H.—23.

AUCKLAND DISTRICT— continued.

AUCKLAND DISTRICT— continued.

NAPIER DISTRICT— continued.

NAPIER DISTRICT. RETURN showing the Sheepowners and the Number of Sheep and Lambs in each county on the 30th April, 1897, and 30th April, 1898.

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No. of Sheep on April 30, 1897. April 30, 1898. tfaunsell, B,. S., Opotiki Maxwell, F., Fern Hill, Opotiki tfaxwell, Peter, Harelaw Hill, Opotiki tleAJester, John, Te Karaka, Whakatane ... rfcCallion, John, Opotiki itcFarland, J., Opotiki ilcGarvey, W., Otutaniarau, Whakatane ... ttcGarvey, W., Te Tiko tfcQ-inley, James, Opotiki tlcMiken, J. G., Strathmiken, Waiotahi ilehaera Eehua, Waiotahi klehaka Tokoponamu, Galatea Melbourne, George (Native), Taneatua tfere te Kahu, Te Teko iloody, Samuel, Drumleigh, Opotiki Morrison, William, Taneatua, Whakatane ... Norton, A., Taneatua tlou (Widow), Te Houhi, Galatea Murray, Alexander, Whakatane tfetana, Kuatoki, Whakatane Faora, Te Teko Hore, Galatea Bohi, Buatoki West Omaramutu, Opotiki )'Reilly, M., Ohiwa 'aku Bruera, Omaramutu, Opotiki Pareake le Marae, o awa, Tβ Teko ?arika, Opotiki 'arkinson, Alfred, Opotiki 'arkinson, Arthur, Waioeka, Opotiki Parkinson, J. H., Opotiki 'arkinson, T. H., Opotiki Peebles, Alexander, Neidpath, Whakatane... Peita Kotuku, Galatea Peita, Buatoki, Whakatane Phillips, William, Whakatane J ile, T. H., Waioeka, Opotiki 5 ine Tito Hawera, Waiparapara, Te Teko ... Piripi Te Ngaaterangi, Whakatane Pohipi Nikorima, Omaio Powell, George, Omataroa, Te Teko taerino Patupo, Waiohau, Te Teko lalph Brothers, Matata langihau, Galatea lawson Brothers, Elliott's Farm, Opotiki ... lawson, E. H., Taneatua leid, Dr. Alexander, Opotiki leid, J. H., Tahora, Opotiki Jeid, Walter, Oporiao, Whakatane lewiri Kirimana, Euatoki Jiwiri Kirimana, Opotiki togere, C. B., Opotiki Joss, E. O., Omaramutu, Opotiki lust, J. P., Taneatua Savage, James, Opotiki ieceombe, Thomas, Taneatua, Whakatane .. ieccombe, Thomas, Orete, Whakatane Jimpkins, G., Whakatane 72 291 '95 460 15 20 7°5 200 240 36 263 55° 70 200 60 300 400 !5° 100 80 76 55 722 ss 282 197 600 Nil Nil 100 1100 201 291 35 230 160 32 243 5 8o 46 200 86 160 42 36 ■°3 300 S6 400 Nil 100 2 S 80 60 Nil 724 253 5 1 Nil 200 7' 104 36 100 100 3° Nil 99 61 9' 7i 161 40 80 182 122 375 529 300 253 694 7 1 463 381 112 372 180 193 S7' 36* 473 1184 875 668 I 12 78 297 SOO 4O2 250 192 759

