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ERINO AND jONGWOOLS SHOWN SEPARATELY. Males. Females. Males. Females. Totals. Merino Crossbred and other longwools Totals, 1915 . 1914 Increase : Males Decrease : Females .. Net Inorease 558,453 6,663,182 7,221,635 7,122,920 98,715 723,211 16,879,548 17,602,759 17,675,843 1,281,664 23,542,730 24,824,394 24,798,763 73,084 25,631 Number if Ewes in the Dom: :nion (Stud and Floi IK). North Island. South Island. Dominion. Year. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. 30th April— 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 5,113,798 5,472,818 5,698,865 6,356,783 6,456,509 6,354,874 6,393,460 6,505,491 - 6,619,378 6,640,567 481,525 501,494 626,687 580,092 690,435 751,817 755,906 729,637 697,352 704,018 5,365,389 451,209 5,264,028 493,508 5,545,176 540,158 6,013,563 : 435,167 6,058,871 518,078 5,969,589 I 560,643 5,883,569 I 579,857 6,015,545 434,070 6,300,798 468,923 5,938,298 j 675,259 10,479,187 10,736,846 11,244,041 12,370,346 12,515,380 12,324,403 12,277,029 12,521,036 12,920,176 12,578,825 932,734 995,002 1,166,845 1,015,259 1,208,513 1,312,460 1,335,763 1,163,707 1,166,275 1,379,277 Number of Rams, Wethers, Ewes, and Lambs in 'he Dominio: SINCE 1906. (30th April). Stud Rams, Flock Rams, Wethers, Two-tooth and Two-tooth and Two-tooth and Over. Over. Over. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Lambs. Totals. 1906 .. 1907 .. 1908 .. 1909 .. 1910 .. 1911 .. 1912 .. 1913 .. 1914 .. 1915 .. 9,265 11,928 14,902 16,060 15,068 17,275 16,155 13,156 13,385 16,066 232,662 243,574 257,850 282,858 290,501 280,623 290,433 300,534 308,484 298,395 2,788,900 2,899,763 3,378,398 3,427,994 3,167,082 3,342,281 3,359,969 3,207,550 3,211,661 3,258,478 10,479,187 10,736,846 11,244,041 12,370,346 12,515,380 12,324,463 12,277,029 12,521,036 12,920,176 12,578,825 932,734 995,002 1,166,845 1,015,259 1,208,513 1,312,460 1,335,763 1,163,707 1.166,275 1,379,277 5,665,723 6,096,059 0,387,017 6,368,190 7,073,076 6,719,024 6,470,804 6,985,827 7,178,782 7,293,353 20,108,471 20,983,772 22,449,053 23,480,707 24,269,620 23,996,126 23,750,153 24,191,810 24,798,763 24,824,394 Num: ier of Sheep in the Dominion since 1906. a g Pi Stud and Stud a<i Flock BreedingRams. ewes. I Stud Dry Ewes. Total Stud Stud Sheep Lambs, and Flock Rams. Wethers. "Xes" 8 " Dry Ewes ' Flock Sheep. Lambs. Grand Total Stud and Flock Sheep. L906 L907 1908 L909 L910 L911 L912 .913 .914 .915 241,927 255,502 272,752 298,918 305,569 297,898 306,588 313,690 321,869 314,461 206,612 215,528 230,075 222,799 227,187 229,709 232,782 228,145 229,055 237,201 11,105 12,773 14,725 14,192 13,943 14,117 11,563 12,902 13,526 17,298 141,319 151,881 157,556 153,948 160,234 163,899 155,498 167,605 170,169 175,861 600,963 635,684 675,108 689,857 706,933 705,617 706,431 722,342 734,619 744,821 2,788,900 2,899,763 3,378,398 3,427,994 3,167,082 3,342,281 3,359,969 3,207,550 3,211,661 3,258,478 10,272,575 10,521,318 11,013,906 12,147,547 12,288,193 12,094,754 12,044,247 12,292,891 12,691,121 12,341,624 921,629 982,229 1,152,120 1,001,067 1,194,570 1,298,343 1,324,200 1,150,805 1,152,749 1,301,979 5,524,404 5,944,778 6,229,461 6,214,242 6,912,842 6,555,125 6,315,300 0,818,222 7,008,613 7,117,492 20,108,471 20,983,772 22,449,053 23,480,707 24,269,620 23,996,126 23,750,153 24,191,810 24,798,763 24,824,394