THE SHEEP FLOCKS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 167, 18 July 1914, Page 7

THE SHEEP FLOCKS.

'"■,'. .. i j BIG INCREASE AND RECORD ' EXPORTS.

The usual interim return of. sheep in the Dominion on April 30, 1914 T was presented to the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The total number is 24,595,405, which represents a net increase for the Pominion of 403,595. In the North Island -there' has been a decrease of 175,314, and in the South Island an increase of 578,909. The decreases are in Wellington (244,401) and Napier-Gisborn© (65,675), and the increases in Auckland) (134,762), Maii-boifough-Nielson-Westland (2029), Camterbury-Kaikoura (319,122), and: Otago (257,758). Although the number of the sheep in the Dominion's flocks shows an increase of over 400,000, the export of frozen 7 meat for the season was a record. Taking no account of legs and pieces, the exports for the first six years have been #s follows: 1909, mutton (carcases) 1,899,446, /lamb 2*910,358; 1910, mutton 1,711,----839, lamb 3,423,918; 1911, mutton 1,979,534, lamb 3,708.468; 1912, mutton 1,918,119, lamb 3,035,783; 1913, mutton 2,133,226, lamb 3,181,991 ; 1914, mutton 2,630;962, lamb 3,808,----€O6.