5

H.—23.

C. Statement compiled from the Returns furnished by Owners of Sheep, in pursuance of Section 47 of "The Stock Act, 1893," showing the Total Number of Sheep and Lambs within the County on the 30th April, 1896.

Merino, Stud. Merino, Stud. Bomnby, Stud. Border Leicester, Stud. Bomnby, Stud. Southdown, Stud. Othbr Breeds, Stud. Crossbred and other Longwools, not Studs. Breeding Dry Ewes, Breeding Dry Ewes, Ewes, i.e., Ewes Ewes, i.e., Ewes T,flnih« Earns, i.e., Ewes not T,niY,lia Banns, Wethers, i.e., Ewes not T u Earns, ,,,„„: 2-tooth intended to intended .Ti ™™ 2-tooth 2-tooth intended to intended '1 ■ 2-tootn an sexes. an( i over . be bred to be bred »" sexes, and over, and over. be bred to be bred a " SMes ' and over. from this from this from this from this Season. Season. Season. Season. lOE. Lincoln, Stud. Ingush Leic ;bstee, Stud. Shropshire, Stud. Southdown, Stud. Merino Floo] County. mJi.Kiau, aiw. Breeding Dry Ewes, Ewes, i.e., Ewes Rams, i.e., Ewes not 2 tooth intended to intended and over. be bred to be bred from this from this Season. Season. Dry Ewes Breeding Dry Ewes, i.e., Ewes , Ewes, i.e.. Ewes intended Lambs, 2-tooth intended to intended to be bred allaexM - and over. bo brort to be bred "-11 sexes, from this from this from this Season. Season. Season. Dry Ewes, intended to be bred from this Season. Breeding Dry Ewes, Breeding Dry Ewes, Ewes, i.e., Ewes Ewes, i.e.', Ewes Rams, i.e., Ewes not , h Earns, i.e., Ewes not r , 2-tooth intended 10 intended J .f< >'J 2-t.ooth intended to intended A™* 8 ; and over. be bred to be bred n Bemh - and over, be bred to be bred au sexes. from this from this from this from this Season. Season. Season. Season. Eame, 2 tooth and over. Breeding Ewes, i.e., Ewes intended to be bred from this Season. Dry Ewes, i.e., Ewes intended jKS. to be bred ail sexe8 - from this Season. Earns, 2-tooth and over. Breeding Dry Ewes, Breeding Dry Ewes, Ewes, i.e.. Ewes Ewes, i.e., Ewes i.e., Ewes not Earns. i.e., Ewes not intended to intended fffSSt 2-tooth intended to intended be bred to be bred a11 sexes ' and over. be bred to be bred from this from this from this from this Season. Season. Season. Season. Breeding Wethers, i.e., Ew'es 2-tooth intended to and over. be bred from this Season. lOE. Dry Ewes, 3 intenfel If""", to be bred a11 8exes - from this Season. ToTAI,. Auckland District. Mongonni Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Kodney .. Whangarei Otamatea Hobson ... Waitemata Eden ... Manultau Coromandel Thames ... Ohinemuri Waikato... Raglan ... Waipa ... Piako ... West Taupo and Kawhia ... Rotorua and portion of East Taupo Tauranga Whakatane Total' 5 6 2 6 10 2 10 4 ... 23 327 3 1 "' 19 .'.'. '" 44 " 22 9 420 24 500 68 15 51 9 180 1,378 12 DOO'Bl'U.i .. — 66 1 82 23 189 142 '.'.'. ... 88 8 187 11 8 283 10 28 3 '" 97 411 309 130 196 36 14 13 60 ... 12 407 202 ... 170 164 14 239 815 15 691 60 271 693 17 329 Z. 91 63 5 1 50 9 24 222 665 ... 