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

County. Number of Sheep on 30th April, 1893. 30th April, 1894. Number of Sheep on Increase. Decrease. Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Eodney Whangarei Otamatea Hobson Waitemata Eden Manukau Goromandel Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Raglan .. Waipa Piako West Taupo and Kawliia .. Tauranga Whakatane Waiapu Cook East Taupo Wairoa Hawke's Bay Waipawa Patangata Taranaki 21,060 4,055 26,341 6,410 61,467 43,127 30,785 12,745 32,178 7,442 93,493 6,918 10,188 3,162 78,666 51,542 60,090 208,978 23,340 10,906 64,077 187,776 612,308 21,322 445,057 1,410,251 627,923 731,389 72,886 147,946 206,656 133,007 308,300 491,492 520,670 222,100 125,726 188,071 567,864 701,508 106,139 180,882 33,128 1,824 11,261 24,132 10,076 92,342 540,618 197,871 453,626 141,910 804,364 295,153 750,419 901,122 735,489 442,612 703,312 597,524 357,998 419,140 154,890 152,594 90,092 8,603 263,047 177,514 319,808 362,063 986,708 484,886 21,123 4,466 27,605 7,604 61,724 43,844 34,769 11,808 33,944 6,995 87,601 8,579 ■ 9,577 3,466 84,788 51,083 52,700 224,246 22,608 6,711 53,054 193,119 677,164 17,075 461,535 1,446,385 667,989 743,554 64,095 143,276 205,637 150,049 334,855 518,270 620,368 222,970 152,234 204,652 598,444 755,071 134,315 202,610 37,890 1,514 11,928 25,436 12,796 107,384 547,400 197,848 451,012 126,680 836,961 322,573 787,681 954,237 811,701 461,467 735,132 682,936 354,390 395,315 156,859 156,840 96,116 11,233 254,770 169,805 310,970 367,483 981,312 491,198 63 411 1,264 1,194 257 717 3,984 1,766 937 447 5,892 1,661 611 304 6,122 459 7,390 15,268 732 4,195 11,023 ~5,343 64,856 4,247 16,478 36,134 40,066 12,165 Hawera Patea Waitotara Wanganui Rangitikei Oroua Manawatu Horowhenua Hutt South Wairarapa North Wairarapa Pahiatua Waiinea Collingwood Buller 8,791 4,670 1,019 17,042 26,555 26,778 99,698 870 26,508 16,581 30,580 53,563 28,176 21,728 4,762 310 Grey Inangahua Westland Sounds Marlborough Kaikoura Amuri Cheviot Ashley Akaroa Selwyn Ashburton Geraldine Mackenzie Waimate Waitaki Maniototo Vincent Lake Waihemo Waikouaiti Peninsula Taieri 667 1,304 2,720 15,042 6,782 32,597 27,420 37,262 53,115 76,212 18,855 31,820 85,412 23 2,614 15,230 3,608 23,825 1,969 4,246 6,024 2,630 Bruce Clutha Tuapeka Southland Wallace 8,277 7,709 8,838 5,420 6,312 6,896 Totals 126,243 19,380,369 20,230,829 976,703 Less dec: 126,243 rease Total inc jrease 850,460