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C. 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, 1923. STUD SHEEP (ENTERED IN FLOCK-BOOK).

Meri ino. Lini :oln. Eomney. Border licester. Name of County, Total Number of Sheep Rtnrl Stud t> „= Ewes to qS be bred . *J?™, ! from this and over. j Sea80n stua Ewes not to be bred from this Season. Stud Lambs. Stnd Bams, and over Stud Ewes to be bred from this Season. Stnd Ewihs not to be Stud bred Lambs. from this Season. cr„rl i Stud Stud „„i" a ,„ Ewes not Rams, ??2i2 to be Stud 2-tooth -5JLJPS5, bred Lambs. and over. f £°£™ from this Season. g iZ% Ewefto *p £*\ti S and over, g^^ Stud Ewes not to be Stud bred Lambs. from this Season. Auckland District. Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Whangarei Otamatea Hobson Rodney Great Barrier Island AVaitemata Eden .. Manukau Franklin Coromandel Thames Hauraki Plains Ohinemuri Piako Waikato Raglan Waipa Matamata Rotorua Taupo Taumarunui Kawhia Otorohanga Waitomo Ohura Kaitieke Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki j 41,038 18.482 : 82,656 I 50,250 95,686 54,037 89,670 55,446 8,877 42,437 1,565 42.345 33,660 38,227 5,172 2,521 2,997 27,110 32.843 168,204 30,277 24.978 21,196 12,276 20,191 40,957 13,611 179,975 128,800 138,408 10,370 68,170 154.765 "38 3 18 2 7 5 t 147 "72 113 81 17 127 50 4 4 70 58 70 40 12 117 5 63 "60 753 34 386 17 239 5 160 65 i 1,128 8 j 131 2 42 44 1,192 7 32 3 13 6 55 20 599 9 325 19 609 1 5 25 38 416 314 124 100 847 99 21 843 24 "20 312 259 370 15 6 6 86 236 23 36 ieo 20 "lO I 2 50 1 33 6 276 14 127 2 39 1 12 425 6 55 18 159 51 27 145 I Totals 1,737,857 I I 80 i 80 | 607 607 377 343 j 6,677 36 : 4,248 j 27 ! 345 216