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TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF SHEEP IN THE DOMINION SINCE 1899. Year. Number of Sheep. Year. Number of Sheep. Year. Number of Sheep. 1899 .. .. 19,348,506 1909 .. .. 23,480,707 1919 .. .. 25,828,554 1900 .. .. 19,355,195 1910 .. .. 24,269,620 1920 .. .. 23,919,970 1901 .. .. 20,233,099 1911 .. .. 23,996,126 1921 .. .. 23,285,031 1902 .. .. 20,342,727 1912 .. .. 23,750,153 1922 .. .. 22,222,259 1903 .. .. 18,954,553 1913 .. .. 24,191,810 1923 .. .. 23,081,439 1904 .. .. 18,280,806 1914 .. .. 24,798,763 1924 .. .. 23,775,776 1905 .. .. 19,130,875 1915 .. .. 24,901,421 1925 .. .. 24,547,955 1906 .. .. 20,108,471 1916 .. .. 24,788,150 1926 .. .. 24,904,993 1907 .. .. 20,983,772 1917 .. .. 25,270,386 1927 .. .. 25,649,016 1908 .. .. 22,449,053 1918 .. .. 26,538,302 1928 .. .. 27,133,810

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