39 12 218 2,667 2,839 222 1,365 119 " 100 650 687 3,972 72 2,608 11 61 5 22 23 12 24 74 21 13 4 63 2 6 6 29 151 61 685 123 467 11 11 11 ... ... ... ... I '" 61 5 ... ... 10 22 23 ... ... ■•■ 1 12 12 ... ... ... 4 18 39 1 10 3 2 8 1 1 1 56 1 6 63 1 16 7 61 34 39 2 18 8 214 21 7 9 56 33 54 125 134 2 6 3 ... ... 13 7 2 '.'.'. .'.'. 25 '.'.'. .'.'. 41 100 52 ... 14 58 110 7 20 6 3 ... ... ... 247 2,806 10,181 851 5,447 8 3 ... ... ... 59 662 1,889 23 782 3 5 ... ... ... 292 5,170 13,155 791 7,104 8 1 ... ... ... 133 1,674 5,150 334 2,067 8 27 ... ... ... 410 11,270 30,564 2,948 18,388 210 7,762 18,607 2,414 10,479 2 ... ... ... 216 7,919 18,391 8,336 12,797 3 60 1,887 5,498 732 2,512 5 ,.. ... ... 109 6,030 15,407 2,523 9,661 80 2 ... ... ... 29 1,513 3.61S 422 582 50 10 83 ... 87 585 10,873 35,935 7)734 20,962 74 1,020 4,891 533 2,490 34 ... ... ... 43 1,599 3,330 736 1,230 99 467 2,142 238 1,035 110 15,962 26,902 15,033 19,370 70 9,195 23,964 6,950 12,367 1 7 60 ... 23 43 4,111 16,562 5,461 10,330 8,368 37,852 69,393 24,965 58,598 201 ... 99 ... 321 2,437 16,696 2,079 7,319 4 312 629 40 234 35 963 2,120 1,162 1,011 75 ... ... 110 339 7,510 19,134, 3,231 16,282 3 130 376 143 99 220 6,866 138,024 844,806 81,539 221,350 34 3 3 5 1 27 161 458 110 667 314 501 66 196 25 90 56 102 25 301 68 130 145 190 40 109 106 10 20,579 4,406 28,288 9,843 64,154 39,871 42,970 10,774 33,009 6,776 78,498 9,100 7,005 4,081 78,665 52,131 40,146 198,786 32,714 1,119 1 12 4 67 13 3 9A 57 24 ... ... ... 57 2 74 10 130 21 ... ... ... 2 13 1 ... 7 7 8 80 '" 80 50 5 2 10 31 12 2 52 87 41 60 .." 1 '" 34 22 57 14 60 321 222 558 3 7 7 115 100 3 290 112 '" 93 36 19 1 72 1 136 "' 80 83 ... 55 6 1 280 ... 199 1 ... 23 283 ... 178 71 5 83 415 386 "28O 283 7 60 23 50 169 31 201 2,930 "201 99 10 77 515 779 1,676 58 5 "'l37 2 14 2 2 '" 75 110 20 141 942 50 1,121 6,857 20 25 484 429 1,410 5,598 50,708 819,221 124 227 701 86 386 777 701 675 2;;:i 230 23 130 875 113 99 220 138,024 Napier District. Waiapu... Cook ... East Taupo (part of) Wairoa ... Hawke'sBay Waipawa Patangata Wanganui (part of) '" 18 " 800 100 5 247 1,006 16 27 116 30 '" 85 25 60 '" 52 4 .'.'. 25 215 1 18 281 39 480 '.'.'. 480 665 665 4,119 28,758 6,983 175,204 180 7,384 4,149 96,792 18,884 251,292 6,854 111,092 7,936 135,888 690 4,253 44,795 810,663 95,890 287,154 5,279 167,675 457,036 259,995 275,958 18,326 1,567,313 7,095 29,362 1,631 41,925 118,998 66,915 76,965 330 63,061 188,326 1,265 116,451 348,218 193,335 208,183 15,527 1,134,366 38 7 41 795 14 33 1,766 806 120 15,351 60,472 2,188 2,111 191 3,439 36 23,617 1,207 90,190 15,356 256, 50 2,881 19,583 2,175 141,434 21,846 203,012 699,514 19,632 469,380 1,399,082 655,679 717,336 78,913 4,242,548 151 206 ... 195 310 636 5,769 ... 3,222 20 291 2,156 300 1,259 \\\ 462 4,616 ... 3,562 100 980 2,349 I 16,719 872 10,846 299 7,166 173 3,376 936 11,415 192 4,717 1,563 30,566 1,500 19,143 691 12,679 2,131 9,364 '"lO6 ... 1.093 19,241 2,451 12,444 344 5,451 600 2,140 2,507 61,502 13,661 42,101 1,749 3,082 20 1,909 965 172 8 130 371 100 932 15,105 4,857 9,384 186 1,849 300 1,028 207 120 ... 