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TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF SHEEP IN THE DOMINION SINCE 1894. fe»r. Number of Sheep. Year. Number of Sheep. 1894 .. .. .. 20,230,829 1907 .. .. .. 20,983,772 1895 .. .. .. 19,826,604 1908 .. .. .. 22,449,053 1896 .. .. .. 19,138,493 1909 .. .. .. 23,480,707 1897 .. .. .. 19,687,954 1910 .. .. .. 24,269,620 1898 .. .. .. 19,673,725 1911 .. .. .. 23,996,120 1899 .. .. .. .19,348,506 .1912 .. .. .. 23,750,153 1900 .. .. .. 19,355,195 1913 .. .. .. 24,191,810 1901 .. .. .. 20,233,099 1914 .. .. .. 24,798,763 1902 .. .. .. 20,342,727 1915 .. .. .. 24,901,421 1903 .. 18,954,553 1.916 .. .. .. 24,788,150 1904 .. .. .. 18,280,800 1917 .. .. .. 25,270,380 1905 .. .. .. 19,130,875 1.918 .. .. .. 20,538,302 1906 .. .. .. 20,108,471

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