H.—23.

OTAGO DISTRICT— continued.

OTAGO DISTRICT— continued.

135

I No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1897. 18118. McDonald, James, Dipton McDonald, John, Edendale McDonald, John, Hedgehope McDonald, John, Mabel, Grove Bush McDonald, Mrs. Eliza, Hokonui McDonald, S. B., Woodstock, Woodlands ... McDonald, Thomas, Lumsden McDonald, Thomas, West Plains McDougall, John, Harrington's McDowell, H., Waianiwa McEwpn, John, G-ap Road, Winton McPadgen, Mrs. 0., Woodlands McFarlane, James, Helenslea, Waianiwa ... McFetrick, A., Drummond McGarvey, Mrs. M., Middlevale, Q-ore McGillivray and Macneil, Lochiel McGrath, Thomas, Limehills McGregor, George, Balfour McGregor, John, Makarewa Bush McGregor, John, Springhills McGregor, William, Winton Mclntyre, Angus, Grove Bush Mcllwraith, J. & A. D., Mataura (Homebush, Chris tclmrch) Mclndoe, Ellen, Spar Bush Mclntosh, Thomas, Rval Bush Mclntyre, John, Grove Bush Mclntyre, John, Kennington McKay, Archibald, Dunsdale, Hedgehope ... McKay, James. Longbush McKeilar Brothers, Glenure, Balfour McKenzie, Abraham, Mokotua McKenzie, Alexander, Wright's Bush McKenzie, David, Barkley Village McKenzie, Hector, Riversdale McKenzie, John, Longbush McKenzie, John, and Sons, Woodlands McKenzie, John, Limehills McKenzie, Mrs. Kenneth, Myross Bush McKenzie, Robert, Gorge Road MeKenzie, W. J., Wright's Bush McKercher, J. and J., Woodlands McKinnon, Hugh, Otapiri Gorge McKinnon, James, Ryal Bush McKinnon, John, Wright's Bush McLaren, Robert, Charlton, Mataura McLauchlan, David, Springhills McLauchlan, John, Dipton Mei eish, P. C. C, Drummond McLean, Alexander, Dipton McLean, Alexander, Waianiwa McLean, Duncan, Balfour McLean, James, Centre Bush McLean, John, Harrington's McLean, Roderick, South Hillend McLean, Thomas, Mount Pleasant, Winton... McLennan, K., Sand Hills, Invercargill McLeod, Allan, Winton McLeod, D., Limehills McLeod, Donald, Lochiel McLeod, 4 P. H., Caroline McLeod, George, Dunvegan, Waianiwa McLeod, George, Hedgehope McLeod, Hugh, Hedgehope McMaster, John, Forest Hill, Hokonui McMillan, Donald, Harrington's McMurtrie, Mrs. Ann, South Hillend McNaughton, David, Waianiwa McNaughton, Peter, Mataura Is., Edendale... McNaughton, William, Wright's Bush McNeil, Angus, Lochiel McNeil, Hector, Lochiel McPhee, John, Balfour McRae, C. and J., Brown's JIcRae, Donald, Hokonui iVlcHae, Mrs. Mary C, Dunmore, Hokonui... MoHae, Mrs. Isabella, Braintra, Hokonui ... McRae, Murdoch, Hokonui McRae, Roderick, Remu, Long Bush McRae, William, Brown's McRae, Mrs. Christina, Riverend, Springhills MoTavieh, James, Oreti Plains Moire, W. W., Balfour Menzies, D. M., Dipton 2220 686 200 192 163' 300 8 19 296 62 122 365 1760 50 158 191 151 12a 274 1967 776 .12 78 868 400 505 8563 26 978 290 600 285 565 150 27 360 495 280 93 992 103 2100 690 300 193 46 100 Nil 76 292 72 134 297 142 Nil Nil 162 91 154 192 132 166 55 2407 380 36 72 870 494 441 5920 42 759 418 Nil 179 665 102 350 21 351 518 200 143 1074 130 338 127 1487 Nil 400 283 153 240 452 1858 700 88 179 323 700 868 606 298 185 252 290 370 95 283 404 303 152 1088 548 558 930 355 92 242 91 436 120 502 102 1381 222 300 137 200 259 242 1539 700 57 184 200 598 907 805 295 253 254 302 131 97 200 400 379 165 1098 495 758 900 370 183 197 ' 92 312 96 322

