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North Island Sheep Districts. South Island Sheep Districts. Dominion. „ , ... . , Poverty Bay - Wellington - aw«i Marlborough- Canterbury- ntaan Tnf „i Breed of Sheep. Auckland. Hawke's Bay. West Coast. . Total. Nelson-Westland. Kaikoura. Number. Number. ** Number. Number. <£« Number. ** Number. Number. Number. Number, j ** _ - - - . . . - - — Stud sheep (entered in Flockbook) — Merino .. .. .. .. .. 4 0-00 I .. 4 0-00 4,735 0-34 10,155 0-19 6,800 0.11 21,690 0-17 21,694 0-08 Lincoln .. .. .. 496 0-02 492 0-01 3,784 | 0-07 1 4,772 0-03 326 0-02 33 ,0 00 47 0-00 406 0-00 5,178 0-02 Romnev.. .. •• 17,527 0-61 16,277 0-25 74,610 | 1-32 108,414 0-72 7,771 0-56 5,689 0 11 54,937 0-88 68,397 0-53 176,811 0-64 Border Leicester .. .. 151 0 01 .. .. 327 0-01 478 0-00 386 0 03 12,301 0-24 9,533 0-15 22,220 0-17 22,698 0-08 English Leicester .. .. 933 0 03 40 0-00 23 I 0-00 996 0-01 2,285 0-16 19,760 0-38 1,159 0-02 23,204 0-18 24,200 0-09 Shropshire .. .. 132 0 01 .. .. 108 0-00 240 0-00 95 0-01 1,903 0-04 811 0-01 2,809 0-02 3,049 0-01 Southdown .. .. 9,139 0-32 16,044 0-25 40,528 0-72 65,711 0-44 2,233 0 16 27,639 0-53 6,211 0-10 36,083 0-28 101,794 0-37 Corriedale .. .. 49 0 00 193 0 00 546 0 01 788 0-01 719 0-05 30,114 0-58 11,960 0-19 42,793 0-33 43,581 0 16 Ryeland .. .. .. 896 0 03 660 0-01 644 0-01 2,200 0-02 57 0-00 1,547 0-03 362 0-01 1,966 0-02 4,166 0-01 Other breeds .. .. 72 0-00 19 0-00 34 0 00 125 0-00 781 0-06 2,496 0-05 .. .. 3,277 0-03 3,402 0 01 Totals .. .. 29,395 1 03 33,729 0-52 120,604 2 14 183,728 1-23 19,388 1-39 111,637 2-15 ! 91,820 1-47 222,845 1-73 406,573 1-47 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino .. .. .. 13,499 0-48 3,731 006 11,483 0-20 28,713 0-19 201,224 14-41 525,463 10-12 369,852 5-96 1,096,539 8-57 1,125,252 405 Lincoln .. .. .. 7,846 0-28 13,406 0-21 21,335 0-38 42,587 0-28 1,948 0-14 8,349 0-16 5,941 0-10 16,238 0-13 58,825 0-21 Romney.. .. .. 489,080 17-22 1,379,960 21-32 1,203,443 21-34 3,072,483 20-55 120,748 8-65 97,542 1-88 348,636 5-61 566,926 4-43 3,639,409 13-11 Border Leicester .. .. 1,922 0-07 1,126 0-02 3,980 0-07 7,028 0-05 1,141 0 08 25,982 0-50 17,266 0-28 44,389 0-35 51,417 0 19 English Leicester .. .. 3,099 0-11 918 0-01 468 0-01 4,485 0-03 5,939 0-43 33,746 0-65 3,805 0-06 43,490 0-34 47,975 0-17 Shropshire .. .. 1,716 0-06 208 0-00 734 0-01 2,658 0-02 1,838 0-13 5,329 0-10 3,201 0-05 10,368 0-08 13,026 0 05 Southdown 24,073 0-85 39,585 0-61 69,728 1-24 133,386 0-89 7,014 0-50 24,896 0-48 11,156 0il8 43,066 0-34 176,452 0-64 Corriedale .. .. 8,345 0-29 1,177 0-02 37,850 0-67 47,372 0-31 43,141 3-09 670,183 12-91 463,210 7-45 1,176,534 9-19 1,223,906 4-41 Half-bred .. 28,686 1-01 38,053 0-59 52,640 0-93 119,379 0-80 375,938 26-92 1,171,773 22-57 589,125 9-48 2,136,836 16-69 2,256,215 8-13 Ryeland.. .. .. 588 0-02 215 0-00 222 0-00 1,025 0-01 329 0-02 1,414 0-03 1 > 258 0-00 2,001 0-02 3,026 0-01 Other breeds .. .. 531 0-02 838 0-01 408 0-01 1,777 0-01 111 0-01 859 0-02 442 0-01 1,412 0-01 3,189 0-01 Totals .. .. 579,385 20-41 1,479,217 22-85 1,402,291 24-86 3,460,893 23-14 759,371 54-38 2,565,536 [49-42 1,812,892 29 ; 18 5,137,799 40-15 8,598,692 30-98 I Crossbreds and others not other- 2,231,479 78-56 4,960,882 76-63 4,117,047 [73-00 11,309,408 75-63 617,747 44-23 2,514,210; (48-43 4,309,336 69-35 7,441,293 58-12 18,750,701 67-55 wise enumerated — . Grand totals .. 2,840,259 100 00 6,473,828 100 00 5,639,942 jlOO-OO 14,954,029 100-001,396,506 100-00 5,191,383 100 00 6,214,048 100-00 12,801,937 100-00 27,755,966 100-00 » ~ • «■ ■ ■■' i j . ' ■' *; " » y I r- _ . "i ~ I :