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C— continued. Statement compiled from the Returns furnished by Owners of Sheep, in pursuance of Section 52 of the Stock Act, 1908, showing the Total Number of Sheep and Lambs within each County on the 30th April, 1916— continued. STUD AND FLOCK RAMS, STUD EWES, AND STUD LAMBS— continued. FLOCK SHEEP— continued.

Name of County. Other Breeds. «t„H Ti-ma wwt Ewes to Ewes not ' Lambs, ' 9 hil be bred to be bred : Rams. «£££?, ,K, i froi" this from this j and and over. and over. SeaBOn . Season. Ewes. Other Breeds. CROSS] Wethers, ■2-tooth and over. CROSSBRED AND OTHER LONGWOOLS, NOT STUDS. ;BRE] ID AND OTHET Ewes to be bred from this Season. r Longwools, not S Ewes not to be bred from this Season. ■5TUDS. Lambs, Wethers, and Ewes. Merino. w . (l ,._ Ewes to : Ewes not • Lambs, 2 tooth' be bred i to be bred I Wethers, and rwor- from 'bis ■ from this and ana over. Season . | Season. Ewes. Merino. Wellington - West Coast District — continued. i I | Pohangina Manawatu Horowhenua Hutt Makara Featherston South Wairarapa Masterton Castlepoint, Akitio Eketahuna . . . . Mauriceville 29 30 79 6 Ho 1 5 4 10,687 8,130 26,119 18,194 11,458 53,823 16,247 45,009 22,361 36,572 4,653 2,019 93,720 69,463 65,441 76,900 40,156 206,224 104,728 304,095 95,255 133,905 55,611 46,325 1,763 9,346 13,374 2,673 1,809 20,317 5,839 16,869 5,489 7,284 • 1,680 547 50,689 32.960 29,104 42,080 22,510 115.614 40,269 161.831 62,045 90.670 21.889 19,008 1,568 1,110 1 90 4 60 35 37 20 30 2,580 20 940 Totals .. .. 73 73 1,243 1,243 1,67 1,670 TO 583 869,493 3,046,051 237,724 1,649,882 2,826 5,964 159 2,454 Totals for North Island 136 136 2,262 2,262 2,47 2,473 73 . 1,231 1,927,775 ] 7,078,082 536,669 3,885,157 9,943 r 19,023 ; 2,331 10,899 ' Marlborough-Nelson- Westland. I 11,715 1,196 1.004 270 2,175 674 3,137 2,124 1,969 6,645 4,745 98,614 18,402 5.794 1.224 14.445 1.875 6.083 10,727 64,705 73,909 57,521 2,210 4,226 243 13 80 100 85 ■ 43 156 257 36,175 37,952 40,696 35,091 541 40 12 5,645 5,233 2,013 60 15,330 14,682 Waimea Takaka Oollingwood BuUer' Murchison Inangahua, Grey Westland Sounds Marlborough Awatere 14 11 327 45 3 2 16 4 8 7 270 669 889 6 5 27 313 27,688 2,744 1,876 437 9,327 4,548 5,896 3,907 15,594 28,565 22,043 I76, 158 33,596 8,122 2,661 25,162 4,467 13,853 16,966 102,727 130,067 102,463 — . 1 Totals 25 25 2,240 ; 2,240 ; 6 6 345 122,62.-) 616,242 35,654 I 353,299 79,645 I 77,682 11,471 32,085