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A.—Table showing the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Dominion on 30th April, 1907 and 1908.

Number ol Sheep on Sheep on County. 30th April, 1908. Increase. Decrease. 30th April, 1907. i NOR1 'H ISLAND. 18,613 8,137 29,632 7,010 62,029 j 26,716 j 47,315 I 30,380 41,910 5,706 104,595 18,962 5,957 4,755 53,310 102,602 38,306 115,670 11,823 19,103 32,929 44,572 32,611 8,619 27,392 48,159 524,939 1,393,061 606,895 1,093,725 838,835 737,118 56,832 44,284 10,659 I 181,885 j 33,647 I 104,551 266,751 171,759 87,971 436,522 665,923 i 210,854 I 161,661 i 113,368 319,355 144,965 150,322 148,899 ( 152,268 I 68,376 467,001 185,192 560,998 i 170,273 196,568 228,982 82,576 68,173 I 47 306 2,402 4,994 1,782 5,764 6,581 2,223 22,469 2,232 877 7,245 10,660 6,544 11,430 5,289 8,524 9,634 16,832 4,996 3,353 9,567 44,267 164,372 22,439 46,862 13,115 17,088 6,585 1,716 52,347 2,702 4,120 2,778 11,748 31,901 64,157 10,328 5,327 4,092 8,667 i 12,080 25,543 13,705 20,444 19,337 35,837 12,635 1,171 Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Rodney Whangarei Otamatea Hobson Waitemata Eden Manukau Coromandel Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Raglan Waipa Piako West Taupo Kawhia Awakino.. Waitomo East Taupo and Rotorua Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki Waiapu Cook Wairoa Hawke's Bay* Waipawa and Woodville Patangata and Weber Clifton ... Taranaki Egmont Stratford Eltham .. 18,566 7,831 27,230 7,417 57,035 24,934 41,551 23,999 39,687 6,160 82,126 16,730 5,080 5,329 46,065 91,942 31,762 104,240 6,534 10,579 23,295 27,740 34,190 3,623 24,039 38,592 480,672 1,228,689 584,456 1,096,397 791,973 724,003 39,744 37,699 8,943 129,538 34,901 101,849 262,631 168,981 76,223 404,621 601,766 222,882 151,333 113,624 314,028 140,873 150,614 140,232 407 454 574 1,579 2,672 1,254 Hawera Patea Waitotara Waimarino Wanganui R-gitikei. |=5j^ 1 £E!r m 12,028 Oroua Kairanga Kivvitea Pohangina Manawatu Horowhenua .. .. Hutt Makara Peatherston South Wairarapa Masterton Castlepoint .. .. .. Akitio Pahiatua Eketahuna Maurieeville .*-•' | 208,564 441,458 171,487 540,554 171,688 177,231 193,145 69,941 67,002 256 292 1,415 Totals—North Island 10,854,018 11,632,201 id 778,183 799,114 20,931 Net increi ,se, Nortli Islai * The boundaries of Hawke's Bay Com ity and Hani 'itikc ii Count; have been alteri