DOMINION SHEEP.
DECREASE OF 935,822 A YEAR. (Special to the "Guardian.") WELLINGTON, October 12. Tables published in the annual sheep returns presented to Parliament to-day show that on April 30 last there were 14,954,029 sheep in the North Island, as against 14,946,987 on the corresponding day of the previous year. In the South Island there were 12,801,937 sheep, against 13,744,801 on April 30, 1932. The South Island figures therefore show a decrease of 942,854, and the North Island figures an increase of 7042. This makes the Dominion total at the'end of April last 27,755,966 sheep, against 28,691,788, a decrease of 935,822. Sheep owners in the Dominion totalled 30,063, against 30,449 12 months previously. The number of owners and sheep in the various districts as at April 30, are as follow: _
lOvvnei \s. Sheep. Auckland 5232 2,84.0,259 Poverty Bay and Hawke's Bay 2759 6,473,828 Wellington, W> Coast 5054 5,639,942 Marlborough, Nelson, Westland ... 2546 1,396,506 Canterbury-Kaikoura 6085 5,191,383 Otago 7387 6,214,048
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 2, 13 October 1933, Page 7
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159DOMINION SHEEP. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 2, 13 October 1933, Page 7
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