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SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF SHEEPOWNERS AT 30th APRIL, 1910.

* Appears on main list as nil. TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OE SHEEP IN THE DOMINION SINCE 1890. Year. Number of Sheep. 1890 ... ... ... ... ... 16,116,113 1891 ... ... ... ... ... 16,753,752 1892 ... ... ... ... ... 18,570,752 1893 ... ... ... ... 19,380,369 1894 ... ... ... ... ... 20,230,829 1895 ... ... ... ... ... 19,826,604 1896 ... ... ... ... ... 19,138,493 1897 ... ... ... ... ... 19,687,954 1898 ... ... ... ... ... 19,673,725 1899 ... ... ... ... ... 19,348,506 1900 ... ... ... .... ... 19,355,195 1901 ... ... ... ... 20,233,099 '902 ... ... .... ... ... 20,342,727 1903 ... ... ... ... ... 18,954,553 1904 ... ... ... ... ... 18,280,806 1905 ... ... ... ... ... 19,130,875 1906 . ... ... ... ... 20,108,471 1907 ... ... . ... ... 20,983,772 1908 ... ... ... ... ... 22,449,053 1909 ... ... ... ... 23,480,707 1910 ... ... ... ... , ... 24,269,620

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No. of Sheep on No. of Sheep on April 30, | April 30, Counties and Owners. April 30, [ April 30, 1909. j 1910. ]fl09. 'I ?9,o. Piako (and Part Matamata) County. 11 23* Hendy and Short, Coombes Arcade, Auck- 2000 1450* land McNaught, D., Lichfield .. 100 75* 50 92* 274 337* Kawhia County. Shaw, John, Kinohaku .. 2275 75* Schnackenberg, E. H., Kawhia . . — 267 — 724 Waitomo and Ohura Counties. Prebenson, H., Aria . . I — 559 No. of Sheep on Counties and Owners. ipril 30 1909 1909. Whangaroa County. Hughes, E. B., Kaeo 11 Bay of Islands County. Bedggood, A. E., Waimate North Kydd, D. H., Rawhiti 50 274 Rodney County. Williams, Judge, Dunedin Whangarei County. Sloane, Henry, Ruakaka — 950 Tauranga County. Merriman Bros., Tauranga .. 160 345* 541 413 123 128* Hobson County. Nicol, G. T., Tangiteroria Wilson, Henry, Kirikopuni 541 123 Manukau County. Routly, M. B., Pukekohe Raglan County. Boyd, J. A., Waingaro Boyle, W., Waingaro Whakatane County. Turnbull, A. R„ Muripara .. 750 704* 42 46* 42 Wallace County. — 408 Reburn, George, Tuatapere .. — 510 — 449 I