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C—continued. SUMMARY. Number of Sheep in each District on 30th April, 1930.

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Sheep District in North Island. Sheep District in South Island. j r— * ; j — r 7 | Total in » 11 j Napier- Wellington- ,,, . Marlborough- Canterbury- , r r , , Dominion. Auckland. Qisborne. West Coast. j TotaL Nelson-West- : Otago. ; lotal. j ; Jand. _ _ . Stud sheep (entered in Flock-book) — Merino .. .. .. 21 17 .. 38 7,467 13,148 7.690 28,305 28,343 Lincoln .. .. .. 666 1,175 6,208 8,049 366 183 347 896 8,945 Romney .. .. .. 21.123 18,145 90,881 130.149 11.179 5,999 53,302 70,480 200,629 Border Leicester .. .. 1,030 .. 381 1,411 323 ! 13,453 10,826 24,602 26,013 English Leicester .. .. 2,796 244 225 3,265 : 1,844 21,363 987 24,194 27,459 Shropshire .. .. .. 373 .. 306 679 61 2,853 999 3,913 4,592 Southdown .. .. .. 5,811 12,865 38,919 57,595 1,627 19,020 3,082 23,729 81,324 Corriedale .. .. .. 538 134- 1.030 1,702 1,067 39,175 13,454 53,696 55,398 Ey eland .. .. .. 1,076 696 592 2,364 33 1.291 196 1,520 3,884 Other breeds .. .. .. 300 .. 68 368 ! 1,517 2,555 447 4,519 4,887 Totals .. .. .. 33,734 33,276 138,610 205,620 ; 25,484 119,040 91,330 : 235,854 | 44-1,474 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino .. .. •• 12,556 12,275 19.109 43,940 211.900 495,871 408,560 1.116.331 1,160,271 Lincoln .. .. .. 7,660 32,864 16,818 j 57,342 9,258 7,103 ; 5,005 21,366 78,708 Romney .. .. • • ; 441,412 1,486,236 1,037,547 ! 2,965,195 147,591 103,017 | 4-13,486 664,094 3,629,289 Border Leicester .. ■■ j 5,358 4,399 1,811 11,568 1,016 23,599 ' 24,518 49,133 60,701 English Leicester .. •• 4,399 1,526 188 ; 6,113 9,168 37,560 6,515 53,243 59,356 Shropshire .. .. ■■ 2,197 291 1,417 3,905 2,425 6,758 3,224 12,407 16,312 Southdown .. .. •• 14,946 29.006 58,281 1 102,233 1.873 23.204 12,151 37,228 139,461 Corriedale .. .. 3,710 24.710 18,852 ! 47,272 34,706 678.003 434.934 1,147,643 1,194,915 Half-bred .. .. •• 6,386 1,097 2.059 i 9,542 266,090 721,082 341,708 ! 1,328,880 1,338,422 Rveland .. .. .. 605 414 i 288 I 1,307 1,993 2,000 235 4,228 5,535 Other breeds .. .. .. 1,246 1,103 1,541 i 3,890 9,139 I 13,519 30,308 52,966 56,856 ! I ' 1 - Totals .. •• •• 500,4.75 i 1,593,921 1,157,911 3,252,307 695,159 ! 2,111,716 1,680,644 4,487,519 7,739,826 ! | Crossbreds and others not otherwise 2,791,063 5,310,358 4,976,565 13,077,986 | 805,873 : 3,821,286 4,954,842 9,582,001 j 22,659,987 enumerated Grand totals •• 3,325,272 6,937,555 6,273,086 16,535,913 ! 1,526,516 ! 6,052,042 6,726,816 14,305,374 30,841,287