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2. 3. Number op 1. On the 31st iIay, .888. 4. Sheep and Cattle Districts in Counties. Number of Owners owning under o . O w o & Total Number of _; o _ Name and Address of Officer, and Appointments held by Him. o o o o o o o of o o jo o o o o q o o o" i-i CM Owners of Sheep. Sheep. On karch31, 1888. 'tago Sheep District — Oamaru Subdivision (area 1,570,000 acres) — Waitaki Dunstan Subdivision (area 5,009,000 acres) — Maniototo Vincent Lake ... Dunedin Subdivision (area 1,368,000 acres) — Waihemo Waikouaiti Taieri ... Bruce ... Port Chalmers Subdivision (area 25,000 acres) — Peninsula Tapanui Subdivision (area 1,282,000 acres) — Clutha... 122 65 59 38 51 25 90 154 26 20 11 6 10 8 19 18 16 9 9 4 9 4 20 13 10 5 3 8 7 5 12 8 19 3 2 7 2 10 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 7 7 9 1 1 2 4 201 114 95 65 81 45 151 197 598,072 377,359 425,817 149,690 112,245 99,292 237,221 122,974 Clifton, E., Dunedin, Sheep Inspector, Cattle Inspector, Chief Registrar of Brands, in charge. Miller, W., Oamaru, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Registrar of Brands. Thomson, H. S., Omarama, Sheep Inspector. Shaw, C, Clyde, Sheep Inspector. Scott, J. M.', Quecnstoiun, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Registrar of Brands. Quartley, S. R., Palmerston, Sheep Inspector. Deputy Cattle Inspector. Scaife, W. A., Outram, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector. _ 3 14 2 1 17 5,042 Dowden, E. A., Dunedin, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector. Eullarton, B., Balclutha, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector. Miles, T. J., Lawrence, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Registrar of Brands. 192 29 11 9 5 3 3 252 263,888 Tuapeka ... ... ... ... I Otago Cattle District —Comprising the Counties of Waitaki, Waikouaiti, Maniototo, Vincent, Peninsula, Taieri, Bruce, Clutha, and Tuapeka. Cattle Board :— Matheiv Holmes, Chairman, R. Gliarteris, J. Roberts, J. Shand, and J. Smith. Southland Subdivision (area 4,785,000 acres) — Southland 160 32 22 8 2 4 4 232 352,389 '449 85 40 21 12 13 626 209 674,456 409,034 i K Wachsmann, A., Gore, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector. Anderson, C, Invercargill, Sheep Inspector, Deputy Cattle Inspector, Registrar of Brands. Douglass, A., Invercargill, Sheep Inspector. Wallace Southland . Cattle District — Comprising the Counties of Southland, Wallace, Lake, Fiord, and Stbwart Island. Cattle Board :— T. Bryclon, Chairman, J. S. Shanks, J. B. Sutton, J. Holmes, and J. Shand. 144 20 14 9 10 I