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TABLE IX. COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBERS OF LIVE STOCK IN THE POSSESSION OF EUROPEANS IN THE SETTLEMENTS OR PROVINCES OF NEW ZEALAND, IN THE YEARS 1851, 1858, AND 1861 RESPECTIVELY.

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Houses. Mules and Asses. Cattle. Sheep. Goats. Pigs. Settlement ok Province. 1851. 1858. 1861. 1851. 1858. 1861. 1851. 185S. 1861. 1851. 1858. 1861. 1851. 1858. 1861. 1851. 1858. 1861. Auckland 1,035 3,839 5,621 11 7 20 10,943 31,700 36,482 11,075 58,792 67,803 2,604 3,079 5,999 5,679 11,461 12,612 Taeanaki 68 452 220 2 1,395 4,052 2,171 2,700 16,000 10,566 83 55 33 1,165 1,931 245 Wellington (including) Hawke's Bay in > 1851) j 788 3,199 5,117 23 43 42 11,407 35,799 49,323 64,009 155,994 247,940 2,654 2,890 3,856 3,135 11,994 11,670 Hawke's Bat 727 1,782 8 9 I 4,492 8,320 180,320 312,459 880 974 1,555 1,693 Nelson (including 1 Marlbokough in > 1851 and 185S) ...) 532 2,266 2,355 13 11 17 5,838 19,435 11,105 92,014 393,041 181,367 5,842 3,820 419 2,609 5,628 2,985 MAKLBOROrOH 1,519 17 8,474 368,836 1,099 1,452 Canterbitot 224 2,749 0,649 7 40 29 2,043 20,739 33,576 28,416 495,580 877,369 356 724 625 1,255 6,680 9,586 O T A G o (including 1 Southlakd in 1851 > and 1858) ) 243 1,680 4,790 1 5 15 3,161 20,971 34,544 34,829 223,589 619,853 582 313 156 2,371 1,443 2,218 Southland 812 4 9,139 73,970 9 555 Totals I 2,890 14,912 28,265 no 122 153 34,787 137,188 233,043 12,170 193,134 1,523,316 2,760,163 12,121 11,767 16,214 40,692 43,016