Arthur Kinloch, Esq., Clerk Executive Council. APPENDIX. Enumeration of the quantity of sheep to be shorn in the present year (1853), upon the Rivers Murray and Lachlan, as far as Swan Hill, in the Provinces of South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales. Owners. Sheep. Mr. Pyke 20,000 Westmeath 40,000 Messrs. Sylvester & Smith 15,000 Mr. Lintott 6,000 Grierson 3,000 Messrs. Phelps & Connolly 12,000 Mr. Beveridge 10,000 Hamilton 5,000 McCallum 13,000 Grant 6,000 Ross 7,000 Morey 7,000 Gibbs 5,000 McPherson 6,000 Keane 16,000 McGrath 10,000 Jamieson 10,000 Messrs. Crozier & Rutherford 13,000 Mr. Paterson 7,000 Bagot 5,000 Chambers 6,000 Mr. Walker 6,000 Coomar 5,000 Hart 6,000 Walsh 6,000 Haywood 3,000 Scoott 4,000 Fletcher 12,000 Scott 7,000 McLennan 7,000 McLean 6,000 McFarlane 4,000 Cameron 4,000 THE LACHLAN. Mr. Peters 10,000 Messrs. Phelps & Co 20,000 Mr. Wentworth 50,000 Laing 15,000 Firebrace 6,000 Messrs. Firebrace and Brown 10,000 Mr. Nyne 40,000 Total number of sheep 443,000 To this number may be added an unestimated amount of sheep upon the Darling River, amounting certainly, to 17,000; which at a very low calculation will give 460,000 sheep; yielding a supply of wool—at 2 lbs. per sheep, and an average of 250 lbs. weight per bale—of 3,680 bales; or, at a rough estimate of £20 per bale, £73,600; or, at the not unusual yield of 2¼ lbs. per sheep, £82,080.