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C— continued. SUMMARY Number of Sheep in each District on 30th April, 1928.

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Sheep District in North Island. Sheep District in South Island. * r :—: —- : j j Total in . , , , Napier- Wellington- I _ f . MaribcJi-ough- Canterb Dominion. Auckland. Gisb orne. West Coast. 1 rotoL Nelson-West- Kaikoura . Otago. , Total. land | Stud sheep (entered in Flock-book)— Merino .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 9,408 I 13,043 6,719 29,170 29,171 Lincoln .. .. .. 482 2,098 5,642 8,222 521 97 429 1,047 9,269 Romney .. .. .. 16,082 14,446 79,887 110,415 9,094 : 4,746 37,418 51,258 161,673 Border Leicester .. .. 701 .. 316 1,017 455 10,269 12,416 23,140 24,157 English Leicester .... 800 24 96 920 1.008 18,686 612 20,306 21,226 Shropshire .. .. .. 407 .. 72 479 58 2,405 1,511 3,974 4,453 Southdown .. .. .. 4,332 9,481 29,620 43,433 1,007 16,660 2,219 19,886 63,319 Corriedale .. .. .. 264 62 2,131 2,457 1.053 35,308 12,269 48,630 51,087 Ryeland .. .. .. 629 282 669 1,580 1,065 1,968 , 139 3,172 4,752 Other breeds .. .. .. 102 .. .. 102 109 1,094 775 1,978 2,080 Totals .. .. .. 23,799 26,394 118,433 168,626 23,778 104,276 74,507 202,561 371,187 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino .. .. .. 9,443 26,896 6,273 42,612 194,924 512,9-38 i 328,945 1,036,807 1,079,419 Lincoln .. .. .. 13,395 49,346 15,499 78,240 2,467 10,797 ' 4,682 17,946 96,186 Romney .. .. .. 390,146 1,472,780 1,137,985 3,000,911 121,522 i 115,760 275,618 512,900 3,513,811 Border Leicester .. .. 3,133 2,187 747 6,067 2,660 31,500 34,727 68,887 74,954 English Leicester .. .. 2,470 2,446 1,043 5,959 8,199 61,034 8,087 77,320 83,279 Shropshire .. .. .. 2,662 223 925 3,810 1,691 6.105 2,990 10,786 14,596 Southdown .. .. .. 10,678 23,504 . 47,328 81,510 1,587 ! 21,904 1,596 25,087 106,597 Corriedale .. .. .. 1,755 843 29,347 31,945 26,580 595,671 387,284 1,009,535 1,041,480 Half-bred .. .. .. 5,530 j 1,097 13,894 20,521 236,313 750,539 331,443 1,318,29-5 1,338,816 Ryeland .. .. ... 406 11,754 j 250 ! 12,410 '88 : 1,369 202 , 1,659 ; 14,069 Other breeds .. .. .. 264 138 , 263 665 2.3 2,182 248 2,453 3,118 Totals .. .. .. 439,882 1,591,214 1,253,554 3,284,650 | 596,054 2,109,799 1,375,822 4,081,675 7,366,325 I I i 1 Crossbreds and others not otherwise 1,916,794 4,921,571 4,190,464 i 11,028,829 j 741,211 3,325,522 4,300,736 8,367,469 19,396,298 enumerated ! ] , ' Grand totals .. 2,380,475 6,539,179 5,562,451 14,482,105 1,361,043 5,539,597 5,751,065 12,651,705 27,133,810