H.—23.

A—continued. Table showing the Number of Sheep and the Number of Breeding-ewes in each County throughout the Dominion on 30th April, 1936 and 1937—continued. SOUTH ISLAND.

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Number of Sheep on Tr „, TP! , aB (+ ) Number of Breeding-ewes on increase (+) 30th April, 1936. 80th April, 1937. Decrease (-). 3 oth April, 1936. 30th April. 1937, Decrease (-). Waimea 294,588 295,675 + 1,087 166,528 167,487 I + 959 Takaka .. 46,975 45,899 - 1,076 26,714 26,187 - 527 SZood •• 26 624 26,043 - 581 13,122 12,772 - 350 Buller •• 4,624 + 363 2,762 2,901 + 139 Inansahua .. 13,301 14,763 + 1,462 10,018 11,284 + 1,266 ZTchton .. 52,993 53,633 + 640 35,646 33,118 - 2,528 (!rpv 32,882 34,626 + 1,744 24,114 24,732 + 618 Westland .. 45,017 47,685 + 2,668 33,235 35,302 + 2,067 Sounds . 172,439 171.255 - 1,184 104,414 103,681 - 733 Mariborough .. 387,530 394,448 + 6,918 189,678 192,694 + 3,016 Awatere .. 380 658 366,297 - 14,361 212,719 207,210 - 5,509 IXura ■■ 193,083 198,048 + 4,965 111,811 113,122 + 1,311 Amuri •• 410,680 406,987 - 3,693 226,033 228,471 + 2,438 Cheviot ■ • 206,480 209,875 + 3,395 140,488 141,185 + 697 Waicara •• 442,102 450,926 + 8,824 280,371 293,468 + 13,097 Ashlev 93,969 98,930 + 4,961 63,005 65,368 + 2,363 Kowal 90,128 92,888 + 2,760 62,340 67,225 + 4,885 Oxford .. 108,890 123,105 + 14,215 76,993 82,881 + 5,888 Ramriora ■■ 43,750 57,819 + 14,069 32,720 42,383 + 9,663 Evr p .. 74,248 86,462 + 12,214 48,958 58,050 + 9,092 Tawera ■ 110,323 109,933 - 390. 55,601 56,473 + 872 MaTvern 191 > 926 221 > 147 + 29 > 221 119,433 134 ' 973 + 15,540 Pamrua 51,256 63,278 + 12,022 29,280 35,428 + 6,148 WaimaM .. + 792 4,521 4,965 + 444 Heathcote 13,360 13,989 + 629 9,436 9,510 + 74 Akaroa !! 124 824 134;028 + 9,204 89,336 95,676 + 6,340 Mount Herbert .. 53,078 57,791 + 4,713 40,407 41,641 + 1,234 Wairewa . . 92,427 96,269 + 3,842 69,787 73,571 + 3,784 Halawell .. 19,602 21,630 + 2,028 13,959 14,880 + 921 Swings 38 822 39 792 + 970 26,954 28,050 + 1,096 ElSere .. 111,262 126,145 + 14,883 76,237 90,046 + 13,809 Selwvn .. 265,975 298,264 + 32,289 153,911 166,785 +. 12,874 Ashburton •• 1,109,313 1,217,142 + 107,829 703,085 758,496 + 55,411 Geraldine 374,179 393,789 + 19,610 230,388 244,225 + 13,837 Levels 233 104 259 814 + 26,710 149,127 162,968 + 13,841 Mackenzie .. 576 431 571,484 - 4,947 311,657 320,165 + 8,508 Waimate 712 734 715 522 + 2,788 442,359 459,621 + 17,262 Smtham Islands .. 80 33» 100,561 + 11,222 41,072 43,779 + 2,707 Waitaki 755,734 741,567 - 14,167 441,881 451,873 + 9,992 Maniototo .. 453,091 469,763 + 16,672 244,309 252,958 + 8,649 Vincent 460,035 472,810 + 12,775 254,007 257,184 + 3,177 Waihemo ! 164 291 163 149 I 1,142 101,623 106,061 + 4,438 Waikouaiti .. 94,794 99,036 + 4,242 63,439 67,727 + 4,288 Taieri 285,055 294,297 + 9,242 159,721 167,092 + 7,371 Peninsula .. 13,065 15,961 + 2,896 10,791 12,924 + 2,133 ninths 519 094 540,639 + 21,545 334,914 354,145 + 19,231 Tuapeka " 545 194 557 253 + 12,059 300,917 310,562 + 9,645 Bruce ! 300 840 314,697 + 13,857 196,437 204,523 + 8,086 Late 294 711 292,579 - 2,132 127,071 131,849 + 4,778 Southland " 1,854,306 1,917,905 + 63,599 1,232,241 1,293,029 + 60,788 Wallace 702 993 729 287 + 26,294 470,747 499,405 + 28,658 Stewart Island !! 3',438 3J16 + 278 1,818 1,584 j - 234 Totals, South Island 13,741,860 14,240,683 + 498,823 8,368,135 8,761,689 j + 393,554 Totals, North Island 16,371,844 17,065,135 + 693,291 10,300,826 10,570,388 i [ + 269,562 Totals, Dominion 30,113.704 31,305,818 +1,192,114 18,668,961 19,332,077 + 663,116 B. l. 2 - 3 - Number of Sheepowners on Number of Sheep on Names of Districts. 30th April, 1936. 30th April, 1937. 30th April, 1936. 30th April, 1937. . ,, , 5 442 5,565 3,292,023 3,541,861 " " 3,750 3,816 6,841,K>0 6,903,152 S^gh^lson- Westland"' " I! J.jg .. .. •• M«j 6,238 5,837,951 6,178,076 Totals, Dominion .. .. 30,590 ! 31,177 30,113,704 31,305,818 Increase ' 1^92,1H