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2 Number of Owners on S 4 i Number of Sheep on Sheep-rate for Names of Districts. 30th April, 1896. 30th April, 1897. 30th April, 1896. 30th April, 1897. 1896. 1897. 859,471 819 859 Auckland ... .... 2,523 2,561 819,221 Napier 1,589 1,704 4,242,548 4,358,890 4,243 4,359 Wellington- West Coast 4,092 4,340 4,069,967 4,322,356 932,980 4,070 890 4,322 Marlborough-Nelson 1,595 1,743 889,863 933 Canterbury-Kaikoura 3,960 4,079 5,121,398 5,193,192 5,121 5,193 Otago 3,944 4,041 3,995,496 4,021,065 3,995 4,021 17,703 18,468 19,138,493 19,687,954 19,138 19,687