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A. Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Colony.

Number of Sheep on— Couuty. 31st May, 1800. 30th April, 1891. lnorease. O(iovoa»n. Mongonui VVhangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Rodney Whangarei Hobson .. Otamatea M.inukau Waifcemata Eden Thames .. Ooromandel Dhinemuri Waikafco Raglan .. Waipa Piako West Taupo and Kawhia .. rauranga Whakatane East Taupo Cook Wairoa .. Hawke's Bay Waipawa Patangata 1'aranaki Hawera Patea Waitotara Wanganui Rangirikei Oroua Manawatu Horowhenua Hutt South Wairarapa North Wairarapa Piihiatua Waimea Collingwood Buller .. 14,749 3,599 22,576 2,438 38,238 36,107 6,685 18,191 61,763 22,226 C,083 9,082 3,887 2,336 49,423 10,725 33,845 109,764 12,771 19,535 52,761 1,298 606,040 391,014 1,270,920 499,280 674,038 28,083 97,014 135,154 81,031 224,008 354,739 298,531 154,334 63,451 131,030 478,692 533,520 28,185 142,591 26,927 1,193 9,421 10,047 7,524 61,579 529,213 185,495 485,432 151,169 707,037 637,202 239,075 701,845 657,356 422,899 639,353 541,209 368,274 414,150 142,823 120,658 92,497 4,679 251,703 120,020 286,513 362,982 776,364 424,537 16,251 3,820 25,871 3,244 47,311 37,720 7,197 21,472 76,009 26,840 6,299 9,929 3,928 2,540 65,333 11,438 48,390 147,360 20,809 19,239 58,477 1,600 642,890 392,271 1,254,339 535,027 683,391 48,309 111,604 161,116 103,912 243,471 390,221 371,922 183,565 87,992 152,937 507,728 575,257 51,298 160,248 29,984 4,264 9,213 10,146 8,356 73,160 528,960 186,858 470,534 149,733 698,039 639,476 251,523 696,950 652,405 432,995 621,140 548,881 326,707 389,735 144,983 114,641 85,784 6,622 240,368 139,220 308,854 340,559 872,989 450,498 1,502 221 3,295 806 9,073 1,613 512 3,231 14,846 4,614 216 847 41 204 16,910 713 14,545 37,596 8,038 5,716 302 36,250 657 296 35,747 9,353 20,226 14,590 25,962 22,881 19,463 35,482 73,391 29,231 24,541 21,907 29,036 41,737 23,113 17,657 3,057 3,071 16,581 G rey Inangahua Westland Sounds Maiiborougli Kaikoura Amuri Cheviot Ashley Selwyn .. Akaroa .. Ashburton Geraldine Mackenzie VVaimate Waitaki Maniototo Vincent Lake Waihemo Waikouaifci Peninsula Taieri Bruce Clutha .. Puapeka Southland Wallace .. 99 832 11,581 1,363 2,274 12,448 10,096 7,672 208 253 14,898 1,436 8,998 4,895 4,951 18,213 41,567 24,415 2,160 6,017 6,713 1,943 13,200 22,341 11,335 86,625 25,961 22,423 i 16,116,113 16,753,752 820,838 183,199 Less dec: rease 183,199 Total inc :i"eass 637,639