LARGER SHEEP FLOCKS.
RETURNS FOR YEAR. Interim returns of sheep in the Dominion on April 30 arc published in the Gazette issued this week. These show that there wore on that date llocks totalling 32.396,860 sheep, an increase of 1,091,042 when, compared with the final return for the previous year. The details of this year’s interim figures are as yellow : Number of sheep. Final Interim Return, Return. District. 1937. 1938. Auckland. 3,541,861 3.811,633 Gisborne-Hawke’s Bay 6,903.152 7,119,102 Wellington-West Coat 6,620,122 6,714,793
North Island" totals 17,065,135 17,645,528
Marlborough-Nolson-Westland 1,454,943 1,527,435 Oanterbury-Kaikoura 6,173,076 6,529,976 Otago 6,612,659 6,693,921
South Island tola’s 14,240,683 14,751,332
Dominion totals 31,305,818 32,396,860
The number of sheep m the Dominion each year, for the past lO years, is as follows :
Year cn cl eel Number of' Sheep ’ April 30, in Dominion. 1929 29.051,382 1930 30,841,287 1931 29,792,516 1932 28,691,788 1933 27,765,966 1934 28,649,038 1933 29,076,754 1936 30,113,704 1937 31,305,818 1938 ‘Interim 32,396,860* return.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 182, 2 July 1938, Page 5
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154LARGER SHEEP FLOCKS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 182, 2 July 1938, Page 5
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