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Sheep District in North Island. Sheep District in South Island. Auckland. NapierGisborne. WellingtonWest Coast. Total. Marlborough- r ar , t prhiirv-Nelson-West- , , ilaikoura. land. Otago. I Total. Dominion. Stud sheep (entered in Flock-book) — ■ Merino Lincoln Romney Border Leicester English Leicester Shropshire Southdown Other breeds 3,037 4,098 1,502 630 134 426 2,679 100 7,056 13,773 273 26,205 67,000 1,079 127 546 12,192 670 100 36.298 84,871 2,581 1.030 680 16.609 4,139 4,571 877 4.856 243 1,084 408 13 7,208 1.525 4,656 14,797 21.104 2,371 9.214 11.709 5,308 1,383 23.095 18,371 1,149 650 557' 10,209 17,087 3,785 32.607 33,411 23.337 3,429 9,784 21,918 17,187 40,083 117,478 35,992 24,367 4,109 26,393 26,057 3.991 790 Totals 12,506 25,983 107,819 146,308 12,052 72,584 60,722 145,358 291,666 Sheep of a distinctive breed but not entered in Flock-book) — Merino Lincoln Romney Border Leicester English Leicester Shropshire Southdown Other breeds 7,096 32,512 359,698 4,851 4,034 4,222 850 3,943 15.296 270,387 1,481,487 5,712 2,963 1,623 10,631 30,498 40.184 223.848 897.543 26.235 8.521 3,691 29.304 33.715 62,576 526,747 2.738,728 36.798 15,518 9,536 40.785 68,156 176,526 14,417 275.713 2,544 20.656 1,709 1.099 65.717 507,745 28,382 97,794 65.646 124.102 7,308 6.923 324.541 316.644 16.397 590.406 206,41912,870 3,827 1,212 216,057 1,000.915 59,196 963.913 274,609 157.628 12,844 9.234 606.315 1,063,491 585,943 3,702,641 311,407 173,146 22,380 50,019 674,471 Totals .. 417,206 1,818,597 1,263,041 3,498,844 558,381 1,162,441 1,363,832 3,084,654 6,583,498 Flock sheep — Crossbreds and others not otherwise enumerated 1,553,798 4,888,303 4,479,875 10,921,976 3,483,001 3,196,209 794,036 7,473,246 18,395,222 Grand totals 1,983,510 6,732,883 5,850,735 14,567,128 1,364,469 4,718,026 4,620,763 10,703,258 25,270,38i I