130 1,914 3,745 140 2,402 2,276 1,726 45 1,623 522 507 106 ... 16,565 174,729 29,078 110,190 27 16 7 45 ... 40 41 120 2,095 199 6,135 '"305 800 708 9,146 1,051 1,081 1,310 177 5,182 4 130 620 7,197 336 1,930 161 2,151 400 1,336 202 400 1,690 610 10 20 212 100 "ll4 8 ... 120 "ll4 3 7 ' 296 13,309 92,120 33 291 1,574 21,822 128 75 2,962 26,885 Total ... Wellington-West Coast District. 270 270 1,806 100 1,806 213 672 120 950 15 700 44 550 28 910 32 574 5,513 1,049 3,578 623 200 101 310 234 5,540 1,083 8,459 1,108 6,182 2,170 4,778 1,374 615 211 128 8,979 39", 085 135 100 "'500 2^000 250 998 1,989 400 1,277 121 7,770 265 12 500 30 55 2 450 19 985 17 '.'.'. " 1 311 272 31 577 2 1 16 114 126 180 610 419 30 8 32 3 8 6 312 30 80 I 114 3 I ... 120 I 7 7 22,976 49,230 49, 603 50,350 61,161 26,209 110,154 152,208 93,698 33,695 64,503 52,694 89,811 236,796 338,373 66,882 343,221 4,392 14,080 12,497 10,872 14,306 4,262 46,991 37,730 17,702 5,692 29,248 13,465 15,355 41,065 50,118 10,331 11,213 27,611 34,383 38,818 41,505 16,237 91,790 116,202 64,509 24,911 39,059 33,907 55,673 166,066 212,347 41,225 930 3 40 460 420 Taranaki Hawera ... Patea Waitotara Wanganui (part of) Wanganui-Rangitikei (sub.) Rangitikei Oroua Kiwitea ... Pohangina Manawatu Horowhenua Hutt ... South Wairarapa ... North Wairarapa ... Pahiatua Total ... Marlborough-Nelson District. Waimea Collingwood Buller ... Grey ... Inangahua Westland Sounds ... Marlborough (part of) 3 41 liO 106 59 5 11 '" 35 154 120 106 6 "lOO 796 3,918 320 " 106 3,843 19 2,557 I 15 10 180 12 4,572 44 7,082 16 3,954 27 3,805 74 841 62 110 30 '" 40 "' 18 58 "l86 50 12 "! 15 172 " 94 '" 33 2 4 1 3 43 16 230 "... '.'.'. '" 7 '.'■'■ .'.'. '.'.'. 90 70 60 65 14 338 6,782 555 22,075 679 52,366 813 26,615 1,038 88,381 425 17,805 1,488 106,511 1,582 72,873 905 27,063 805 7,817 630 45,291 681 32,753 1,111 37,040 1,974 94,348 3,619 119,451 931 19,090 63,182 132,568 206,508 154,002 197,333 73,808 407,787 395,035 206,366 72,994 214,010 162,664 217,230 570,977 765,374 140,129 40 22 '.'.'. '" 75 14 7 62 15 159 46 106 42 17 16 11 66 64 45 150 180 430 4 35 10 ... 20 ... ■ 40 86 140 100 271 418 ... 467 3 430 '" 20 12 5 14 '" 27 17 401 544 1,290 660 260 989 3,196 3,070 8,401 955 540 1,111 230 307 150 814 2,017 1,250 1,124 30 60 70 "'467 45 9 999 11,176 77 20 3 85 1,766 12 29,199 359 6,730 142 8 63 46 382 326 44 882 326 44 70 138 210 36 26 23 1 665 969 180 585 210 285 230 199 •Id!) 748 180 917 31 220 70 17,107 725,794 1,499,342 328,106 1,018,456 !)2 3,085 17,071 2,338 5,625 336 4,069,967 211,427 42,303 1,746 12,927 25,998 15,288 119,567 460,607 14 30 8 10 35 92 11 1 131 39 79 23 1 2 148 "' 18 18 125 62 41 10 985 249 16 128 49 130 417 759 32,282 6,612 221 1,592 3,785 2,031 15,798 16,584 87,762 19,838 805 5,147 6,201 8,831 59,176 47,939 14,885 2,541 104 49,907 12,371 260 2,805 4,068 8,424 34,855 55,160 810 2,026 314 230 15 10 20 1 24 1,200 5,488 660 1,159 115,193 2,025 2,652 218 2,879 122,480 '". " 4 ... 