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Ho. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1898. 1899. Officer, William, Groper's Bush Omeara, Patrick, Nightcaps Otago & Southl'd Invest., Annandale, Inv'gill Pankhurst, H. S., Longwood, Riverton Paterson and Todd, Otautau Pirie Brothers, Isla Bank Pirie, James, Isla Bank Plunkett, R., South Hillend Power, Thomas, Wrey's Bush Prendergast, Eiimond, Otautau Prendeville, Michael, Nightcaps Prendeville, Mrs. Margaret, Mossburn Printz, George (Executors of), Riverton ... Provan, Alexander, Heddon Bush Purdue, J. B., Nightcaps Quayle, William, jun., Mossburn Quested, James, Stony Hill, Nightcaps Ramsay, James, Otautau Ranee, H., Waimatuku Ravenscroft Brothers, Otautau Reid, John, Mossburn Reid, William, Wrey's Bush Reidie, David, Groper's Bush Rehana Tupai Maire, Colae Bay Reihill, Patrick, Scott's Gap, Otautau Richards Brothers, Orepuki Ritchie, James, Nightcaps Robbie, James, Waimatuku Roberts and Co., Ringway, Otautau Robertson, Johana, Opio Robertson, J., Fairfax Robson, Alexander, Aparima Robson, A. and E., Thornbury Ronald, J. W., Seaview Farm, Waimatuku... Ronald, Robert, Nightcaps Rowley and Hamilton, Avondale, Nightcaps... Roy, Alexander, Stoneytown, Mossburn Roy, R., Mossburn Ryan, James, Heddon Bush Ryan, Patrick, Heddon Bush Salton Brothers, Orawia Saunders, Frank, South Hillend Saunders, W., Willow Bank, Q-ummie'e Bush Scobie, A. P., Mossburn Scobie, J. A., Eastern Bush Scobie, Robert, Manapouri Scobie, William, jun., Eastern Bush Scobie, William, Eastern Bush Scothorn, F., Wairio Scott, Andrew, Merrivale, Orawia Scott, W., Clifden Scottish N.Z. Invest. Co.,Ermedale,Fairfax,.. Scouler, James, Mossburn Shaw Brothers, Fairfax Sbaw, J., Bayswater, Heddon Bush Sheddan Brothers, Scott's G-ap Sheddan, James, Scott's Gap Sheehan, Denis, South Hillend Sheehan, Edward, Avondale, Opio Sheridan, Patrick, Groper's Bush Sinclair, D., Calder Bank, Nightcaps Sinclair, Misses M. and S., Orawia Sinclair, Mrs. E. C, Lumsden Slattery, Michael, Fairfax Smith, Alexander, Mossburn Smith, James, Isla Bank Smith, J. H., Mossburn 228 385 357 92 378 '700 392 688 479 1500 160 181 2263 370 300 141 74 92 176 400 232 177 362 170 2167 142 2480 88 43 387 193 255 263 10566 1367 294 284 76 598 550 40 481 239 485 Nil 20 196 696 Nil 681 304 886 199 192 2000 385 2Oo V64 67 74 100 163 79 102 159 160 199 Nil 2104 ]32 2500 198 80 496 290 300 300 10400 1144 372 548 46 577 692 28 397 175 916 254 418 309 569 592 2662 4211 65 808 176 374 Nil 270 90 173 465 Nil 193 490 280 210 1064 295 551 380 158 586 2722 4190 89 700 398 285 281 85 260 450 150 180 634 300 278

No. of Sheep on April 30, April SO 1898. 1899. Snod grass, William, Te Anau Southern, Walter, Waimatuku Spencer, H. M., Etalvale, Nightcaps Spillane Brothers, Opio Steel, Thomas, Otautau Stenhouse, Robert, Groper's Bush Stevens, C. S., Opio Stevens, E. J., Riverton Stevens, Joseph, Beaumont Station, Nightcaps Stevens, J. G., Nightcaps Stevens, Miss Lucy, Beaumont, Nightcaps .. Stevens, W. (Exs.of), S. Grove, Gummies Bush Stevens, W. (Exrs. of), Beaumont, Nightcaps Stewart, H. ST., Drummond Stewart, Mrs. Helen, Scott's Gap Stormouth, W., Drummond Storry, Robert, Mararoa Stott Brothers, Eastern Bush Strang, Mrs., Waimatuku Stroud, T., & Sons, Annandale, Wrey's Bush Stroud, T., Fairfax Stuck, Mrs. H. M., Bentwood, Riverton Sutherland, James, Fairfax Sutherland, Robert, Clifden Sutherland, Robert, Merrivale, Orawia Sutherland, Robert, Nightcaps Sutton, Charles, Drummond Sutton, Frederick, Thornbury Sutton, J. B., Thornbury Tapper, Robert, Clifden, Invercargill ... Templeton, John, Waimatuku Templeton, John, jun., Clifden Tennant, John, Heddon Bush Teviotdale, Peter, Isla Bank Thomson, Alexander, Otautau Thomson Brothers, Fahia Thornton, Mrs. Annie, Scott's Gap Tinker, William, Nightcaps Toogood, William, Etal Creek, Nightcaps ... Torpy, Daniel, Merrivale, Orawia Torrens, Thomas, Mossburn Tulloch, William, Mossburn Turnbull, Mrs. J. R., Thornbury Waddell, T. K., Mossburn Walker, William, Otautau Ward, Benjamin, Fairfax Ward, Frank, Drummond Ward, Henry, Te Tua Watson, Abram, jun., Clifden Watson Bros., Meadow Bank, Heddon Bush Whyte, Robert, Clifden Williamson, George, Mossburn ... Wilson, J., Orawia Wohlers, John, Thornbury Woodhead, J. W., Drummond Young, David, Orawia 226 147 . 4897 698 60 100 82 ?39 2500 2500 300 1765 12196 275 51 525 1039 405 59 114 640 98 394 374 1721 1570 4000 133 598 4544 698 Nil 98 299 170 4641 Nil 1200 1680 9920 295 70 95 1044 253 250 224 494 Nil Nil 598 200 285 586 1911 1730 3345 194 Nil 12199 2174 73 20 95 185 482 Nil 285 598 Nil 142 451 63 83 Nil 100 1568 490 336 290 349 170 339 198 13197 2112 200 93 432 477 156 394 500 200 92 428 93 26 250 2023 391 244 277 377 193 450,607 423,715 STEWART ISLAND COUNTY. Charlton and Thomson, Mason's Bay Dawson, James, The Neck Joss, Walter, Paterson's Inlet Traill, A. W. Paterson's Inlet 800 680 100 114 137 200 159 1,159 1,031