NEW ZEALAND FLOCKS.
A SLIGHT INCREASE. According to the interim return published in the Gazette, yesterday, the total number of sheep in the Dominion on April 30, 1926, was 24,747,848, compared with the final return in 1925 of 24,547,955 sheep', an increase' of 199,893. The interim report shows 13,784,664 sheep in the North Island and 10,963,184 in the South Island. The North Island shows an increase of 65,123. compared with the final return for 1926, and the South Island an increase of 134,770. In the North Island, Auckland and Wellington-West Coast show increases of 133,634 and 65,602 respectively,- while Gisborne-Hawke’s Bay shows a decrease of 134,113. The great increase for Otago is .255,566, while the number of sheep in Marl-borough-Nelson-Westland has decreased 48,886, and Canterbury-Kaikoura 71,910.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 175, 25 June 1926, Page 5
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126NEW ZEALAND FLOCKS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 175, 25 June 1926, Page 5
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