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ON 31st MAY, 1879. Infected Flocks in District on 30th Jul re, 1880. Sheep District and Subdivision, and Cattle District. Number of Sheepowners owning under Owning Total Number of 20,000 and « 500 1,000 2,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 upwards. 0 fgheep Sheep' Owners cl ,„„„ rf Sheep. SheepName of Officer, Bank, Eesidence, and Date of Appointment. Name of Bun and Owner. No. The Nelson Sheep District— Continued. The Buller and Grey Subdivision. Area, 3,007,000 acres Bounded towards the North by a right line from the mouth of the Biver Heaphy to Mount Domett, thence along the summit of the range over Mount Snowdon to Mount Peel; towards the East by a right line from thence to the Karamea Bend on Square 156, thence by a right line to the confluence of the Hope and Buller Eivers, thence by the nearest spur to the summit of the watershed between the Howard and Botoroa Bivers, thence along the summit of that watershed to Mount Travers, thence along the summit of St. Arnaud Bange to Mount Franklyn, thence along the summit of Spencer Bange to Travers Peak, and thence along the summit of the watershed to the saddle at the source of the Hurunui and Teremakau Bivers ; towards the South by a right line from thence to the issue of the Arnold Biver from Lake Brunner ; thence by the right bank of that river to its junction with the Grey Biver, and thence by the right bank of that river to its mouth; and towards the West by the sea to the mouth of the Eiver Heaphy, the itarting point. 53 53 3,948 Gallagher, John Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, and Eegistrar of Brands, Eeefton, Inangahua March, 1879 Nil. The Golden Bay Subdivision. Area, 655,000 acres Bounded by the sea coast from the mouth of the Biver Heaphy to Beef Point, Tasman Bay, thence in a straight line to the summit of Mount Bichards ; thence in a southerly direction by the summit of the range to Mount Campbell, thence in a straight line to Mount Peel, thence by the Buller and Grey Subdivision to the mouth of the Heaphy Biver, the^starting point. 67 73 15,019 Sparrow, George J. .. Do. do., do., Takaka, Nelson June, 1869 Nil. Blower, Benjamin .. Do., do., do., Motueka, Nelson McBae, B., Wangareka Stanley, J. G., Motueka .. McArthur, T., Tadmor .. The Motueka Subdivision. Area, 475,000 acres Bounded towards the East by the sea from Beef Point, Tasman Bay, to the West Bluff; thence towards the South-east by a right line to the confluence of the Motupiko and Motueka Bivers, thence along the right bank of the Motupiko Biver to the boundary line between Sections Nos. 22 and 23, Square 5, thence along that boundary and the production of it to the summit of the watershed between the Tadmor and Motupiko Bivers, thence along the summit of that watershed to the watershed between the Hope and Tadmor Bivers, thence along the summit of that watershed and by the nearest spur to the confluence of the Hope and Buller Eivers; towards the West by the Buller and Grey Subdivision hereinbefore described ; and towards the North and North-west by the Golden Bay Subdivision to Beef Point, the starting point. 196 13 211 41,592 March, 1879 3,500 1,300 38 The Nelson Cattle District:— Compeising the Counties of Waimea, Collingwood, Buller, and Inangahua. The Nelson Cattle Board : — The Marlborough and Waiau Sheep Districts. Area, 4,179,000 acres 168 28 21 20 13 21 17 288 1,133.31: Bayly, Benjamin P. .. Chief Sheep Inspector, Cattle Inspector, and Eegistrar of Brands, Blenheim (also, Banger of Crown Lands) Oot., 1861 The Waiau Sheep District. Area, 570,000 acres .. All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Nelson. Bounded towards the North by the Henry Biver, from its source at Travers Peak to its confluence with the Waiau-ua or Dillon Biver ; thence towards the East by the right bank of that river to the boundary fence between St. Leonard's Bun and Culverden and Balmoral Buns, thence by that fence to the Hurunui Biver, at a point at or near the confluence of the Pahau Biver, thence due south to the right bank of the Hurunui; towards the South by the right bank of the Hurunui Biver to its source at the saddle between the Hurunui and Teremakau Eivers ; and towards the West by the summit of the watershed to Travers Peak, the starting point; and comprising the following subdivisions:— The Glen Wye Subdivision : — Comprising the Buns and Farms owned by Messrs T. Holmes, W. A. Lowe, \ and E. Jones. I The Waiau Subdivision: — jComprising all that portion of the Waiau Sheep District which is not j comprised in the Glen Wye Subdivision. j 9 112,940 Hargrave, Eonald F... Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, and Eegistrar of Brands, Hurunui Sept., 1879 McEae, G. W., Takoa 1,300 The Marlborough Sheep District. Area, 3,609,000 acres .. The Marlborough Sheep District comprising the following Subdivisions :— Sutton, William A. P. Do., do., do., Blenheim Carter Brothers, Hillersden Dillon, P., Leefield Luxford, C. E.j Upper Waihopai .. Monro, G., Valleyfield Monro, A., Bankhouse Nicholson, J., Benopai and Castle .. Symonds, J., Wantwood Teschemaker, C. de V., Avondale .. Williams, H. D., Birch Hill Ward, A., Vernon Collier, W., Kaituna Gibson, John, sen., Kaituna Sutton, T., Wairau Selmes and Barnett, Wairau Gibson, T., Wairau Magher, J.. Wairau Storey, Wairau 33,068 11,100 4,500 2,100 12,400 15,513 10,000 17,000 20,616 21,571 153 1,250 200 1,000 38 1,007 525 The Blenheim Subdivision. Area, 960,000 acres Bounded towards the East by the sea from the mouth of the Awatere Biver to the north-east corner of Native Beserve at White's Bay; towards the North by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 37, Picton Suburban, thence by the northern boundary of that section produced to the Tua Marina Eiver ; thence by the northern boundary of the Baydale Bun to the northwestern corner of that run ; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of Section No. 9, Okaramio Valley ; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 72, Havelock Suburban ; thence by a right line to the southwest corner of Section No. 85, Havelock Suburban ; thence by the watershed between the Atuhaua Stream and the Kaituna Biver to the watershed between the Wairau and Pelorus Valleys, and by that watershed to the watershed between the Wairau Eiver and Blind Bay ; towards the north-west by that watershed over Mount Bintoul to Ward's Pass; thence along the northern and western boundaries of Sections No. 7, 4, and 3, Wiesenhavern's Bun, known as the Bed Hills Beserve, to the Wairau Biver; thence northerly along the right bank of that river to a point in line with Tophouse and Barefells Pass ; towards the west by a right line from thence to the Awatere Subdivision hereinbefore described; and toward the south by the said Awatere Subdivision to the mouth of the Awatere Biver, the starting point. 96 16 10 143 242,873 March, 1879 The Picton Subdivision. Area,, 472,000 acres Bounded towards the North and East by the sea, from the head of that arm of Tennyson's Inlet which is nearest to Squally Cove, Croixelles Harbour, to White's Bay ; towards the South by the Blenheim Subdivision, hereinbefore described, to the watershed between the Wairau Biver and Blind Bay; towards the West by the summit of that watershed over Mount Bichmond and Dun Mountain, 44 63 28,456 MacShane, Henry A. Do., do., do., Picton April, 1872 Creech, D. J., Kenepuru .. Douslin, W., Havelock Flood Brothers, Ngakuta Haycock, G., Pelorus Sound Jackson, James, Tory Channel Landall, Isaac, Yellaton Bay 350 350 1,238 478 895 1,284