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A. —Table showing the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Dominion on 30th April, 1915 and 1916. NORTH ISLAND.

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Number of Sheep on . County. 30th April, 1915. Increase. Decrease. 30th April, 1916. Mangonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands HoTrianga .. .. Whangarei Otamatea Hobson Rodney Great Barrier Island Waitemata Eden Manukau Franklin Coromandel Thames .. .. " .. Ohinemuri Waikato Raglan Waipa Piako Matamata Rotorua .. .. .. West Taupo Kawhia .. .. .. ... Awakino.. Waitomo Ohura East Taupo Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki .. .. • • Waiapu Cook Waikohu Wairoa .. ■ Hawke's Bay Waipawa Waipukurau Patangata Weber Dannevirke Woodville Clifton Taranaki Egmont .. .. .. Stratford Whangamomona Eltham Hawera Waimate West Patea Waitotara Waimarino Kaitieke Wanganui Rangitikei Oroua Kairanga Kiwitea Pohangina Manawatu Horowhenua Hutt Makara Featherston South Wairarapa Masterton Castlepoint Akitio Pahiatua Eketahuna Mauriceville 39,187 13,020 62,135 46,398 64,484 62,419 78,036 78,641 8,745 49,188 2,488 45,298 51,903 36,092 5,775 6,839 60,777 181,079 33,140 42,816 26,861 18,569 20,185 58,121 104,143 170,736 132,521 7,650 11,843 39,956 128,007 679,660 967,606 576,131 731,077 1,025,903 347,828 93,010 612,159 111,614 286,575 96,035 92,520 34,499 11,375 122,662 107,180 63,263 83,341 975 262,765 210,951 259,434 89,481 574,371 953,099 156,209 117,173 321,692 164,469 127,137 163,036 147,085 81,093 405,635 180,105 562,408 171,985 270,230 213,609 81,491 70,903 43,773 15,114 82,156 69,989 80,693 68,032 94,288 84,567 8,241 55,557 2,708 52,196 55,799 40,714 6,197 8,101 55,073 195,051 31,037 45,734 25,264 22,966 23,480 58,546 107,633 165,371 143,411 8,265 12,852 48,649 137,020 678,564 1,012,602 615,579 749,712 1,077,211 390,973 100,171 633,811 123,213 313,243 95,550 98,452 33,878 12,278 125,691 121,711 64,466 83,606 1,107 292,449 229,737 287,533 116,777 591,015 957,360 164,127 105,385 317,104 166,168 123,826 139,770 145,945 78,212 426,592 180,718 550,730 188,229 273,010 209,460 86,254 70,103 4,586 2,094 20,021 23,591 16,209 5,915 10,252 5,613 6,369 220 6,898 3,896 4,622 422 1,262 13,972 2,918 4,397 3,295 425 3,490 10,890 615 1,009 8,693 8,953 44,996 39,448 18,635 51,308 43,145 7,161 21,652 11,599 26,668 504 5,704 2,103 i.,597 5,365 1,096 5,932 485 621 903 3,029 14,531 1,203 265 132 29,684 18,786 28,099 27,296 16,644 4,261 7,918 1,699 20,957 613 16,244 2,780 4,763 11,788 4,588 3,311 23,266 1,140 2,881 11,678 '4,149 * 800 Totals—North Island 13,315,916 j 13,880,799 645,959 81,070 Net increase, N 3rth Island, 564 ,883.