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C-continued. SUMMARY Number of Sheep in each District on 30th April, 1925.

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Sheep District in North Island. Sheep District in South Island. : 7-— , : — : . Total in a 11 a Napier- Wellington- rp , Marlboiough- Canterbury- n , * T , 1 Dominion. Auckland. Gisb P orne . West Coast. TotaL Nelson-West- ! Kaikoura y Otago. Total. J and. Stud sheep (entered in Flock-book) — ! Merino .. .. .. .. .. ! .. .. 11,089 16,078 530 27,697 27,697 Lincoln .. .. .. 554 1,981 ! 10.934 13,469 1.156 102 851 2,109 15,578 Romney .. .. .. 13,961 12,935 77,790 104,686 10,186 6,259 31,431 47,876 152,562 Border Leicester .. .. 314 .. 394 708 312 11,325 11,424 23,061 23,769 English Leicester .. .. 511 375 255 1,141 1,114 18,706 484 20,304 21,445 Shropshire .. .. .. 444 .. 662 1.106 198 2,905 605 3,708 4,814 Southdown .. .. .. 2,083 5,526 21.737 29,346 488 11,101 819 12,408 41,754 Corriedale .. .. .. 552 417 1,118 2,087 773 -34,286 6,626 41,685 43,772 Other breeds . . .. .. 250 363 354 967 964 2,332 842 4,138 5,105 Totals .. .. .. 18,669 21,597 113,244 153,510 26,280 103,094 53,612 182,986 336,496 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino .. .. .. 6,484 3,076 18.622 28,182 209.207 414,047 326,318 949,572 977,754 Lincoln .. .. .. 16,736 62,757 38.591 118,084 10,372 8,445 10,668 29,485 147,569 Romney .. .. .. 261,516 j 1,139,456 1,082,720 2,483,692 121.805 77,039 357,829 556,673 3,040,365 Border Leicester .. .. 5,010 | 6,837 3,088 14,935 424 26,682 54,799 81,905 96,840 English Leicester .. .. 2,907 j 1,085 698 4,690 8,178 43,988 4,366 56,532 61,222 Shropshire .. .. .. 3,627 95 1,058 4,780 1.756 5,445 2,390 9,591 14,371 Southdown .. .. .. 3,966 16,763 -30,538 51,267 1,078 12,837 1,648 15,563 66,830 Corriedale .. .. .. 3,559 3,587 20.302 27,448 16,442 388,804 315,581 720,827 748,275 Half-bred .. .. .. 3,693 1,910 6.383 11,986 228,782 797,405 323,367 1,349,554 1,361,540 Other breeds .. .. .. 1,415 899 670 2,984 95 3,768 256 4,119 7,103 Totals .. .. .. 308,913 1,236,465 1,202,670 2,748,048 598,139 1,778,460 1,397,222 3,773,821 6,521,869 Crossbreds and others not otherwise 1,764,662 5,086,928 3,966,393 10,817,983 727,470 3,102,508 3,041,629 6,871,607 17,689,590 enumerated Grand totals .. .. 2,092,244 6,344,990 5,282,307 13,719,541 1,351,889 4,984,062 4,492,463 10,828,414 24,547,955