. — .. 12400 9. M'Murdo & Hod^kinsonl2150 .. — .. 12150 10. Chalmers & M'Hasme.. 10208 .. — .. 10208 11. Wilkin & Thomson... .10000 .. — .. 10000 12. JohnM'Lean 10000 .. — .. 10000 13. .Tas. & Wm. Murison .. 9500 .. — .. 9500 14. Wm. H. Teschmakcr .. &500 .. — .. 8500 15. Wm. H. Valpy 8256.. 8256 16. James and R. Fulton .. 8200 .. — .. 8200 17. Holmes and Gleeson .. 8000 .. — .. 8000 18. John Roy 7980 .. — .. 7980 19. ThomasFerens 7540 .. — .. 7540 20. Chas. Hopkinson 7500 .. — .. 7500 21. Dansey and Merley 7500 .. — .. 7500 22. Win. and C. F. Black .. 7200 .. — .. 7200 23. Rowley, Hamilton, and Waiue 7189 .. — .. 7189 24. Clapeott (brother) 7000 .. — .. 7000 25. Webster and Thomson.. 7000 .. — .. 7000 ,20 Edward Santon 6711.. — .. 6711 27. N. B. M'Gres-or 6000 .. — .. 6000 28. Phillips and Seal 6000 .. — .. 6000 29. Thomas Fraser 5840 .. — .. 5840 30. F. W. M'Guire 5764 .. — .. 5764 31. Robinson & Walker 5500 .. — .. 5500 32. Harris and Inncs 2490 .. 2775.. 526o 33. Alex. M'Nab 5155 .. — .. 5155 34. Reginald Julius 5000 .. — .. 5000 a5. Charles I). Teschmaker 5000 .. — .. 5000 30. Robert Campbell 4950 .. — .. 4950 37. Joseph Maitland 4800 .. — .. 4800 38. William Jones 4700 .. — .. 4700 39. Steuart and Kimop 4500 .. — .. 4o00 40. John Healy? '.. 1611 .. 2755.. 4360 41. James Roland 4180 .. — .. 4180 42. E. B. Atkinson — ..4100.. 4100 43. AOHver 4077.. — .. 40/7 44. John R. Jones 4000 .. — .. 4000 45. Hepburn and M'Master 4000 .. — .. 4000 40. W.G. Rick 3900.. -.. 3900 47. Abraham & Kingston .. 3848 .. — .. J84» 48. Edward M'Glashan .... 3830 .. —••3830 49. John k Allan Boyd .... 3800 .. — .. 3800 50 A. R. B. Thomson .... 823 .. 2934.. 3757 51. John Anderson 3750 .. — .. 3750 52. Thomas Jones 3700 .. — .. 3700 53. Barorie and Roberts .... 3400 .. — .. 3400 54. William Dalrymple .... 3400 .. — .. 3400 55. Wm. S. Cumiue 3310 .. — .. 3310 50. John C. Andrews 3300 .. — .. 3300 57. F.D.Bell 3200.. -.. 3200 58. Thomas Reynolds 3200 .. — .. 3200 59. Campbell and M'Intosh 3000 .. — .. 3000 GO. Miller and Goeh 3000 .. — .. 3000 61. W. S. Burnett 2727 .. — .. 2727 62. F. S. Pillans 2700 .. — .. 2700 63. Edward Lee 2700.. — ..' 2700 64. Brittain and Burke 2700 .. — .. 2700 65. Fraser and Gardener 2600.. — .. 2600 66. J. Anderson, Pomakaka 2553 .. — .. 2-»J 67. Gerald Spooner 2500 .. — .. 2o00 68. Wm. S. Trotter 2400 .. - .. 2400 60. William Miller 2341 .. - .. 2341 70. James Menzies ........ 2393 .. — •• 2392 71 Pirrdie & Walker 2300 .. — .. 2300 72 Alfred C. Strode 2S00 .. - .. 2300 73 Pasran, Junor, & Wilson 2219 .. — .. 2219 74 ThoWs Trumble 2230.. — .. 2230 75 James Hassel 2100 .. - .. 2100 76 Allan & Oliver 2100 .. — .. 2100 77 Wm. David Inverairty .. 1928 .. — .. 1923 78 Frank A. Obeli 1850 .. — .. 1850 79 Grant & Gammil 1804 .. — .. 180* 80 James Preston 1800 .. — .. 1800 81. William Telford 1703 .. — .. 1708 82E.Bowler 1700.. — .. 1700 83 Henry Munro 1725" ""•' Y*M 84 James Brugh 1516 .. — . - 1516 85 Alex. M'Lean...... 1500.. — .. 1500 86 A. Cumberland 1420.. — .. 1420 87 William Poppehvell 1400 .. — .. 1400 88 Adam Bothwick 1350 .. — .. 1 <3o<> 89 Fred. Jones 1500.. — .. 1500 90 Archibald Anderson 1200 .. — .. 1200 01 William Pinkerton 1100 .. — .. 1100 92 Turnbull & Hayes 1050 .. — .. 10o0 93 John Shanks & Sons.... 1049 .. — .. 1049 94 Fred. H. Richardson 1026 .. — • • 1026 95 Ruvsett & Hasler 900.. — -. 900 96 Walter Grieve &33.. — .. 833 97 Robert Campbell 750 .. — .. 753 98 Georjre Hay 631.. — .. 631 99 Daniel Sinclair 650 .. — .. 6oO 100 Duncan Menzies 660 .. — .. 660 101 Robert Robson 540 .. — .. 540 Total 496361 . .26765. .523126