THE SHEEP RETURNS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 137, 16 July 1914, Page 11

THE SHEEP RETURNS.

A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE^ Ail interim sheep return issued by •the Department, of Agriculture givesthe net increase of sheep for the : past year as 403,595. The flocks of the South Island increased by 578,908, but there was a decrease in. the North Island of 175,314. Hawke's Bay-Poverty Bay district, and the Wellington and Taraiiaki provinces were chiefly responsible for. the decrease. The grand totals are approximately twenty-four and a-lialf itiiJ.Jioxis. The different districts are, as follow: — Auckland •» .. .. .. 1,475,080 Napier-Gi sborne 5,714,526 Wellington-West Coast . . 5,780,525 Marlborough Nelson-Westland 1,300,316 Canterbury-Kaikoura . . .. 5,512,81,3 'Ota go •• •• .4,812,145