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CANTERBURY, Etc., DISTRICTS— continued.

CANTERBURY AND WESTLAND DISTRICTS. RETURN showing the Sheepowners and the Number of Sheep and Lambs in each county on the 31st May, 1886 and 1887.

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fo. of Sheep on 31st May. 1886. I 1887. Buchanan and Wade, Waikari Burgin, Tliomas, Crosby, Swannanoa Burrell, George, Fernside Burton, W. H., Alount Benger, Hurunui ... Buseh, Frederick, Bangiora Busch, John, North Loburn Buss, W. Rangiora Butters, G. and IL, Eyreton Cameron, D. and D., Saltwater Creek Cameron, John, Balcairn Campbell, C. It., Stoke Grange, Rangiora ... Campbell, Michael, Dalbeg, Amberley Campbell and AlcKee, East Oxford Carr and Duthie, Ashley Bank Carson, AVilliam, Waipara Catherwood, Hugh, Cust Chamberlain Bros., Eastcolt, AVaikari Chambers, Frederick, AVoodeud Chambers, William, Fernside Chapman, A. T., Springbank Chapman, It. AV., Lowlands, Fernside Chapman, T. and 15., Springbank Chapman, Walter. AVest Eyreton Charles, James, Cust Chatlerton, J. V., Flaxton Chilton, Thomas, Eyreton Clark, Donald, Amberley Cleeve, Thomas, View Hill Clifford & Weld, Stonyhurst, Amberley Clothier, E., Eyreton Clothier, James, Clarkville Coates, J. and S , Fernside Coleman, S., Riverside, Amberley Collie, Donald, Aphley Bank Colonial Invest. Co., Ashley Downs, Ashler Bank Concanuon, John, Hurunui Condon, Daniel, Oxford Condon, Joseph, Cust , ... Cone, G., Rangiora Conway, Ebenezer, Cust Conway, Thomas, Cust Conway, Thomas, jun., Pleasant A'iew, Cust Conway, AV. F., Cust Cook, Henry, Rangiora Corboy, Jeremiah, Loburn Corboy, William, Loburn Corlett Bros., Cabbage Tree Flat, Amberley Costello, AVilliam, Waikari Cottle, Thomas, Cust Courage, P., Seadown, Amberley Cousins, It., Waikuku Cowens, George, Bennett's Cowic, James, Hawarden Cox, J. W. M., AVeka Pass, AVaikari Crampton, G. AV., Amberley Crampton, J. B., Fernside Crampton, M. H., Amberley Crampton, T., Amberley Crampton, W., Eskvale, Amberley Croft, R. P., Ashley Bank Croft, Tliomas, Ashley Bank Cross, Jo.'eph, Bennett's Crossley, C. D., Hurunui, AVoodeud Orossley, C. D., AA roodend Crowe, Frederick, Oxford Crowe, Henry, Oxford Crysell, AValter, West Eyreton Crysell, William, Cust Curie, George, Bennett's Dailsy, Robert, Swannanoa Dalgety and Co., Loburn Dalzell, J., Sefton Dalziel, Alr3. Jane, Fernside Dalziel, M., jun., Amberley D'Auvergnc, Charles, Rangiora Davies, John, Flyre Bank, Eyreton Davies, John, Kaiapoi Davis, Henry, Coutts's Island Dawson, George, Ohoka Dawson, Richard, West Eyreton Dench, Thomas, Southbrook Dennis, Charles, Leithfield Denton, F. R., Eyreton '395 '94 98 2600 373 200 360 700 420 2225 1 2 96 290 '95 3289 266 4191 4600 5 108 4480 240 3 425 181 35 24000 7o 57 87 600 30 1069 1800 100 5° 192 700 293 95 100 74 35° 300 780 9000 794 260 60 3000 " 89 97 200 250 180 83 1300 Nil 140 80 Nil '75 3394 Nil n 9 3574 5100 5635 4892 250 14 282 Nil '3 22000 50 80 148 592 60 1420 1664 97 Nil 25 263 700 49 296 140 Nil 140 Nil 380 689 5° 68 1180 3 400 293 596 140 180 237 200 398 13000 400 240 5° 255 126 170 3395 3990 600 9000 18 190 1200 30 587 '99 500 150 187 400 150 296 12^00 478 131 55 92 90 170 1792 3580 500 335 40 72 300 29 35 25 266 152 390 95 586 20 52 90 360 380 1400 25 360 1500

