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C— continued. SUMMARY Number of Sheep in each District on 30th April, 1927.

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Sheep District in North Island. Sheep District in South Island. , , | j Total in , w . Napier- Wellington- _ . , I Canterbury- ! m T . , Dominion. Auckland. Gisb P orne . West Coast. Total " Nelson-West- Kaikoura y Otago. Total. land. Stud sheep (entered in Flock- book) — Merino .. .. .. .. .. 15 15 9,682 14,284 5,990 29,956 29,971 Lincoln .. .. .. 432 2,100 6,674 9,206 506 129 679 1,314 10,520 Romney .. .. .. 18,015 ! 15,272 78,715 112,002 10,630 4,819 36,895 52,344 164,346 Border Leicester .. .. 430 .. 710 1,140 410 11,007 11,854 23,271 24,411 English Leicester .. .. 855 576 160 1,591 1,205 17,294 312 18,811 20,402 Shropshire .. .. .. 363 .. 586 949 60 2,885 940 3,885 4,834 Southdown .. .. .. 2,839 7,467 26,324 36,630 963 14,950 1,507 17,420 54,050 Corriedale .. .. .. 456 j 271 1,157 1,884 909 36,707 10,341 47.957 49,841 Ryeland .. .. .. 587 1 539 547 ! 1,673 84 1,470 127 1,681 3,354 Other breeds .. .. 39 .. 99 138 1,347 1,739 141 3,227 3,365 Totals .. .. .. 24,016 26,225 114,987 165,228 25,796 105,284 68,786 199,866 365,094 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flook-book — Merino .. .. .. 7,990 24,620 22,969 55,579 215,819 432,524 301,885 950,228 1,005,807 Lincoln .. .. .. 10,035 23,209 23,377 56,621 3,483 5,881 18,497 27,861 84,482 Romney .. .. .. 333,214 1,500,839 1,047,305 2,881,358 125,399 79,481 224,731 429.611 3,310,969 Border Leicester .. .. 4,043 1,432 1,380 6,855 3,270 25,220 34,060 62,550 69,405 English Leicester .. .. 3,794 1,684 501 5,979 7,510 37,569 4,352 49,431 55,410 Shropshire .. .. .. 5,614 273 1,245 7,132 1,395 5,841 3,187 10,423 17,555 Southdown .. .. .. 6,377 20,851 52,608 79,836 869 14.082 1,315 16,266 96,102 Corriedale .. .. .. 3,860 1,081 30,719 35,660 23,216 510,304 317,127 850,647 886,307 Half-bred .. .. .. 3,488 657 12,699 16,844 253,817 691,222 267,463 1,212,502 1,229,346 Ryeland .. .. .. 244 378 197 819 49 921 99 1,069 1,888 Other breeds .. .. .. 481 624 395 1,500 99 270 573 942 2,442 Totals .. .. .. 379,140 1,575,648 1,193,395 3,148,183 634,926 1,803,315 1,173,289 3,611,530 6,759,713 Crossbreds and others not otherwise 1,886,332 4,716,011 4,042,066 10,644,409 708,926 3,193,812 3,977,062 7,879,800 18,524,209 enumerated Grand totals .. .. 2,289,488 6,317,884 5,350,448 13,957,820 1,369,648 5,102,411 5,219,137 11,691,196 25,649,016