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No. of Sheep on April 30. 1897. ' April 30, 1898. Smith, F. C, Woodlands Smith, Hugh Gore Smith, James, Spar Bush, Waianiwa Smith, James, Otamita Smith, John, Mataura Smith, Patrick, Waimumu, Mataura Smith, T. S., Waianiwa Smyth, William, jun., Gore Smyth, John, Gore Smyth, William, Gore Somerville, William, Mabel Bush Soper, W. D., Garston Souter, James, Spa,r Bush Sparrow, C. J., Winton Spowart, John, Lochiel Spratt, John, Mataura Island Staite, Gilbert, Lumsden Stalker, Donald, Bdendale Stanton, Patrick, Riversdale Starbuck, Mark, Hokonui Steel, John, Spar Bush Stenhonse, R. and J., South Hillend Stevens, Alexander, Ryal Bush Stevenson, Thomas, and Sons, Riversdale ... Stevenson, W., Isla Bank Stewart, Archibald, Balfour Stewart, David, Gore Stewart, David, Gorge Road Stewart, Donald, Dipton Stinson, John, Menzie's Perry, Wyndham ... Stokes, Joseph, Woodlands Strachan, David, Wallacetown Strang, James, Woodlands Strang, James, Wright's Bush Stuart, George, Longridge, Balfour Stuart, Robert, Otapiri Gorge Stuart, William, Otapiri Gorge Sutherland, D., Otapiri Gorge Sutherland, J. G., Hedgehope Sutherland, William, Kennington Sutton, G., Winton Sutton, William, Hedgehope Swain, Hodges, and Son, Oteramika Gorge... Swale, Ralph, Limehills Sweatman, N., Cattle Plat, Balfour Tall, Albert, Kapuka Tanner and Sons, Hokonui Tapper, Alfred, Wallacetown Tayles, William, Longridge Village Taylor, Angus, Hokonui Taylor, Duncan, Limehills Taylor, E., and Co., Woodlands Taylor, J. B., Waikiwi Taylor, John, Roslyn Bush Taylor, Owen, Caroline Templeton, John, Riversdale Terry, William, Gore Thompson, A. and A., Dipton Thompson, Thomas, Gap Road, Winton Thompson, William, Oreti Plains Thomson, Andrew, Dipton Thomson, David, Winton' Thomson, James, Winton Thomson, John, Mataura Thomson, John, Newfield, Winton Thomson, John, jun., Riverside, Lochiel Thomson, J. S., Pahiwi, Balfour Thomson, Peter, Winton Thomson, Thomas, Winton Thomson, William, Winton Tippet, John, Limehills Tobin, J. and E., Lochiel Torbet, John, Winton Townshend, Edwin, Mataura Traill, A. W.,Paterson's Inlet, Stewart Island Tremaine, Frederick, Riversdale Trender, James, Hokonui Tressider, John, Lumsden ... Trotter, J. D., Woodlands Turnbull, A. 8., Forest Hill, Lochiel Turnbull, I. C, Isla Bank Urquhart, William, Balfour Vivian, James, East Road, Invercargill Walker, David, Balfour 152 458 185 477 17 300 650 200 680 135 36 282 85 47 76 194 7 590 98 73 487 75 135 499 94 1090 20 • 200 700 182 250 100 52 301 115 75 72 2(13 Nil 960 60 82 474 162 79 608 247 278 100 186 200 Nil 16 36 75 483 1233 326 116 20O 280 51 1372 237" 40 833 575 68 591 560 585 1001 193 Nil 440 743 397 182 81 100 2()O 100 100 630 1190 143 386 394 220 1930 454 404 39 670 50 362 159 158 174 112 1440 14 479 98 10 59a 400 400 124 123 90 303 28 17 71 37 388 870 496 132 191 51 1363 287 56 964 447 566 550 465 998 94 94 393 770 277 173 90 100 422 100 100 492 752 202 541 395 600 1596 389 500 56 53 32 203 162 51 197 200 1139 12 545 61 125 429