Wo. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1897. 1898. Merrie, George, Wallacetown Merrifield, John, Winton Merritt, S. R., Invercargill Millar, James, Mabel Bush Millard, John, Winton Miller Brothers, Darindale, Isla Bank Miller, Thomas, Oreti Plains Milligan, Mrs. E., Spar Bush Milligan, William, Dipton Milne, John, Edendale Milne, Peter, Woodlands Mitchell, W. H., Kennington Moffitt, T. D. A., Enderby Island, Invercargill Monaghan, P. I , ., Croydon, Gore Moorabool Estate Co., Dipton Moore, C. D., Winton Moore, Mrs. Catherine, Waikiwi Morris, John, Kdendale ... Morton, John, Woodside, Mabel Bush Morton, J. C, Oteramika Gorge Morton, T. R., Seaward Downs Mosan Brothers, Grove Bush Moylan, Michael, Wright's Bush Muir, William, Cairie, Wyndham Mulqueen, Patrick, Balfour Munro, Alexander, Springhills Munro Brothers, Mandeville Munro, James, Mokotua Munro, Richard, Kapuka Munro, William, Mokotua Murchison, Christopher, Springhill Murdoch, John, Oreti, Winton Murphy Brothers, Woodlands Murphy, James, jun., Grove Bush Murphy, Jeremiah, Dipton Murphy, John, Harrington's Murphy, Patrick, Dipton Murphy, P. and D., Grove Bush Murphy, William, Harrington's Murray, Charles, Waituna Murray, Thomas, Ryal Bush Musselwhite, William, Dipton Mutch, J. C, Mataura Myres, Christian, Waikiwi Neas, Rudolph, Makarewa Neill, Thomas, Edendale Nelson Brothers, Ocean Beach, Invercargill... Nixon, James, Paterson's Inlet, Stewart Island Norris, H. I\, Woodlands N.M. & A. Company, Dipton N.M. & A. Co., Seaward Downs, Edendale ... N.Z. A. Co, Ardlussa, Eyre Creek, Caroline, Dome, Longridge, Waimea PI., Riversdale N.Z. and A. Land Company, Edendale N.Z. M. and Invest. Assu.,Benmore, Inver'gill Nicholl, James, Waianiwa Nicholson, J., Croydon, Gore Nicholson, Proctor, Mokotua Norman, Thomas, Winton O'Brien, James, Waianiwa O'Brien, Martin, Harrington's O'Brien, Morgan, South Hillend O'Brien, T. J., South Hillend O'Brien, William, Gore O'Conner, Michael, Longridge Village O'Connor, Mrs. John, Longridge Village ... O'Keefe, Denis, Mabel Bush O'Meara, John, Limehille Orr, Alfred, Isla Bank Osborne, Thomas, Limehills O'Shannessy, John, Makarewa O'Shannessy, Patrick, Winton O'Shea, John, Balfour Otago & Southl'd Invest. Co., Limehills, Inv'gill Otago& Southl'd Invest. Co., Titipua, Inver'gill Pagan, John, West Dome, Mossburn Patterson, Robert, Spring Hills Paterson, Thomas, Longfield, Hokonui Patereon, W., West Dome, Mossburn Patterson, Ewan, Lochiel Patterson, David, Ryal Bush Pearce, George, Winton Percy, Thomas, Woodlands Petersen, Neil, Balfour 32 1300 98 1516 47 845 700 93 259 294 5 74 41 250 4iO2 300 132 110 700 24 74 695 31 62 182 198 434 187 Nil 1147 102 1638 77 798 800 86 155 200 18 91 51 300 3150 1200 132 Nil 431 Nil 68 792 34 582 92 190 199 400 172 102 100 395 Nil 200 283 100 96 200 20 Nil Nil 42 391 51 23 3» 87 9 26 5146 Nil 70665 197 394 1800 100 402 150 70 100 280 20 22 24 330 60 ■ 25 28 34 3876 1745 73890 10910 10590 25 93 934 1693 850 408 600 463 67 232 69 300 143 27 17 19482 9896 26 Nil 1050 1492 700 386 196 442 21 383 93 200 196 Nil Nil 128 252 141 345 1071 207 98 780 14300 408 Nil 231 94 100 335 116 422 1066 64 138 780 14175 737 19 64 123 43