103 ... 114 556 '" 24 "205 15 "570 "570 " 48 "'417 14 '" 18 3 30 1J102 2 2 14 1,022 82 30 348 92 251 44,275 '". '"301 "l54 '.'.'. 112 320 1,403 408 519 25 137 1,403 "320 75 215 1,173 100 23 57 435 242 "S4O "S4O "l85 90 142 296 20 110 174 21 75 141 6 50 178 39 185 2 12 43 18 3,242 4,957 265 41,305 8 32 121 60 256 58 " 91 39 Total 802 4,018 320 1,403 763 748 128 289 1,728 13,085 1,902 7,447 619 1,280 118 848 18 145 81 82 143 2,713 78,905 235,999 26,831 162,850 1,040 124,410 132,594 41,882 45,332 889,863 Canterbury-Kaikouba DlSTEICT. Marlborough 6 300 100 250 7 Sr ::: ::: i£ "™ 2 ""» £ ::: :" :" Cheviot 40 822 40 647 198 AshlT '■'■'■ - 83 » 88e 109 329 e31 816 - 943 Ak»™ 4 . ... 50 649 295 ... 340 ft.™ "' " 146 1,570 351 622 479 2,266 183 1,599 Aahtarton 183 349 50 73 1,536 2,193 ... 538 GerSe Z '■'■■ ™ 310 <* 250 797 913 ... 370 Miwkpvivirt 195 - •■- ■■■ ■l"" Waimate '.'.'. '.'.'■ 144 734 430 399 811 865 ... 715 Total ... ... 1,796 6,591 1,334 2,667 5,426 7,367 183 4,505 7 59 61 198 631 649 479 1,536 797 198 811 5,426 "815 295 2,266 2,193 913 20 865 183 943 340 1,599 538 370 85 120 3 117 10 48 51 289 208 20 . 951 50 20 180 139 40 540 346 1 '" 60 8 " 81 "lOl 50 118 118 976 107 871 856 1,021 260 1,944 6,321 730 612 79 2,0B5 657 638 55 2,500 7,336 "l49 150 30 '" 88 417 692 447 76 1,325 136 549 36 1,215 4,476 16 156 71 300 133 418 558 1,353 1,244 911 497 1,072 3,453 1,443 686 1,534. 787 290 201 48 7,693 7,377 19 49 6 66 19 7 111 52 1,194 383 121 91 30 2,471 395 8 992 57 ■ 499 65 29 64 113 4,512 2,096 19 7 30 49 56 111 1,194 121 2,474 8 . 499 '"634 ." 338 187 ... 90 60 1,478 110 777 909 ... 61 92 ... 1 18 ... 12 127 ■■• 100 3,295 110 1,429 "llO 4 1 ... ... ... 62 10 ... ... ... 4 129 30 ... 29 33 527 20 344 773 168 277 122 204 90 60 ... ... 379 742 24 20 ... 50 301 8 2 2 ... ... ... 40 624 873 168 366' 933 1,481 30 "773 50 20 166 83 2,'788 171 702 66 228 1,609 146 2,999 898 1,853 2,806 1,865 661 8,022 16,043 3,645 16,734 17,499 20,954 66,909 23,782 80,966 89,469 100,817 88,116 83,774 542,665 4,662 28,589 38,940 40,764 247,814 136,885 190,461 302,647 270,236 67,419 247,571 1,575,888 200 8,852 5,137 3,631 32,101 16,134 33,292 51,005 41,459 10,000 38,977 240,791 6,300 29,762 57,412 31,140 158,896 84,961 100,683 148,548 177,540 37,099 176,661 1,008,992 300 554 1,138 624 673 8 1,650 1,440 755 1,134 572 8,848 20,760 42, 275 93,046 24,119 50,489 812 93,500 61,438 23,338 84,793 39,045 533,115 14,877 36,641 126,675 32,192 131,307 5,172 131,631 120,954 67,916 79,568 68,717 805,650 2,810 11,928 24,300 5,939 14,432 266 26,205 20,799 9,287 3,868 8,023 127,857 4,000 12,775 32,231 7,903 21,666 779 33,113 26,807 16,948 9,365 10,269 175,886 ■58,238 189,185 400,913 171,762 741,843 272,497 717,373 838,620 720,056 333,842 677,069 6,121,398 "174 433 150 " 57 ■"715 4,505 1,316 234 773 873 249 3,661 7,367 183 W.itaki Tia0 DlSTM0T ' 347 14,168 1,853 8,372 370 4,476 1,050 3,465 Maniototo 209 5,698 668 1,166 4 Vincent ... 81 5,368 ... 1,414 6 j. tp 114 1,357 ... 