No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1897. 1898. Petigrew, A. W.,-Lochiel Philpot, William, Newfield, Long Bush Pike, G-. B., South Hillend Pope, Harry, Gore Popenhagen, G. W., Hokonui Porteous, J. B., Winton Powell, H. H., Wallacetown Price, P. A., Waikiwi Price, J. M., Athol Quale, G. T., Ryal Bush Qualter, Michael, Riversdale Babbit, John, Harrington's Raitt, William, 1 Springhills Kamage, Q-eorge, Boggie Burn, Limehills ... Jiambaum, W., Mandeville Ramsay, George, Mataura Rankin, William, Waikiwi Rankin, William, Rosebank, Middlevale Reburn, Clement, Ryal Bush Reid, William, Mandeville Reid & Son, Monte Christo, Wright's Bush... Reilly, Edmund, Winton Richards, James, Makarewa Bush Riddell, Harry, Lumsden Ritchie, James, Waituna Ritchie, R. D., Mataura Robbie, Francis Brownhall, Isla Bank Robertson, Alexander, Brown's Robertson, Allan, Winton Robertson, James, Brown's Robertson, John, Brown's Robinson, Charles* Kapuka Rogers, J., Glenguoich & Fairlight, Inver'gill Rogers, John, Fairlight, Garston Rogers, W. B., Glenure, Balfour Rolton, Mrs, Margaret, South Hillend Ronald, William, Waianiwa Rose, John, Myross Bueh Ross, Alexander, Ryal Bush Ross, Donald, Riversdale Ross, James, Brown's Ross, Coleman, Grovebush Ross, John, Otatara Rose, John, Waimatuku Ross, Robert, Dipton Ross, Robert, Riversdale Roy, Alexander, Balfour Rule, William, Mataura Island Russell, Arthur, Bluegums, Lochiel Russell, James, Gorge Road Russell, Robert, Waikiwi Sabine, Mrs. M. A., Richmond Grove Sadlier, J. H., Longbush Sadlier, William, Woodlands Saunderson, Richard, Mabel Bush Saxelby, John, Woodlands Schmidt, A. P., Woodlands Scott, W., Hokonui Scouler, W. and Co., Almondell, Wright s Bush Scully, Mrs. William, Grove Bush Senior, Joseph, Dipton Shand, Alexander, Otapiri Gorge Shand, John, Centre Bush, Winton Sharp, Henry, Mokotua Sharp, Joseph, Winton Shaw, Mark, Winton Shaw, Samuel, Ryal Bush Shea, Martin, Balfour Shearer, J. 0., Drummond Sheed, Alexander, Mandeville Shuttleworth, Joseph, Lumsden Silk Martin, South Hillend Simon, Mrs. Emma, Myross Bush, Invercargill Simpson, John, Woodlands Sims, William, Hokonui Sinclair, Peter, Hedgehope Sloan, John, Gore Slocombe, R. H., Riversdale Smaill, Joseph, Riversdale Small, Andrew, Lumsden Smellie, William, Ryal Bush Smith, Alexander, Brown's Smith, B., Fernlea, Gore Smith, David, Mandeville 288 890 725 200 490 1390 124 86 50 79 500 1560 126 Nil 98 225 58 25 273 33 Nil 90 120 2095 47 200 Nil 111 509 267 544 252 584 41 89 15934 216 2159 182 640 78 473 50 Nil 269 262 372 182 100 671 100 300 Nil 170 27 296 150 Nil Nil Nil 586 Nil 300 591 290 5130 87 700 463 130 80 57 30 550 622 22 43 193 156 93 291 147 200 87 126 586 174 84 100 93 100 1600 83 400 54 26 243 32 25 64 207 2894 22 178 128 661 160 472 200 348 24 135 17581 70 616 31 412 55 80 465 217 133 96 61 370 170 13 37 300 10 31 600 490 2156 300 470 276 4140 99 500 906 6 50 100 350 250 379 68 83 180 128 256 147 200 63 125 390 27