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TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF SHEEP IN THE DOMINION SINCE 1895.

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fear. .895 Number of Sheep. 19,826,604 Year. Number of Sheep. 1902 .. 20,342,727 Year. 1909 Number of Shoop. 23,480,707 Year. 1916 Number of Sheep. 24,788,150 1896 19,138,493 1903 .. 18,954,553 1910 24,269,620 1917 25,270,386 ,897 19,687,954 1904 .. 18,280,806 1911 23,996,126 1918 26,538,302 .898 19,673,725 1905 .. 19,130,875 1912 23,759,153 1919 25,828,554 1899 19,348,506 1906 .. 20,108,471 1913 24,191,810 1920 23,919,970* .900 19,355,195 1907 .. 20,983,772 1914 24,798,763 1921 23,285,031 901 20,233,099 1908 .. 22,449,053 1915 24,901,421 1922 22,222,259 * This total includes tho CI Latham Islands return for 1920.