H.—23.

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OTAGO DISTRICT— continued.

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No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30. 1897. 1898. Baakin, J. O., Heddon Bush Basstian, J. B., Mossburn ... Bath, Richard, Gummie's Bush Beck, James, Woodlaw, Wairio ... Beck, J. F., Wairio Beck, Joseph, Hartwood, Wairio Beck, Joseph, jun., Wairio Beck, Thomas, Aparima Beer, A. EL, Mossburn Beer, George, Mossburn Beer, H., Otautau Beer, W. G-., Mossburn Begg, Hugh, Otautau Begg, Robt., Monte View, Otautau Bell, Henry, Otautau Bellotti, B., Wairio Benzie, Wm, Isla Bank Bickley, S. W., Waimatuku Black, Alex., South Side, Thornbury Blackstock, William, Riverton Blackwood, Thomas, Kinloch, Otautau Blakie, Andrew, jun., Isla Bank Blatch, A. P., Clifden, Waiau Bonthron, David, and Sons, Pahi, Dalmore... Boyle, John, Heddon Bush Bradley, Mrs. Mary, Wairio Brighton, Gavin, Nightcaps Brown, Dr. W., Sharpridge, Orawia (Dunedin) Brown, William, Thornbury Browning, Allen, Mossburn Brownridge, James, Fairfax Buckingham, T. A., Drummond Buick, W. and R., Otautau Bunton, Richard, Riverton Butler, E. P., Chantry Downs, Otautau Calder, Alexander, Thornbury Calder, George, Gummie's Bush Calder, J. and A. H., Wrey's Bush Calder, William, Heddon Bush Cameron, Donald, Clifden Cameron, William, Centre Island, Riverton Campbell, R., jun., Mararoa, Burw'd, Lumsden Cantrell, W. S. S., Thornbury Carrnichael, Allan, Invercargill Carmichael, James, Gummie's Bush Carrick, John, Otautau Casey, Timothy, Opio Catto, John, Heddon Bush Chalmers, Colonel, Mt. Linton, Nightcaps ... Chamberlain, Mary, Orawia Chartres, William, Mossburn Chewings, George, Glenelg, Mossburn ... | Christie, A., Dipton Christie, John, Waimatuku Church and Maclean, Nightcaps Clark, Charles, Heddon Bush Clark, D. P., Nightcaps Clark, Duncan, Fairfax Clark, James, Nightcaps Clark, Thomas, Heddon Bush Cochrane, A. 0., Heddon Bush Collins, John, Clifden Connor, Timothy, Waimatuku Colquhoun, Malcolm, Wrey's Bush Coombes, Christopher, Drummond Coombes, Mrs. Ann, Heddon Bush Coombes, T. J., Aparima Cournane, Thomas, Nightcaps Craig, J. G., Eastern Bush Craig, W. R., Eastern Bush Crean, Michael, Nightcaps Creed, Daniel, Opio Creegan, John, Wrey's Bush Crengle Brothers, Otautau Crowe, Denis, Scott's Gap, Otautau Cupples, R., Otautau Cupples, Thomas, Otautau Curtin, John, Wrey's Bush Curtin, Michael, Wrey's Bush Dalgetv and Co., Dunrobin, Mossburn Darleyj W. J., Eastern Bush I )avannay, Michael, Annandale Daviee, A. R., Highlands, Riverton Davis, George, Eastern Bush 100 1800 244 100 223 1925 289 46 154 1214 247 90 Nil 1521 247 95 813 497 18 125 213 297 95 200 1117 625 1378 Nil 494 60 218 1047 570 685 234 298 798 116 15 1200 22 447 474 739 284 28318 697 547 15 1406 172 194 17295 100 840 3600 643 300 600 400 50 400 256 395 395 480 96 290 162 96 194 263 296 232 700 82 214 260 580 1333 81 292 356 4062 990 378 176 98 1296 395 292 1417 362 96 748 550 16 Ifi9 477 93 222 990 1180 8 500 198. 864 340 755 182 3K3 1163 99 20 900 130 96 800 343 2U0 28249 555 596 1106 197 272 18478 171 686 3255 600 368 596 40 150 304 706 390 600 92 352 30 263 270 194 198 400 98 81 339 490 1826 1000 302 200 3716 900 290 100 182

