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Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Colony on 30th April, 1897.

i> County. Number of Sheep on 30th April, 1890. 30th April, 1897. Number of Sheep on Increase. Decrease. Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Rodney .. Whangaroi Otamatea Hobson .. Wai tern ata Eden Manukau Coromandel Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Raglan Waipa Piako West Taupo and Kawhia .. East Taupo and Rotorua .. Tauranga Whakatane Waiapn Cook East Taupo Wairoa Hawke's Bay Waipawa Patau gata Taranaki Haw era Patca Waitotara Wanganui Rangitikei Oroua Kiwitea .. Pohangina Manawatu Horowhenu&i Hutt South Wnirarapa North Wairarapa Pahiatua Waimea Collingwood Buller .. Grey Inangahua Westland Sounds .. Marlborough Kaikoura Amuri .. .. Cheviot Ashley Akaroa Selwyn Asli burton G-eraldine Mackenzie Waimate Wajtaki Ma.niototo Vincent Lake Waihemo Waikouaiti Peninsula Taieri Bruce Clutha .. Tuapeka Southland Wallace Y 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 5,598 50,708 203,012 699,514 19,682 409,380 1,399,082 655,679 717,336 63,182 132,568 206,508 154,002 350,054 497,787 395,035 206,366 72,994 214,010 162,664 217, 280 570,977 765,374 140,129 211,427 42,303 1,74(5 12,927 25,998 15,288 119,567 518,845 189,185 400,913 171,762 741,843 272,497 717,373 838,620 720,056 333,842 677,069 550,307 325,689 340,269 128,908 146,649 95,455 9,026 256,3K3 163,391 302,600 382,249 855,250 445,325 24,019 4,963 33,659 11,193 70,612 43,566 47,077 14,699 33,549 3,693 83,357 9,912 7,283 3,488 76,523 58,590 40,216 194,789 39,228 7,410 4,169 47,476 232,514 759,607 29,100 490,058 1,314,372 713,871 726,281 89,992 150,103 216,369 167,860 365,500 500,846 375,090 255,771 80,545 216,034 171,006 219,483 606,459 819,636 175,254 221,562 45,792 2,238 13,528 27,753 ]7,708 127,882 538,253 181,050 403,417 172,740 779,373 265,037 763,979 832,021 705,252 376,131 656,850 553,719 327,681 328,829 154,820 142,205 89,782 7,856 238,653 191,703 299,322 379,985 856,416 450,594 3,440 557 5,371 1,850 6,458 3,695 4,107 3,925 540 4,859 812 278 6,459 70 6,514 6,291 29,502 60,093 9,468 26,673 58,192 8,945 26,810 17,535 9,861 13,358 15,446 8.C69 49,405 7,551 2,024 8,342 2,253 35,482 54,262 35,125 10,135 3,489 492 601 1,755 \ 2,420 I 8,315 14,408 ! 3,083 593 2,142 3,997 1,429 3,232 84,710 19,945 2,504 I 978 87,580 8,135 40,606 7,460 5,999 14,804 42,289 3,412 1,992 20,213 LI, A 40 30,417 3,444 5,673 1,170 17,730 28,312 3,278 2,264 1,166 5,269 Totals 19,138,493 19,687,954 770,202 220,741 Less dec: 220,741 •ease f P/"\f-Q 1 T >T t\ rrapn