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1. 2. 3. Number of Owners on Number of Sheep on Names of Districts. 30th April, 1911. 30th April, 1912. 30th April, 1911. 30th April, 1912. | 2,461 j 2,517 1,246,000 1,259,557 Auckland ... Napier-Gisborne ... 2,521 5,667,472 j 5,595,616 2,451 Wellingon - West Coast 4,619 4,617 5,900,881 1,361,025 5,762,916 1,307,633 Marlborough - Nelson - Westland 2,157 2,174 Canterbury - Kaikoura , . 4,723 4,584 5,213,439 5,168,492 Otago 5,082 5,058 4,607,309 4,655,939 Totals for Dominion 21,493 21,471 23,996,126 23,750,153 Decrease ... 22 245,973