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C— continued. SUMMARY. Number and Percentage of each Breed by Sheep Districts.

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.North Island Sheep Districts. South Island Sheep Districts. i Dominion. Breed of Sheep. Auckland. JSC.' Tot*. Ne WwSd. . | . Number. <*« Number. c^ r t _ Number. ! Number. Number, j Number, j Number, j Number. | Number. | ** - j 7-r " j j - " * - — — Stud sheep (entered in Flockbook) — Merino .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,104 0-37 10,353 0-19 6,751 0-11 22,408 0-17 22,408 0-08 Lincoln .. .. .. 23 0-00 289 0-00 2,679 0-05 2,991 0-02 345 0-02 1 0-00 59 0-00 405 0-00 3,396 0-01 Romney.. .. .. 17,736 0-60 17,547 0-27 80,424 1-38 115,707 0-76 7,444 0-53 5,401 0-10 53,089 0-84 65,934 0-49 181,641 0-64 Border Leicester .. .. 227 0-01 .. .. 298 0-00 525 0-00 309 0-02 10,566 0-19 8,159 0-13 19,034 0-14 19,559 0-07 English Leicester .. .. 944 0-03 59 0-00 17 0-00 1,020 0-01 1,661 0-12 14,024 0-25 1,543 0-02 17,228 0-13 18,248 0-06 Shropshire .. .. 96 0-00 .. .. 91 0-00 187 0-00 106 0-01 1,473 0-02 452 0-01 2,031 0-01 2,218 0-01 Southdown .. .. 8,849 0-30 16,360 0-25 43,263 0-74 68,472 0-45 2,322 0-17 30,591 0-54 7,739 0-12 40,652 0-30 109,124 0-38 Corriedale .. .. 13 0-00 349 0-01 562 0-01 924 0-01 679 0-05 32,638 0-58 11,980 0-19 45,297 0-34 46,221 0-16 Ryeland .. .. .. '765 0-03 722 0-01 527 0-01 2,014 0-01 71 0-01 1,699 0-03 340 0-00 2,110 0-02 4,124 0-01 Other breeds .. .. .. .. .. .. 42 0-00 42 0-00 973 0-07 2,269 0-04 294 0-00 3,536 0-03 3,578 0-01 Totals .. .. | 28,653 0-97 35,326 0-54 127,903 2-19 191,882 1-26 19,014 1-37 109,215 1-94 90,406 1-42 218,635 1-63 410,517 1-43 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino .. .. .. ' 1,780 0-06 155 0-00 8,463 0-14 10,398 0-07 222,797 16-03 487,869 8-66 308,499 4-85 1,019,165 7-61 1,029,563 3-60 Lincoln .. .. .. j 2,945 0-10 7,438 0-11 7,430 0-13 17,813 0-12 1,077 0-08 363 0-01 4,765 0-08 6,205 0-04 24,018 0-09 Romney.. .. .. 291,404 9-92 1,001,633 15-42 1,161,846 19-93 2,454,883 16-08 104,349 7-50 88,796 1-58 269,374 4-24 462,519 3-46 2,917,402 10-18 Border Leicester .. .. 1,197 0-04 533 0-01 1,751 0-03 3,481 0-02 828 0-06 15,757 0-28 16,391 0-26 32,976 0-25 36,457 0-13 English Leicester .. .. 1,540 0-05 1,024 0-02 1.557 0-03 4,121 0-03 3,179 0-23 34,047 0-60 2,757 0-04 39,983 0-30 44,104 0-15 Shropshire .. .. 1,030 0-04 23 0-00 350 0-00 1,403 0-01 1,279 0-09 7,288 0-13 2,580 0-04 11,147 0-08 12,550 0-04 Southdown .. .. 26,613 0-91 38,042 0-59 74,025 1-27 138,680 0-91 4,083 0-29 22,957 0-41 15,315 0-24 42,355 0-32 181,035 0-63 Corriedale .. .. 9,421 0-32 1,292 0-02 40,625 0-70 51,338 0-34 37,648 2-71 699,028 12-41 442,021 6-95 1,178,697 8-81 1,230,035 4-29 Half-bred .. .. 14,225 0-48 39,899 0-61 65,236 1-12 119,360 0-78 363,363 26-14 1,158,551 20-56 554,732 8-72 2,076,646 15-51 2,196,006 7-67 Ryeland.. .. .. 614 0-02 395 0-01 350 0-00 1,359 0-01 88 0-00 1,880 0-03 319 0-00 2,287 0-02 3,646 0-01 Other breeds .. .. 456 0-02 239 0-00 404 0-01 1,099 0-00 102 0-01 815 0-01 330 0-01 1,247 0-01 2,346 0-01 Totals .. .. 351,225 11-96 1,090,673 16-79 1,362,037 23-36 2,803,935 18-37 738,793 53-14 2,517,351 44-68 1,617,083 25-43 4,873,227 36-41 7,677,162 26-80 Crossbreds and others not other- 2,557,676 87-07 5,370,847 82-67 4,340,248 74-4512,268,771 80-37 632,351 45-49 3,007,707 53-38 4,652,530 73-15 8,292,588 61-9620,561,359 71-77 wise enumerated Grand totals .. 2,937,554100-00 6,496,846100-00 5,830,188100-0015,264,588100-00 1,390,158100-00 5,634,273 100-00 6,360,019100-0013,384,450100-00 28,649,038100-00