SHEEP RETURNS.
[Per Press Association.! WELLINGTON, Dec. 11. The corrected aheap returns are now published. They show that the total number of sheep in the Colony in April last wes 19,357,730, an increase of 789,978. The North Island contributes 461,064 to the increase, and the South Island 325,914. The following are the returns for each district Sheep. Increase. Auckland \ 5i1.733 40,758 Napier 4,303,027 168,433 Wellington and West Coast 3,715,333 242,871 Marlborough and Nelson ... 828,754 8,243 Canterbury and Kaikoura ... 5,489,406 224,183 Otago 4,394,387 93,539 The following table shows the number of sheep-ownora in the Colony Number. Increase. Auckland... 2,178 236 Napier ' ... 1.226 89 Wellington and West Coast 3,321 257 Marlborough and Nelson ... 1,332 52 Canterbury and Kaikoura ... 3,359 298 Otago 3,3.63 287 Totals ... ... ... 14,779 1,243
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 10219, 13 December 1893, Page 5
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124SHEEP RETURNS. Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 10219, 13 December 1893, Page 5
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