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1. 2. On the 31st 3. NUMBER OE i. :at, 1885. Sheep and Cattle Distbicts in Counties. Number of Owners owning under o 9 3 60 P. S a O d Total Number of a o § Name and Address oe Officer, and Appointments held by Him. . . I . d d o o o o o ~ o o o o o 8 9 9 9 d d I Owners of Sheep. Sheep. On March 31," 1886. ! ■ Otago Sheep Disteict — Pori 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 Duns tan Subdivision (area 5,009,000 acres) — Vincent Maniototo Lake ... Tapanui Subdivision (area 1,282,000 acres) — Tuapeka 8 77 139 40 12 . 5 12 27 14 5 1 14 16 7 6 1 ... 4 5 5 ! 4 5 ! 1 6 ... 8 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 I 15 122 193 70 32 7,770 248,034 150,887 131,675 96,948 Johnson, B. H., Dunedin, Chief Sheep Inspector, Cattle Inspector, Chief Begistrar of Brands. Thomson, John, Port Chalmers, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector. Thomson, B., Outram, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector. Miles, T. J., Palmerston, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector. 105 40 21 16 10 9 11 | 212 689,082 Pullarton, B., Oamaru, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Begistrar of Brands. Shaw, C, Clyde, Sheep Inspector. Bouchier, B., Naseby, Sheep Inspector. Miller, W., Queenstoivn, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Begistrar of Brands. Hickson, F.E., Tapanui, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Begistrar of Brands, in charge. Mackay, T. T. W., Balclutha, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector. 49 66 20 A _ 12 o 2 8 3 3 4 3 5 7 2 6 3 8 1 68 106 ; 42 441,444 367,804 142,189 132 29 19 3 3 4 * 194; 327,988 Clutha... Otago Cattle District —Comprising the Counties of Waitaki, Waikouaiti, Maniototo, Vincent, Peninsula, Taieri, Bruce, Clutha, and Tuapeka. Cattle Boaed :— Matheio Holmes, Chairman, R. Charteris, J. Roberts, J. Shand, and J. Smith. Southland Subdivision (area 4,785,000 acres) — Southland 199 17 9 9 ' 8 4 1 247 i 257,889 299 60 36 27 13 11 451 618,553 Macdonald, A. A., Gore, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, in charge. Anderson, C., Invercargill, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Begistrar of Brands. Douglass, A., Invercargill, Sheep Inspector. Wallace Southland Cattle District — Comprising the Counties of Southland, Wallace, Lake, Fiord, and Stewart Island. Cattle Boabd :— T. Brydon, Chairman, J. S. Shanks, J. B. Sutton, J. Holmes, and J. Shand. 81 L0 10 134 320,702