No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1897. 1898. Walker, Q-eorge, "Woodlands Walker, John, Isla Bank Walker, William, Winton Wallace, Angus, Airley, Wallacetown Wallis.A. R., Woodstock, Woodlands Wallis Brothers, Gore Walker, T., Balfour Walsh, J. B., Waituna Walsh, Patrick, Gore Walsh, Thomas, Harrington's Ward, Arthur, Drummond Ward, W. F., Riverslea, Gore Warden, John, Kennington Warden, Mrs. Jessie, Kennington Wardrope, James, Dipton Watson, Robert, Lochiel Watson, Robert, Oreti Plains Watson, William, Limehills Weir, William, Waianiwa Welsh, John, KenDington West, A. J., Balfour Wharton, J., Hokonui Whatiri, Ihaia, The Neck, Stewart Island ... Whitaker, David, Dipton Wilcox, William, Myross Bush Wile, John, Otapiri Gorge Williams, James, Wright's Bush Williams, John, East Road, Invercargill ... Wille, William, Invercargill Wilson, Henry, Ryal Bush Wilson, Alexander, Mabel Bush Wilson, James, Myross Bush Wilson, John, Otapiri Gorge Wilson, J. B., Balfour Wilson, Jervis, Wendon Wilson, John, Waianiwa Wilson, R. S., Seaward Downs Wilson, Thomas, South Hillend Wilson, Thomas, Waianiwa Windle, Henry, Longridge Village Wilson, W. J., Dipton Winter, W. J., Wyndham Wood, T. E., Seaward Moss Woods, James, Oreti Plains Woods, Samuel, Oreti Plains Woodward, P. S., Retreat, Invercargill Wright, Thomas, Gore W> lie, Johnson, Mataura Island Yardley, Richard, Lumsden Tork, Adam, Hokonui York, David, Hedgehope Young, James, Wright's Bush Young, J. and J., Woodlands Young, Robert, Mabel Bush Young, Thomas, Mataura Young, William, Burnside, Gore Young, William, Hedgehope Zwies, Leopold, Brown's Zwies, Lewis, Hokonui 141 328 84 767 1445 65 56 336 60 860 1624 327 600 51 269 16 292 18 200 100 40 450 35 15 Ifi5 100 643 72 60 100 384 300 463 100 196 310 190 87 243 274 711 1563 10870 255 67 344 60 887 1291 97 348 41 181 278 18 149 15 300 95 Nil 400 17 48 117 170 110 703 137 Nil 137 494 274 279 90 288 265 97 198 Nil 14 1597 900 34 178 172 600 80 51 500 197 60 300 150 91 680 180 22 13 1054 980 193 510 8 93 500 393 45 ; 500 298 89 568 285 525,338 546,934 Total in county 856,416 877,522 WALLACE COUNTY (In Southland Subdivision). Adamson, John, Eastern Bush Adie, William, Fairfax Allan, Peler, Feldwick, Orawia Allison, Arthur, Drummond Allison Brothers, Drummond Allison, James, Gummie's Bush Anderson, David, Mossburn Anderson, Robert, Riverton Andrews, William, Heddon Bush Arklay, George, Riverton Ayton, W., Aparima Baird, Robert, Isla Bank Haird, Robert, jun., Drummond Bank of Austr'sia, Belmont, Wairaki, Otautau Bank New Zealand, Lumsden, Invercargill .. Barwell, E. W., Otautau Barwell, J. and G., Warrenburn, Orawia ... Barwell, Samuel, Otautau 165 194 126 243 740 198 300 181 197 347 290 1154 74 204 8(1 244 977 257 250 100 300 371 400 699 180 12389 Nil 368 486 367 13192 14730 337 681 500