H.—23.

CANTERBURY-KAIKOURA— continued.

CANTERBURY-KAIKOURA— continued.

96

No. of Sheep on April 30, April 3< 1895. 1896. April 30, 1896. Miller, Robert, Winchmore, Ashburton Miller, S., Mayfield Miller, T., Mount Somers Miller, William, Hinds Milne, James, Mt. Somers Milner, H., Flemington Milton, F. J., Lauriston Mitchell, T., Lyndhurst Moore, J., Alford Forest Moore, J., Wakanui Moore and Clucas, Seafield Morgan, William, Methven Morland, Thomas, Rakaia Morris, D., Lyndhurst Morrow, David, Mayfield Morrow, William, Dorie Moubray, H., Springburn Muckle, Hugh, Rakaia Muirhead, Hugh, Alford Forest Muirhead, J. H., Alford Station, Ashburton Mulligan, R., Kyle Murdoch, George, Lauriston Murison, John, Mayfield Murray-Aynsley, Bros., Mt. Hutt, Methven Murphy, Mrs. O, Dorie Murphy, Patrick, Chertsey Murray, J., Mount'Somers Musgrave, V. F., Lake Heron, Mount Somers National Bank of New Zealand, Mayfield ... Neil, Thomas, Staveley Nicholas, A., Rakaia Nolan, T., Alford Forest N.M. and A. Co. of N.Z., Lim., Lyndhurst (Christchurch) N. M. & A. Co. of N.Z., Lim., Shepherd's Bush, Ruapuna N.Z. Alford Estates Co., Lim., Alford, Ashburton N.Z. & A.L. Co., Acton, Rakaia N.Z. L. & M.A. Co., Buccleugh, Mt. Somers N.Z. L. & M. A. Co., Hakatere, Mt. Somers N.Z. L. & M. A. Co., Mt. Possession N.Z. L. & M. A. Co., Lauriston N.Z. Trust and Loan Company, Winslow ... Oakley, Robert, Overdale, Rakaia Oakley, W., Chertsey O'Grady, John, Lauriston O'Grady, W., Winchmore O'Hara, D., Hinds Oliver, Donald, Chelmsford, Westerfield Orr, Alexander, Methven Orr, John, Ashburton Osborn, James, Willowby Osborn, John, Willowby Osborne, H, Willowby Osborne, Job, Acton, Rakaia Otago and Southland Investment Company, Tinwald O'Shea, J., Spreadeagle O'Sullivan, O, LauriBton Parkerson, R. K., Ealing (Temuka) Paterson, James, Lismore Paterson, J. D., Lismore Paterson, R., Ashburton Payne, James, Mayfield Payne, J. S., Mayfield Peache, A. E., Mount Somers Pearce, Charles, Newlands Pearce, W., Chertsey Pearee, W. A., Lauriston Pender, P., Longbeach Penny, Mary Ann, Alford Forest Peter, Hon. W. S. (Executors of), Anama, Ashburton Pitman; H. H., Christchurch Pocock, H. V. W., Tinwald Pocock, George, Tinwald Power, W., Methven Prebble, William, jun., WheatBtone Preston, B. H., Ashburton Price, J., Mount Somers Protheroe, Alexander, Wakanui Protheroe, T., Elgin Quigley' James, Dromore ... 455 148 220 395 '37 Nil '37 390 n8 1652 3°o 196 122 84 118 4 1838 1260 3990 152 13517 1880 166 86.5 257 1994 400 Nil Nil 2183 610 3708 Nil 11481 2490 99 581 245 306 2328 3171 97 11149 i°5 469 Nil 1628 '95' 264 '4393 '45 566 80 7495 387 95 '4 "79 11306 6060 270 265 25 925 7600 5000 12263 "337 11769 9700 2.3874 23421 818 9200 373 187 294 668 3i9 398 2780 2500 184 "552 7'8s 17641 17112 Nil 4540 400 298 595 6.5 3'4 841 3475 3281 Nil 467 27 '75 Nil 1613 162 ■9 1378 40 100 220 794 1165 163 50 92 300 493 1 0000 408 291 868 18 18 2 '577 91 300 397 10000 3'4 792 I 8 2 3 '5° '94 772 258 506 171 27 IOO 497 300 '61 646 298 448 99 Nil Nil 712

