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

Em llish Leicester. Shropshire. Southdown. Other Breeds. Name of County. Wethers, ,nfl over-. andoTer - Ewes to be bred from this Season. Ewes not to be bred from this Season. Ewes : -p, Eams, S_» Ewes to not to ' _ Wethers Ewes to be ...f^rLe Lambs. s-tooth Sf6 bebred bebred j Lambs £«™ Wrfta™- b d , no^tobe *SS Se™ flff ! ando ™' andoTOr - s£Sn. *™£™> > <3 Season. | beason. . . Ewes Eams, gS 5 Ewes to not to 2-tooth gog bebred bebred Lamb „. and r+s-ri from this from over. Season. ! this * |Season. ! ' i i • Canterbury-Kaikoura Dis650 .. 500 3,433 8,404 175 4,378 988 12.251 499 6,409 2,295 34,040 268 18,485 1,977; 21,065 505 13,032 450 4,017 297 1,111 133! 3,402 .. 507 30 .. 113 trict. Kaikoura Amuri Cheviot Waipara .Ashley Kowai Oxford Rangiora Eyre .Tawera Malvern Paparua Waimairi .. ■Heathcote Akaroa Wairewa Mount Herbert ,. Halswell Springs .. EUesmere Selwyn Ashburton Geraldine .. , . Levels Mackenzie Waimate Chatham Islands 834 924 791 1,066 299 387 655 176 328 474 718 155 58 65 1,074 957 157 144 359 1 ,'235 5,731 1,833 514 615 557 5 85 248 I 2,055 54 1,565 558 5,494 4 317 300 1,497 210 244 324 130 302 52 1,109 104 400 37 30 377 225 18 10 30 350 50 30 85 932 501 2,347 112 538 111 1 229 175 425 71 86 136 151 113 13 232 97 8 17 51 9 2 69 113 111 1.008 98 31 7 125 6 34 20 158 126 | 25 66 34 206 46 104 50 265 381 500 280 70 1 I 11 20 20 140 42 lb 106 141 217 22 133 89 105 135 29 315 129 14 9 11 38 30 .. •• 13 47 314 882 2,319 460 997 196 3,354 1,654 5 315 120 58 186 146 96 146 2 1 87 55 47 35 454 45 187 81 113 200 23 1,145 40 421 1 39 1,232 1,572 14 45 52 215 594 121 4 4 65 238 71 38 4 3,884! 8,761 .. : 3,427 12' 2,067 517 ] 1,442 1,041! 691 .. 105 1,436 5,434 1,040 i 5,395 ., 1,697 120 1,680 959 362 12 26 i i ' ' .. I .. 839 78 542 209 979 705 12,701 2,715 15,740 289 5,884 452 ! 3,021 816 684 167 82 829 668 138 154 45 715 92 1,041 4,083 5,265 1,286 2.927 346 115 112 106 336 540 115 9 88 337 273 276 27 17 33 122 .. 17 15 577 482 207 164 40 80 SO 65 5 322 .. 67 150 684 380 491 10 4.538 70 3,022 78 1 ,370 42 778 210 250 13,381 25,764 406 11^859 16,726 44,199 3,175 19,995 .. 5 • • I '• .. I •• Totals !0,670 9,270 66,475 3,323 24,364 3,379 344 ! 1,957 298 1,330 2,685 82 2,247 124 1,785 15,063 44,773.172,585 1 6,334 85,781 I