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C. 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, 1917.

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STUD SHEEP (ENTERED IN FLOCK-BOOK). Merino. Lincoln. Eomney. Border sicester. Name of County. i Total Number of Sheep Stud Earns, 2-tooth and over. Stud Ewes to be bred from this Season. Stud BW1 ■*-«"* limbs B **»>■ Cr„rl Stud Earns Ewes to o r T i, be bred 2-to°* from this and over. g Stud Ewes not to be bred from this Season. Stud Lambs (Earns and Ewes). Sr „ fl Stud Stud w „" t „ Ewes not Earns, Ewes to tQ be 2-tooth t °°*\l% bred and over. f s °™* s from this Season. Stud Lambs (Earns and Ewes). o.„j Stud Earns Ewes to &00& bebi :? d „~T-, Z" „ from this and. over, r. Season. Stud „. - E t 6 h„ 0t -££5. b,e b d 6 V*™ from this ™* Season. Ewes - I I Auckland District. Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islards Hokianga Whangarei Otamatea Hobson Rodney Great Barrier Island Waitemata Eden Manukau Franklin Coromandel Thames . . • Ohinemuri Waikato Raglan .. Waipa Piako Matamata Rotorua West Tan po .. Kawhia Awakino Waitomo Ohura East Taupo (part) Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki 47.670 15,113 87,305 78.577 85,543 72.932 106,029 81.627 8,135 55.736 2,862 57.426 56,823 38.743 4.541 7,940 68,834 191,167 37,903 46,394 35,651 24,600 33.329 50,743 101,184 175.775 169.400 i 1 2 3 2 27 1 2 4 8 18 72 ; 596 106 200 441 60 49 116 106 12 30 481 160 40 354 40 93 10 10 183 6 i 16 15 35 1 1 4 l 8 4 26 12 3 2 12 11 24 14 35 146 37 281 105 433 30 32 71 278 120 213 252 34 48 85 8 9 61 31 96 76 260 23 12 40 187 60 158 320 24 4 32 3 I ■ ■ IT-, 719 •■ •• .. 36 616 •■ •' " 50 " .. ! 3 ■ • I 4 .. 22 22.418 55.149 163.961 1 5 17 i 56 Totals 1,983.510 63 1,658 ! 106 1,210 405 2,200 58 1.435 50 794 652