SHEEP RETURNS.
I "CREASE OF 706,605. The interim return of sheep in the dominion in April last shows that there were 22,828,661 sheep, as against 22,222,258 in April, 1922, an increase of 706,605. This increase was almost entirely in the North Island—namely, 632,238. The net increase in the South Island was 74,367. Marlborough was responsible for a decrease of 82,360. The full figures, as given in the Gazette, are as follow: No. of Sleep. 1023. 1023. Ino. Auckland 1,705,155 1,726,051 31,706 Gisborue-Hawke’s Bay 5,625,001 6,900,652 365,661 Wellington-West Coast 4,765,640 5,010,440 244,791 N.X. totals ... 12,095,805 12,728,043 632,238 Marlborough-Nelson-Westlanrt ... 1,344,444 1,262,084 *82,350 CanterburyKaikoura ... 4,584,841 4,604,869 20,028 Otago 4,197,169 4,333,868 135,600 S.T. totals ... 10,126,454 10,200,821 74,367 Dominion totals 22.222,250 22,028,864 706,605 • Decrease. The totals of the flocks in New Zealand from 1913 onwards are:—l9l3, 24,191,810; 1911 24,793,763; 1915, 24,901,421; 1916, 24,788,150; 1917, 25,270.386; 1918, 26,354,594; 1919, 23,828,554; 1920. 23,919,970; 1921, 23,285,031; 1922, 22,222,259; 1923, 22,923,864.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18899, 27 June 1923, Page 8
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152SHEEP RETURNS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 18899, 27 June 1923, Page 8
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