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1. 2. 3. Number of Owners on Number of Sheep on Names of Districts. f 30th April, 1909. I 30th April, 1910. j 30th April, 1909. j 30th April, 1910. I Auckland ... 2,705 2,388 2,535 2,453 i 1,089,346 5,620,437 1,205,346 5,913,301 Napier-Gisborne Wellington- West Coast 4,716 4,626 5,483,428 5,799,015 ! Marlborough-Nelson- Westland Canterbury- Kaikoura 2,077 4,880 5,092 2,107 4,792 5,009 1,225,031 5,475,732 4,586,733 I 1,302,059 5,486,464 4,563,435 Otago Totals for Dominion i 21,858 21,522 23,480,707 788, 24,269,620 ,913 Increase ... i 788,913 Decrease ... i i 336