No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1897. 1898. Sisam, A. J., Whakataue Smith and White, Taneatua Smith, Q-eorge, Tiehonga, Opotiki Smith, B. L., Whakatane Souter, A. C, Mill Farm, Whakatane Stanley, Robert, Waimana, Whakatane Sutton, G. JB., Waiotahi, Opotiki . Taimona, Omataroa, Te Teko Taka, Euatoki Talbot, Eichard, Clifton, Opotiki Tamihana Makawa, Euatoki Tamihana, Waimana, Euatoki Tawa Eakuraku, Waimana, Euatoki Te Aku Hiki, Waimana, Euatoki Teepa, Waiaukau Tehata Waewae, Euatoki Temaraanui Eawiri, Gelatea Te Opera, Waimana, Taneatua Tβ Paroa, Tangahau, Euatoki Te Paora, Eangikaia, Euatoki Te Pau, Waimana, Taneatua Te Eakuraku, Waimana, Taneatna Te Whaiti Paora, Galatea Te Wharepapa Turua, Galatea Te Wharepapa Whatanui, G-alatea Te Wiremu, Galatea Thorn and Peebles, Whakatane Thompson, Henry, Opotiki Thompson, James, Opotiki Thompson, John, Opotiki Thompson, Thomas, Opotiki Thompson, William, Opotiki Thomson, C. W., Hikutaia, Opotiki Troutbeck, H. (Executors of), Galatea Tuherua Tehau, Galatea Tuihema Tehau, Te Huhi, Galatea Tupaea, Euatoki Turuwhenua, Whakatane Vanstone, Eichard, Opotiki Wakaunua, Euatoki, Whakatane Walker, John, Whakatane Wardlaw, William, Oporiao, Whakatane ... Westney and Co., Woodlands, Opotiki White, A. and W., Whakatane Wi Hunia, Omataroa, Te Teko Wi Kapua, Te Teko Wilkin, Eobert, Alphington, Whakatane ... Wilson, J. E. B., Opouriao, Whakatane Win tie, Captain, Opotiki Wi Nekorima, Eaepohatu, Galatea Wiremu Paraone, Te Whaiti, Galatea Wi Eepa, Waikawa, Te Teko Wi Tamaikoha, Otenupu, Euatoki Wylie, Joseph, and Sons, Galatea Wylie, Thomas, Galatea Young, George, Opotiki 85 •5 6 200 260 22 146 120 70 16 98 60 76 83 653 9' 6 99 7i 82 '57 8782 134 100 72 100 187 3S6 2 5 42 54 Nil 14 65 20 60 20 5' 41 104 140 60 34 21 40 '5° 98 5° 235 520 Sil 73 '35 52 96 45 8673 134 118 70 200 63 92 IQO '9 I2 59 292 44 79 142 141 374 23 100 138 200 74 82 15° 1400 270 60 66 141 88 506 '3 100 90 596 660 50 48,438 200 3° 599 790 40 49.739

No. of Sheep on April 30, 1897. April 30, 1898. Bruce, David, Fernside, Tokomaru Bay Bruce, W. T., Fernside, Tokomaru Bay Ootterill, L. E., Hauturu, Waipiro Bay Dixon, George, Takamou, Tologa Bay Ehau, Puketai, Ngaweka, Tuparoa Enoka Eukuatu, Eahui, Eangitukia Eruera Eawhia, Waitangi, Tuparoa Eruera Moeke, Totaranui, Tuparoa _ ... Brumutu Eaniera Paringatai, Mokonui, Te Araroa Eru Potaka and others, Waipiro Bay Fairlie, H. H., Te Moana, Tokomaru Bay ... Frampton, T. M., Mangatarata, Tokomaru Bay Gardiner, T. H. R., Waipare, Gisborne Hakaraia Mauhine, Pakira, Kangitukia 6io 3°59 2OO IOI 95° 5°° I IOO 305 Nil 35°8 283 123 804 686 1560 160 IOO 1700 63. 3781 I 12 •544 700 774 3794 'S3

No. of Sheep on April 30, April 30, 1897. 1898. WAIAPU COUNTY (In Poverty Bay Subdivision). Anaru Ngamu, Kotutu Wbinau, Waipiro Bay Anaru Ngamu, Puhanga, Waipiro Bay Arapeta Paliau, Rotokautuku, Tuparoa Bank of N.Z., Tokomaru Est., Tokomaru Bay Beck, Eldred, Bexhaven, Tokomaru Bay ... Biddies, John, Tututohora, Te Araroa Boyd, J. J. M. Pouhautea, Port Awanui ... Brown, Cartwright, Waikura, Opotiki 4°3 9 17689 2400 1618 800 973 102 600 Nil 19938 347° 1868 77° 1217