120 15 55 22 4 wSiemo" " 24 4,369 710 1,410 81 261 100 180 wdLouaiti ::: ::: 82 1,737 150 795 « 1,000 Peninsula W0 ... 130 2 Taieri . 105 1,324 173 693 46 20 p,,' 85 4,464 2,266 2,355 10 295 75 242 ninth* 237 ' 7,304 550 3,377 112 2,298 122 906 TuaDeka 76 3,210 346 1,759 103 2,240 392 1,679 Southland I 23 15 25 10 751 894 24 553 Wallace ... - - ■■■ - 943 2 ' 150 W2 1 ' 50S Total ... ... 1,525 49,054 6,741 21,501 2,459 13.6S9 2,487 8,532 Totalin the Colony ... 4,727 61,967 8,613 26,799 30,219 216,091 32,470 136,027 368 1,296 285 226 175 1,347 131 580 116 1,935 60 200 4 841 2,798 254 980 1,434 11,205 494 3,042 2,252 2,720 1,150 3,359 7,554 29,688 20,699 93,996 60 118 80 30 742 246 1,374 135 975 797 1,277 7,870 416 3,216 262 648 4,138 850 2,110 861 264 1,623 304 1,153 146 254 176 ... 213 • 627 838 2,170 611 1,255 716 4,1«> 323 1,086 111 282 ... 5? 2,83V 858 4,386 845 2,992 667 430 4,516 118 2,005 6,830 990 4,209 1,741 1,093 1,740 486 1,439 455 1,556 1,525 2,470 4,012 469 2,319 1,551 1,231 1,16a ... 584 17,843 10,573 40,139 5,627 19,039 63,017 18,398 51,400 6,562 26,815 262 2,489 212 1,631 49 858 26 38 103 352 17 20 13 35 52 781 169 692 315 1,833 162 1,574 585 923 216 266 2,181 11,512 11,2?3 21,005 202 728 189 30 1,595 21 454 3 9 25 145 18 190 32 6 10 10 4 266 46 170 708 3 232 1,089 31 334 910 20 844 371 8 ... 73 1,052 6,969 785 1,439 I 13,203 4,076 1,663 37 801 176 ... 107 94 ... 2 59 ... 10 2 60 ... 20 207 4,879 2 ... ... ... 396 4,517 1 230 ... ... 62 1,398 104 200 19 245 ... ... 15 4,200 3 ... ... ... 22 1,785 1 20 ... ... ... 300 641 49 455 ... 160 6 1,120 6 130 ... 100 82 1,359 15 ... ... ... 36 1,275 30 117 15 68 43 500 7 ... ... ■■■ 475 6,243 155 1,227 15 348 1,748 28,117 1,487 2,334 524 1,896 3,176 30,523 60 "230 "245 51 222 1,187 631 19 260 150 2,033 5,584 392 100 1,600 130 976 1,129 1,176 745 1,520 699 1,075 249 279 49 10 509 336 679 1,590 3,454 1,201 11,550 99,074 60,133 27,355 27,907 22,409 18,999 12,580 994 61,516 31,817 41,106 49,218 142,589 81,054 580,977 2,877,028 137,463 57,285 35,613 21,475 48,330 33,856 3,797 80,752 49,562 103,229 102,785 357,038 157,117 1.18S,502 6,111,350 20,682 6,220 7,859 3,541 6,320 4,789 1,702 15,430 20,292 28,625 19,115 79,031 41,131 257,787 1,278,275 67,718 39,362 25,305 10,861 26,760 18,693 1,036 42,991 33,256 62,837 63,744 208,801 98,225 698,579 4,274,593 248 1 161 453 85 223 1,626 1,171 1,565 174 86 99,299 52,242 90,388 32,911 1,879 2,793 50 15,5S5 2,195 3,402 54,102 20,058 13,231 391,138 1,114,810 67,451 83,177 90,372 20,363 15,947 8,924 530 12,459 1,708 6,1)15 36,850 17,380 20,069 382,175 1,485,781 12,853 13,270 20,020 1,476 993 150 1,707 336 1,397 17,138 1,497 1,063 71,900 266,252 18,268 15,387 23,861 6,697 1,430 2,800 206 784 12,871 1,748 3,090 87,967 343,136 550,307 325,689 340,269 123,903 145,649 95,455 9,026 256,383 163,391 302,600 382,249 855,250 445,325 3,995,496 19,138,493 10 3,759 14,804 "686 ... "430 27 ... 22 2,556 37 1,431 7,334 416 3,869 2,520 2,868 3,800 17,665 22,432 5,793 16,737 2—. 23.