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1 2 Number of Owners on 3 4 Number of Sheep on Sheep-rate for Names of Districts. 30th April, 1895. 30th April, 1896. 30th April, 1895. 30th April, 1896. 1895. 1896. Auckland ... 2,268 2,523 846,873 819,221 847 £ 819 Napier 1,446 1,589 4,217,232 4,242,548 4,217 4,243 Wellington- West Coast 3,782 4,092 3,930,541 4,069,967 3,931 4,070 Marlborough- N elson 1,474 1,595 906,307 889,863 906 890 Canterbury-Kaikoura 3,826 3,960 5,559,990 5,121,398 5,560 5,121 Otago 4,102 3,944 4,365,661 3,995,496 4,366 3,995 16,898 17,703 19,826,604 19,138,493 19,827 19,138