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2. 3. Number of 4. 1. On the 31st .AT, .883. Sheep and Cattle Districts in Counties. o w S a O o Pi Name and Address of Officer, and Appointments held by him. Number of Owners owning under Total Number o£ T-4" of iS o I g> go * Owners of Sheep. Sheep. On March 31, 1884. 8 ~~ ■ Johnson, E. H., Dunedin, Chief Sheep Inspector, Cattle Inspector, Eegistrar of Brands. Otago Sheep District — Port Chalmers Subdivision (area 25,000 acres) — Peninsula Dunedin Subdivision (area 1,368,000 acres) — Taieri ... Bruce ... Waihemo Waikouaiti Oamaru Subdivision (area 1,570,000 acres) — Waitaki Dunstan Subdivision (area 5,009,000 acres) — Vincent 13 54 86 31 14 13 11 10 4 2 7 13 7 3 7 6 5 5 3 4 5 2 1 2 3 "i 1 15 92 122 55 29 4,323 237,299 115,677 101,942 74,674 Miller, W., Palmerston, Sheep Inspector, DeputyCattle Inspector, Eegistrar of Brands. 84 27 15 10 6 8 11 161 621,095 Fullarton, B., Oamaru, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Eegistrar of Brands. Miles, T. J., Clyde, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Eegistrar of Brands, in charge. Shaw, C, Naseby, Sheep Inspector. Bouchier, E., Queenstoivn, Sheep Inspector. 32 4 1 3 2 3 9 54 471,246 Maniototo Lake ... Tapanui Subdivision (area 1,282,000 acres) — Tuapeka 42 26 9 3 7 3 2 8 3 6 5 3 7 3 75 52 349,994 196,456 89 136 28 19 13 7 2 6 4 7 4 3 4 3 144 181 278,357 234,262 Hickson, F. E., Tapanui, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Eegistrar of Brands, in charge. Mackay, T. T. W., Balclutha, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector. Clutha... Otago Cattle District —Comprising the Counties of Waitaki, Waikouaiti, Maniototo, Vincent, Peninsula, Taieri, Bruce, Clutha, and Tuapeka. Cattle Boaed :— Mathew Holmes, Chairman, R. Charteris, J. Roberts, J. Shand, and J. Smith. Southland Subdivision (area 4,785,000 acres)— Southland 313 58 27 26 12 11 4 451 111 606,295 Macdonald, A. A., Gore, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, in charge. Anderson, C., Invercargill, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Eegistrar of Brands. Douglass, A., Invercargill, Sheep Inspector. Wallace Southland Cattle District — Comprising the Counties of Southland, Wallace, Lake, Fiord, and Stewart Island. Cattle Board ;— T, Brydon, Chairman, J. S. Shanks, J. B. Sutton, J. Holmes, and J. Shand. 63 16 6 9 5 10 2 296,543