H.—23.

CANTERBURY-KAIKOURA— continued.

CANTERBURY-KAIKOURA— continued.

OTAGO DISTRICT— continued.

OTAGO DISTRICT. RETURN showing the Sheepowners and the Number of Sheep and Lambs in each county on the 30th April, 1897 and 1898.

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No. of Sheep on April 30, 1897. April 30, 1898. Watt, Alexander, Waimate Wellwood, Joseph, Waimate Welsh, John, Hakateramea Whitney, B. D., Waimate Williams, E., Waimate Williams, S. Gt-., St. Andrews Williams, W. J., Waitaki North Wilson, David, Makikihi Wright, Richard, Makikihi Tesberg, John, Waimate Yondale, Hugh, Olaremont Young, W., Waimate 112 ion 345 1988 194 203 14,2 10 12 810 Nil 393 50 1918 197 243 138 102 135 972 5 437 32 656,856 574,295

No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1897. 1S98. Thornton, B. Q-., Redcliff Thynne, Mrs. M.,. Waimate Tiffen, Jas., Makikihi .-.. Tobin, W., Glenavy Tully, B.., Waimate . Vuoetioh, M. N., Waimate Wain, F. W., Hakateramea Wain, Peter, Waihao Forks, Waimate Wait and Burbury, Clarkesfield, Hakateramea Wall, John, Waitaki North Wall, Peter, Waimate Wallace, D., GHenavy Walsh, Francis, Waimate Ward, John, Southburn 12 50 51 169 1641 3147 10102 330 268 153 21 290 50 122 40 30 40 61 1174 3076 6640 299 193 142 Nil 165

No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1897. 1898. WAITAKI COUNTY (In Oamaru Subdivision). Adams, George* Maerewhenua Aitcheson, Archibald, Hampden Aitchison, A., Springfield, Herbert Aitchison, G., Woodhouselee, Awamoko ... Aitchison, Peter, Waikoura, Awamoko Aitchison, William, Maheno Aitken, Robert,: Gleniffer, Ngapara Ambler, W., Hilderthorpe Anderson, Adam, Herbert Anderson, Thomas, Awakino, Kurow Archibald, George, Kurow Bailey, William, Maerewhenua Bain, N., Kurow Balfour, A., Mansfield, Ngapara Bambury, Robert, Hampden Barr, H. J. B., Oamaru Battersby, Barnabas, Enfield Baxter, P., Ardgowan, Oamaru Beck, Alexander, Tokarabi Beck, Thomas, Maerewhenua Bell, A., Duntroon Bell, W. E., Duntroon Bishop, John, Hilderthorpe Borrie, Donald, Papakaio ... Borrie, W., Otiake Bottinsby, B., Brothers, Enfield Brady, P., Enfield Breen, James, Maheno Brown, Francis, Seaview, Herbert Bruce, D., Biehmond Budge, H., Tokarahi ■•• Budge, J., Herbert Burbury, E. P., Oamaru Burgess, J., Herbert Burnett, James, Papakaio Cagney, John, Seafield, Oamaru Cague, W., Hampden Calder, D. and G., Oamaru Caldwell, James, Hampden Cameron, Hugh, Aviemore, Oamaru Cameron, J., Horse Gully, Papakaio Cameron, Robert, Hampden _ ... Cameron and Hunter, Airedale, Papakaio ... Campbell, C, Glenrose, Hampden Campbell, Duncan, Hillgrove Campbell, Geo., Ben Lomond, Maerewhenua Campbell, J. D., Hillgrove Campbell, R., and Sons, Benmore, Omarama Campbell, B., and Sons, Otekaike, Duntroon Carmichael, S., Hampden Chalmers, J. H., Kurow 294 85 387 200 481 96 1993 12 470 596 1800 193 275 497 210 14 196 254 192 1997 485 Nil 354 220 58 61 2076 14 456 606 1795 75 194 80 200 712 253 71 62 192 149 47 88 1322 23 154 30 38 149 35 335 644 919 395 663 175 90 200 37 14675 180 163 3730 Nil 205 Nil 223 86112 25049 83 506 69 198 798 2815 461 1083 196 99 553 16503 401 182 3730 209 273 294 83091 26816 141 570

No. of Sheep on April 30, 1897. April 30, 1898. Chapman, A. H., Kurow Chapman, Mrs. E. L., Kurow Chisholm, John, Highloid, Green Valley ... Clark Brothers, Maheno Clark, Samuel, Weston Coker, George, Kurow Collie, A. W., Duntroon Collis, Frederick, Oamaru Conlin, J. (Executors of), Ngapara Cook, R. C, Livingstone Cooper, G. J., Herbert Corbett, D., Hilderthorpe Corcoran, T., Oamaru Cox, David, Herbert Cox, George, Papakaio Cox, G. H., Enfield Cruickshank, John, Herbert Cullen, James, Duntroon Culling, Mrs. Margaret, Hillgrove Cunningham, James, Otiake Cunningham, R., Otiake Cuthbertson, T. and I., Hilderthorpe Dalgety, C. G., Omarama. Dalgety, James, Borton's, Kokoamu Dalziel, James, Thornhill, Inch Valley Dasler, Alexander, Tokarahi Dasler, L., Otiake Davis, G., Maheno Davis, Oscar, Maheno Dennison, Thomas, Hilderthorpe Dick, Mrs.—, Ngapara Dickson, Thomas, Livingstone Doig, Miss Jessie, Papakaio Don, Alexander, Duntroon Don, Andrew, Glennoide, Ngapara . Donaldson, J. T., Hampden Donaldson, John, Waiareka Junction Douglas, R., Oamaru Dovey, H. A., Duntroon Duffy, James, Kurow Duncan, James, Borton's, Kokoamu Duncan, Nixon, Hampden Dunn, D., Oamaru Dungey, Joshua, Hillgrove Earl, Jamea, Duntroon Easton, W., Weymouth, Pukeuri Junction ... Edwards, Herbert, Ngapara Elder, J. R., Oaklands, Maheno Elder, R., Herbert Falconer, James, Kakanui Falconer, W., Enfield Fenwick, W., Maraweka, c/o J. Roberts, Dunedin Fiddes, Thomas, Duntroon Findlay, James, Hillhouse, Hampden Flannery, P., Ardgowan Forbes, Donald, Herbert Forsyth, C, Maheno 2833 953 330 62 10 98 127 768 822 133 214 849 706 78 54 108 126 202 325 19000 91 95 110 2535 1045 375 180 Nil 37 99 276 650 100 196 556 320 79. 87 40 448 179 40 45 152 12 20000 140 91 96 Nil 38 34 18 77 355 267 101 191 293 20 10 498 200 130 160 39 198 80 160 707 676 46 692 35 3845 395 253 275 370 40 509 154 171 364 97 295 1062 1080 594 174 4500 386 140 429 98 265 54 70 86 . 85