j No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1895. 1896. Quinn, D., Methven Rainey, H., Winslow Raymond, G. P., Tinwald Reaney, T. J., Mayfield Redmayne, M., Tinwald Reid, 0.| Ashburton Restell, Annie J., Ashburton Revel, T., Ashburton Rhodes' Estate, Chatmas, Winslow Rhodes' Estate, Lowcliffs, Hinds Rich and Hutton, Longbeach Richard, F., Riverside Richards, E., Rakaia Richards, Thomas, Rakaia Richardson, Thomas, Seafield Rickards, F. T., Ashburton Rippingdale, Edward, Ashburton Forks Roberts, E. W., Ashburton Robertson, C. F., Mayfield Robertson, G., Winchmore Robertson, John, Hinds Robinaon, H. W., Ashburton Robinson, Jos., Tinwald Rooney, M, Winchmore Ross, D., Lauriston Ross, J. H., Exors of Springburn Robs, S., Rakaia Ruddenklau, J. G., Ealing, Christchurch ... Rule, W. H., Chertsey Rule, W. H., Ashburton Rundle, E. H., Ashburton Rutherford, J., Willowbank, Springburn Rutherford, James, Mayfield Rutherford, W., Valetta Ryan, S., Spreadeagle Sargent, Isaac, Ashburton Sargisson, Mrs., Eiffelton Saunders, F. A., Mayfield Sawle, J. W., Hinds Scarlett, G., Chertsey Scott, Samuel, Elgin Sealey, J., Ashburton Sealey, Thomas, Ashburton Sewell, D. O., Ashburton 'Sewell, G. H, Mayfield Sewell, S., Ruapuna Shanks, A., Rakaia Shaw, John W., Ealing Shearer, John, Ashton Sheehan, B., Ealing Sheehan, P., Wheatstone Silcock, W. J., Ashburton Sim, A., Ashburton Sim, R. S., Ashburton Sinclair, Henry, Seaview Small, John, Tinwald Smith, Alfred, Lismore Smith, E. J., Ruapuna Smith, G. T., Dorie Smith, H, Ashburton Smith, H. T., Mount Somers Smith, James, Ashburton Smith, J. M., Flemington Smith, John, Ashburton Smith, W., Ashburton Smith, W. T., Staveley Smithers, R., Eiffelton Soal, F. Waterton Somerville, A. F., The Terraces, Methven ... Somerville, A. F., Westerfield Speneer, M., Ashburton Sprott Bros., Chertsey Sprott, S., Rakaia Stalker, John, Tinwald ... Staunton, T., Hinds Steele, A. W., Methven Stephen, &., Springburn Stephen, H. H., Ashburton Stevens, W., Ashton Stevenson, John, Springburn Stewart, J. D., Greenstreet Stewart, Peter, Seaview, Wakanui Stewart, W., Dorie Stitt, M., Ashburton 9' 505 87 188 Nil 202 109 9.3 256 900 '52 5653 8553 995 S3 35 5724 9768 "9' 345 ■975 1671 11 1680 '997 IOO 85 243 '50 497 100 .32.3 282 590 150 700 300 100 40 216 198 180 298 1512 2240 2854 '47 654 11 2152 588 120 327 1554 1525 2131 200 6,7 55 3.30 459 1045 172 56 9.34 398 '52 IOOO 900 '65 370 '94 94 842 457 256 94 93 289 298 192 1207 '85 271 100 285 5' 191 760 300 60 2.375 Nil 54o 308 1340 436 171 700 800 '94 473 280 _? 6 498 "5 8.3 285 237 95 1250 358 196 163 92 163 2 95 55 2520 6 97 3328 3686 630 1900 433 97 163 72 3268 3045 545 2140 228 Nil 399 376 Nil 282 107 263 Nil ' 566 365 103s 29 54' 160 200 202 598 320 1471