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C— continued. SUMMARIES— continued. Merinos and Long-wools shown separately.
Number of Ewes in the Dominion (Stud and Flock).
Number of Rams, Wethers, Ewes, and Lambs in the Dominion since 1900.
Number of Sheep in the Dominion since 1897.
lea. 'ema] tes. Is. lerinos .. 'rossbreds and other long-wools 898,182 5,944,968 6,843,150 5,629,076 1,214,074 1,149,721 14,456,182 2,047,903 20,401,150 Totals, 1908 , 1907 15,605,903 15,354,696 251,207 22,449,053 20,983,772 Increase Decrease 1,465,281
Year. North Island. South Island. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. North Island. Dominion. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. tOth April— 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 4,041,431 4,058,998 4,242,764 4,540,357 4,838,419 4,660,130 4,319,918 4,465,292 4,859,547 5,113,798 5,472,818 5,698,865 838,425 819,168 920,628 648,816 616,148 795,996 811,061 629,184 349,191 481,525 501,494 626,687 4,645,762 694,647 4,386,014 778,973 4,418,982 : 696,283 4,716,697 : 445,755 5,068,197 ! 481,413 4,950,019 I 628,766 4,751,833 I 619,502 4,757,156 i 413,663 5,219,637 I 360,187 5,365,389 ' 451,209 5,264,028 493,508 5,545,176 540,158 8,687,193 8,445,012 8,661,746 9,257,054 9,906,616 9,610,149 9,071,751 9,222,448 10,079,184 10,479,187 10,736,846 11,244,041 1,533,072 1,598,141 1,616,911 1,094,571 1,097,561 1,424,762 1,430,563 1,042,847 709,378 932,734 995,002 1,166,845
(30th April). Stud Rams, Two-tooth and Over. Flock Bams, Wethers, Two-tooth and Two-tooth and Breeding-ewes. Over. Over. Dry Ewes. Lambs. Totals. .900 .. .901 .. .902 .. .903 .. .904 .. .905 .. .906 .. .907 .. .908 .. 7,985 9,650 10,799 9,383 8,220 8,333 9,265 11,928 14,902 189,945 3,528,799 206,014 3,413,238 207,168 3,358,066 205,306 3,232,219 211,733 2,871,809 220,773 2,771,872 232,662 2,788,900 243,574 2,899,763 257,850 3,378,398 9,257,054 9,906,616 9,610,149 9,071,751 9,222,448 10,079,184 10,479,187 10,736,846 11,244,041 1,094,571 1,097,561 1,424,762 1,430,563 1,042,847 709,378 932,734 995,002 1,166,845 5,276,841 5,600,020 5,731,783 5,005,331 4,923,749 5,341,335 5,665,723 6,096,659 6,387,017 19,355,19! 20,233,09! 20,342,72' 18,954,55: 18,280,801 19,130,87! 20,108,47: 20,983,77! 22,449,05:
Stud and Flock Rams. Stud Breedingewes. Stud Dry Ewes. Stud Lambs. Total Stud plock Snee PSheep and Flock TCvpedino Earns. Wethers. ewes Dry Ewes. Flock Sheep. Lambs. Grand Total Stud and Flock Sheep. 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906; 19071 1908 193,196 187,756 190,670 197,930 215,664 217,967 214,689 219.953 229,106 241,927 255,502 272,752 164,909 164,947 181,602 182,255 200,159 201,181 183,398 161,205 192,364 206,612 215,528 230,075 13,518 14,598 14,940 15,047 16,715 19,484 15,184 13,049 10,866 11,105 12,773 14,725 109,478 113,904 112,490 123,145 135,109 132,585 123,878 104,647 120,649 141,319 151,881 157,556 481,101 481,205 499,702 518,377 567,647 571,217 537,149 498,854 552,985 600,963 635,684 675,108 4,052,477 3,918,236 4,092,310 3,528,799 3,413,238 3,358,066 3,232,219 2,871,809 2,771,872 2,788,900 2,899,763 3,378,398 8,522,284 8,280,065 8,480,144 9,074,799 9,706,457 9,408,968 8,888,353 9,061,243 9,886,820 10,272,575 10,521,313 11,013,966 1,519,554 1,583,543 1,601,971 1,079,524 1,080,846 1,405,278 1,415,379 1,029,798 698,512 921,629 982,229 1,152,120 5,112,538 5,410,676 4,674,379 5,153,696 5,464,911 5,599,198 4,881,453 4,819,102 5,220,686 5,524,404 5,944,778 6,229,461 19,687,954 19,673,725 19,348,506 19,355,195 20,233,099 20,342,727 18,954,553 18,280,806 19,130,875 20,108,471 20,983,772 22,449,053