some of the known Farmers in th Woodville District in 1887-1888 and their sheep returns for each of those years:

NAME - DISTRICT - SHEEP for 1887 & 1888

AITKEN John Dannevirke - 84

BAKER Henry Woodville 448 552

BALLE Chas Woodville - 260

BEAGLEY Wm Woodville - 354

BOWDEN Wm Woodville 432 250

BADFORD GB Woodville 598 -

BUCHANAN HD Kumeroa 500 598

CALLAGHAN M Woodville 300 200

CARLILE WW Woodville 2,200 2,600

CARVER RWJ Woodville 200 300

COLLIE GH Woodville 85 320

COWPER & KNIGHT Kaitoke 13,270 16,388

COX Henry Woodville 40 70

DEARLOVE WR Kumeroa 600 900

DICKINS J Woodville 670 700

MILLS E Woodville 89 97

NEVILL WJ Woodville 99 nil

OULSNAM CCJ Woodville - 400

PETTERSEN Johan Norsewood - 40

SMITH Henry Matotuku - 240

STEVENS & SOUTHALL Woodville 1035 1270

THACKER JJ Woodville - 80

VOITREVOSKY Felix Kumeroa 100 300

WILLS Jas Woodville 250 60

DUNCAN F Woodville 508 500

ELLIOT W Woodville 900 800

FOUNTAINE TF Kumeroa 900 2,690

FRIBERG Mrs C Makotuku 900 110

GAISFORD H Oringi 11,077 12,592

GILBERT T snr Woodville 400 500

GOLLAN JW Norsewood 2,500 500

GRANT A Takapau 14,500 13,500

GUILLARD PL Woodville 22 -

GREGORY Robert Kumeroa 200 250

HAMILTON GD Mangatoro 30,517 30,686

HALLIDAY Wm Woodville 98 100

HANSEN Thorkill Kumeroa 182 -

HARDING E Woodville 244 260

HARRIS Bros Woodville - 465

HEWITT TP Kumeroa 80 -

HEWITT JA Kumeroa 856

HOBSON T Takapau 3,000 2,000

HOLDER HR Woodville 1,650 2,450

GILBERT Geo Woodville 200

HOPE W Woodville 133 94

HUGHES DE Woodville - 50

HUGHES Thos Woodville 800 600

HIGHLAND Mrs Kumeroa 100 180

KAYSER Max Mataiwai - 600

KEMP Daniel Kumeroa 425 1000

KEMP E & L Kumeroa - 400

KEMP Edward Kumeroa 500 750

KNIGHT Bros Tahoraite 6050 7360

KNIGHT AC & Co Takapau 2692 4160

LAMBERT HA Woodville - 78

LITTLE James Kumeroa 450 500

LLOYD John Woodville - 150

LOGAN A Woodville 774 973

LOVEDAY G Woodville 80 -

LOWMAN J Woodville 510 560

LYNCH PH Kumeroa 750 -

MARTIN WC Kumeroa 400 700

MCDONALD James Woodville - 510

MCDONALD John sen. Woodville - 154

ALPASS S Eketahuna 2100 2500

ANDERSON A Eketahuna 164 231

BALFOUR AJ Pahiatua 4365 3574

BARTON ES Mangahao - 268

CARVER EWI Haukopua 95 50

DUNN Henry Eketahuna 145 160

FARRELL William Pahiatua 65 7

HALL J Pahiatua 250 140

HUGHES J Pahiatua 1100 1100

KNIGHT D Pahiatua - 800

MCCARDLE WW Pahiatua 300 180

MOORE Joseph Pahiatua 400 500

MOSSMAN Edwin Pahiatua - 170

NEILSON Jens Eketahuna 250 200

NEILSON Magnus Eketahuna 100 -

NEILSON Owen Eketahuna 300 200

ORR John Pahiatua 800 118

POTTER JH Pahiatua 156 -

RODNEY & HAMILTON Pahiatua 280 300

ROSE Joseph Pahiatua 30 -

SMITH Jesse Pahiatua 150 190

TATTERSALL CE Pahiatua 580 890

TURNER FC Eketahuna - 85

VON RENDEN F Eketahuna 190 870

WHITCOMBE G & E Eketahuna