!o. of s: 31st 1 beep on May. I 1886. 1887. CHEVIOT COUATY (In North Canterbury Subdivision). Robinson, Hon. AV., Cheviot Hills, Cheviot ... IO500O Scoci ASHLEY COUNTY (In North Canterbury Subdivision). Addinell, John, AVest Eyreton Aldridge, James, Alayficld, East Oxford Allan, Alexander, Rockvale, AVaikari Allison, Edward, Cust Anderson, AVilliam, Clyde Grore, Cust Anstiss, J. O., Amberley Armstrong, John, Loburn Armstrong, Thomas, AVaikari Arnott, AV., Fernside Ashby, J. S., Twy Cross, Balcairn Ashworth, James, Sefton Atkinson, Robinson, Swannanoa Atkinson, W., Cust Atkinson, AV., Alarehmont, Rangiora Atkinson, AV. If., Cust Australian and N. Z. Mortgage Company (Limited), Waipara Downs (Christchurch) Bailey, Drummond, Balcairn Bailey, George, Eyreton Bailey, John, Pernside Bailie, Robert, Amberley Baird, Samuel, Sefton Baker, J. P., Kaiapoi Banks, Daniel, Loburn Banks, James, Ashley Bank Barker, Joseph, Loburn Barnes, J. E., Swyn fordo, Hawarden Barred, Samuel, Southbrook Bartrum, G. S., Rangiora Barwell, George, Rangiora Bassett, AV. J., Woodstock, View Hill Baxter, Andrew, Mountain Farm, E. Oxford Baxter, John, Hillside, View Hill Baylis«, Thomas, Cust Beiil, Henry, Eyreton Beattie, John, Cust Beere, A. J., Cust Beere, Airs. J. AL, Cust Belcher, Richard, Kaiapoi Bell, Jonathan, Foster, Rangiora Bell, J. T\, Swannanoa Benn, AV. A., Amberley Bennett, Alex., Homedale, Bennett's Bennett, AVilliam, West Eyreton Birnie, William, Kaiapoi island Black, Andrew, AVaikari Blackmore, T. D., Kaiapoi Blain, Alary, Lockhead, Oxford Blake, John, Loburn Blunden, It., 1 he Downs, Bennetts Boulton, John, Cust Bowie, J., AVoodend and AVaikari Bowman, Edmund, Amberley Bowron, G., jun., Sea View, Ashley Bank Boyce, Christopher, Sefton Boyd, Robert, Ballygarvie, Bennett's Bradley, William, West Eyreton Bramley, AV., Woodend Brettag'h and Pearson, Worlingham, Oxford Bristow, It., Amberley Broadfoot, A., Sea View, Amberley Brock, D and E., Loburn Brock, Donald, Ashley Bank Brock, John, Ashley Bank Brodie, J. AlcK., Berriedale, Amberley Brown, David, Amberley Brown, E. IL, Rangiora Brown, E. H. & H. S., Alt. Thomas, Loburn Brown, J., East Oxford Brown, James, Clarkville Brown, John, North Loburn Brown, Jonathan, Rangiora „, Bruere, Graham, Sefton * 980 200 69 455 1 105 94 1306 1 *;o 58 1990 240 390 300 200 34° 120 500 194 '3 60 25' 293 63 12 125 1266 74 70 220 9' 47o 86 654 400 198 496 1500 375 292 70 330 350 400 296 1650 560 1450 1871 2'5 2 5 80 97 32 7260 S80 90 72 46 3<>3 894 80 1055 98 85 1850 190 363 300 '93 3842 98 '45 90 500 194 39 64 200 347 50 Nil 290 60 1082 190 75 240 81 734 98 75 500 Nil Nil r;oo 784 '95 27 '97 327 100 Nil '45° 400 1250 1946 124 1 7 200 130 26 8100 55° 1900 67 59^> 476 1650 14728 59° 1859 380 50 180 729 650 26 75 225 'S3 400 I 15027 138 Nil 184 128 206