H.—23b

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, 1917— continued. SHEEP OF A DISTINCTIVE BREED BUT NOT ENTERED IN FLOCK-BOOK— continued.

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Merino. Lincoln. Eoiiiney. Border Leices iter. Name of County. Eams. 2-tooth and over. Ewes to E ™ Wethers, be bred £$£, 2-tooth from ?,.„„ Lambs. and over. this "JS? Se » 8 ° n - Season. ■ ■/ri J Ewes to ! E Y, S Rams, g5» be bred J 10 ?* 0 2-tootn .rgc, j from , bebred Lamb8 and IS-j-a I tbis : from over. 5 [Season. [ Se^ p Eams, Wethers, ' not to 2-tooth 2-tooth , rom bebred Lambs and and tais from over. over. Sea8on . j „ « - ri Ewes to ?. am A. '^ s > bebred 2-tooth _- o 0 from and %.? rrj tbis over. £<ng seagon. Ewes not to b f e rom d °»- this Season. Otago District. Waitaki Maniototo Vincent Lake Waihemo Waikouaiti Peninsula Taieri Bruce Clutha Tuapeka Southland Wallace Stewart Island 780 256 3,921 976 33 31 19 10 81 110 76 3 30,860 54,165 ! 5,139 5,079 25,348 37,191 33,715 26,080 212 1,332 25 j 50 1,450 ! 1,450 444 ' 539 1,059 2,374 3,161 4,910 2,815 3,105 4,589 570 1,929 1,460 5,585 4,008 316 70 179 93 35 140 16,876 1,408 15,002 13,402 60 430 344 2,076 1,252 21 23 3 1 8 3 1 6 33 31 106 27 16 2,726 720 199 20 636 150 576 1,335 1,055 1,344 456 267 29 1,730 1,067 3,353 2,529 7,461 4,068 21 1,037 1,089 943 3.633 10 750 6,737 868 7,268 6,536 20,244 6,097 200 4,241 8,328 9,129 11,488 3,560 1,433 19,231 5,100 55,252 29,277 121,031 46,259 500 411 80 129 420 20 1,376 277 > 5,175 3,701 6,536 3,203 200 1,650 2,928 2,783 5,910 1,905 710 10,018 3,572 29,575 22,155 66,142 25,748 250 3,076 881 359 107 589 452 60 327 1,147 666 436 4,023 1,584 6 1,156 1,246 267 32 34 100 270 1,984 538 385 8,977 2,551 67 18,268 9,464 1,429 1,014 346 1,756 1,463 7.291 1,193 1,785 44,279 13,627 256 2,511 136 36 224 50 335 1.077 55 143 3,911 678 11,02; 4,78: 301 18( 36i 1,423,43: 9* 37! 30,09! 9,721 17! 27 490 70 35 802 1,610 3.614 " 105 502 210 570 861 2,462 330 Totals 108,817 136,845 13,815 50,871 1,036 21,528 | 173,346 6,296 242 603 9,507 5,009 25,291 55,412 314,829 13,713 |17,607 [102,171 9,156 63,771 Totals for South Island .. 13,534 1329,274 439,681 53,383 165,043 i 1,999 | 5,588 32.002 2,414 17,193 38,190 87,039 520,168 34,227 284,289 78,38! 25,954 22,972 135,802 11,492 Totals for Dominion 114,453 337,191 469,772 55,754 186,321 37,641 70,752 285,203 27,585 164,762 156,496 387,877 11,929,566 124,392 1,104,310 28,684 23,429 160,285 |14,921 84,08!