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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, 1923 -continued. CROSSBRED AND OTHER SHEEP NOT OTHERWISE ENUMERATED.

Name of County. Wethers, Ewos to 2-tooth and be bred from over. this Season. [_ Ewes not to bo bred from this Season. Lambs. ~" ! Auckland District. Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Whangarei Otamatea Hobson Rodney Groat Barrier Island Waitemata Eden Manukau Franklin Coromandel Thames Hauraki Plains Ohinemuri Piako Waikato Raglan Waipa Matamata Rotorua Taupo Taumarunui Kawhia Otorohanga Waitomo Ohura Kaitieke . . .. ... Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki I I I 4.373 17.785 1.641 8.268 5,829 41,587 2.576 23,219 11,386 43,057 4.621 18.074 8.486 35,154 8.729 24,649 658 4.367 3,885 24,101 664 305 6,882 16.319 2,718 17.334 7,404 15.743 240 3.160 352 1,350 188 1.455 2,580 15.908 2,343 15,846 12,066 83,158 907 19.262 3,524 15.814 261 11.874 1.009 7.169 3,976 10.309 4.317 23,557 1,359 8,078 17.214 97.941 7.870 52.170 17,680 63,156 3.005 3,592 8,348 34,336 18,752 67.943 833 554 1,111 953 2.061 1.15! 3,283 2.100 403 2,697 185 1,649 1,533 784 48 270 272 2.892 1.324 2.097 1.885 2.083 1.521 738 336 283 300 2.860 851 1,996 2.183 742 4.166 9.434 5,171 17.109 8,750 20.482 8,674 18,440 12.614 2.263 10.180 252 6.154 6.168 7,617 860 377 851 3.772 6.372 39,154 5,022 2,035 2,176 3,208 5,122 1.2.120 3.307 52,303 28.693 38,961 1,329 17.139 41.534 Totals 175,843 826.040 46,144 397.643 Gisborne District. 3.086 5.314 6.415 20.156 12.890 27.258 117.724 51.889 164.735 178,857 Matakaoa .. .. Waiapu Uawa Cook Waikohu 4,265 58.972 15,580 180,056 12,081 81.456 43.323 351,349 34,954 319,973 Totals 110,203 991,806 110,203 47,861 540,463 Hawke's Bay District. 24.878 48,610 18.767 5.138 18,340 4.089 5.204 2.763 3.645 6.667 148,774 231.116 80,219 28,978 166,420 28,326 58.113 14.457 47,099 75,820 Wairoa, Hawke's Bay Waipawa Waipukurau Patangata Weber Dannevirke Woodville Pahiatua Akitio 67,915 283,248 94.125 479.850 25,675 182.574 7.112 61.162 34,756 315.926 14,769 32.659 10.012 144,363 4,661 29.939 6,968 102,340 18,617 118,069 67,915 94,125 25,(575 7.112 34,756 14,769 10,012 4,661 6,968 18,617 283.248 479.850 182.574 61.162 315,926 32.659 144,363 29.939 102,340 118,069 Totals 284,610 1,750,130 284,610 1,750,130 138,101 879,322