H.—23.

NAPIER DISTRICT—continued.

NAPIER DISTRICT—continued.

WELLINGTON-WEST COAST— continued.

WELLINGTON-WEST COAST DISTRICT. RETURN showing the Sheepowners and the Number of Sheep and Lambs in each county on the 30th April, 1899, and 30th April, 1900.

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No. of Sheep on April 30,1 April 30, 1899. 1900. Raureti te Kooro, Rakatapuama, Ruanui ... Ropoama Pohi, Turangarere, Ruanui Rora Porokoru, Murimotu, Karioi Ruhia Kiripo, Murimotu, Karioi Ruka Puhaki, Tapaewai, Moawhango Stubbing, Frank, Karioi Studholme, J. F., Ruanui Studholme, John, Murimotu, Karioi Taimona, Karioi Te Piira Hipango, Aramoho, Wanganui 2)8 1718 98 196 256 296 18639 49°45 M>8 80 1 368 Nil 198 Nil 75 16021 4765° 296 •494

No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1899. 1900. Terei Rewi, Karioi Tihema Aropeta, Turanganui, Moawhango ... Timi Houra, Raketapauma, Ruanui Tukaiora Tepikikotuku, Karioi Tukino, Karioi Whango te Kooro, Patupatu, Ruanui Winiata Toiiupu, Karioi Wiripo te Kooro, Patupatu, Ruanui '55 '74 254 100 64 7'8 5' 243 120 88 Nil IOO Nil 35° Nil 9' 92,280 94,124

No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1899. 1900. Lovel, William, Tongaporutu Lucas, Arthur, Tarata McKellar, D. H., Uruti Road MacRae, Ewen (Waituna), Manutahi Marsh, Esau, Waitara Matthews, R. J., Waitara Murley, E. M., tjruti Road Oxenham Brothers, Uruti Road Paton, W. J. B., Purangi Pease, J. F., Tarata Pigott, R. H., Urenui Pratt, James, Tarata Prestney, John., New Plymouth Prosser, John, Tarata Raby, C. E., Pukearuhe Rattenbury, James, Tongaporutu Rawstrom, A. J., Uruti Road Riddell, George, Waitara Rogers, J. W., Urenui Rogers, M. D., Urenui Rowe, C. N, Urenui Sarten, A. E., Tikorangi Sarten, James, Tikorangi Sarten, Levi, Waitara Silk, H. N, Purangi Syme, William, Onaero Telfar, A., sen., Urenui Turchi, Henry, Tarata Vickery, J., jun., Waitara Wade-Gery, T. H., Urenui Walsh, Honora, Tengaporutu Webb, F. J., Lepperton Wells, B. S., Uruti Road Wilson, T. B., Urenui 98 80 i 7 8 Nil 1 167 84 500 794 81 263 '83 335 4000 500 343 56 996 1440 183 204 57 2440 100 996 Nil 210 33° '°73 660 '73 '4 Nil 461 127 20 25 284 36 Nil 104 400 280 502 64 3° 40 '79 25 42 37 293 162 39 290 29 100 400 57 "3 23,'78 400 49 Nil 23,758 TARANAKI COUNTY. Aiken, A. IL, Tariki Road AUeman, Brothers, Inglewood Alley, H. J., Huirangi Andrews, Chas., Okato Andrews, Fred., Huirangi Atkinson, A. E., Inglewood Baker, William, Waitara Barrett Mary, Pungarehu Barnard, William, New Plymouth Bayly, William, New Plymouth Bell, Allen, Okato Bint, P. T., Inglewood Blake, W., New Plymouth Broughton, F., Inglewood Brown, John, New Plymouth Brown, William, Lepperton Buckthought, P. C, Okato Chamney and Swan, Tarata Chapman, A. F., Rahotu Ching, Richard, Opunake Christensen, Christen, Inglewood Clough, Henry, Inglewood Coad, Alfred, New Plymouth Coad, S., jun., Waitara 1100 197 29 26 170 148 300 80 4°59 20 I 120 500 Nil 40 Nil 243 Nil 10 Nil 352° 5° Nil 120 62 34 385 55 '5 355 21 25 Nil 380 66 Nil 297 21 1190 20 Nil 95 Nil 994 I c 32 120 24

No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1899. 1900. CLIFTON COUNTY. Aiken, William, sen., Tarata Armstrong, John, Tikorangi Atkinson Brothers, Sentry HiU Beaven, Harold, Urenui Bishell, A. and G. E., Inglewood Bleakley, E. G., Urenui Chapman, George, Purangi Cole, Harry, Tarata Corcoran, Patrick, Urenui Crump, Walter, Tikorangi Cunningham, R. P., Tikorangi Darke, R. and P., Urenui Davis, T. J., Uruti Road Dowinan, W,, Purangi Dunn, Charles, Tarata Drummond, R., Tarata Eastwood, J. 0., Tongaporutu Evans, E.'W. L., Matau Fearon, John, Tongaporutu Fifield and Gibson, Urenui Firbank, George, Tongaporutu Foreman, J. W, Tikorangi Gausted, Charles, Tarata George, J. C, Uruti Road Gibbons, E. H., Urenui Gibbs, Arthur, Tongaporutu Gibson, David, Urenui Glassford, W. G., Urenui Goddard Brothers, Waitara Govenlock, E. T\, Tarata Greenwood, F. C, Urenui Greenwood, F. D., Urenui Greenwood, Martin, Urenui Grieve, J. W, Tarata Halcombe, A. H., Urenui Hart, W. H., Purangi Herlihy, Thomas, Tongaporutu Hintz Brothers, Urenui Hogan, Wm., Urenui Hogg, H. L., Matau tlulehins, T. J. A., Tongaporutu Jellyman Brothers, Inglewood Jenkins, W. F., Urenui Jones, W. W., Mokau" Judge, A. E., Tikorangi Jupp, G. A., Uruti Road Jupp, W. H., Tikorangi Kennington, S. J., Tarata Kelly, R. A., Uruti Road King, Newton, New Plymouth Knight Brothers, Urenui Knuckey, Samuel, Tikorangi Lambert, Isaac, Tarata Laurent, L. F., Tarata Leech, A. B., Purangi Lindsay, James, New Plymouth '3° IOOO '53 5°° 24 60 56 92 97 '93 280 234 21 4'7 25 97 360 61 127 80 5'4 594 298 18 280 186 1184 140 35° 97 47 100 '95 200 185 232 Nil 800 139 5°9 124 Nil 52 Nil 90 96 3° 344 214 Nil 396 Nil 62 Nil 25 Nil i97 88 Nil 263 1400 400 400 Nil 204 192 '33° Nil 37° 260 46 Nil 240 42 Nil 160 54 Nil 360 373 Nil 285 395 Nil 380 362 184 293 16 5°° 1265 204 IOO 320 1500 Nil 70 20 280 82 261 27 194 93 92