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A—continued. Table showing the Number of Sheep and the Number of Breeding-ewes in each County throughout the Dominion on 30th April, 1937 and 1938—continued. SOUTH ISLAND.

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Number of Sheep on Increase (+) Number of Breeding-ewes on Increaae ( + ) County. or or 30th April, 1937. 80th April, 1938. Decrease (-). 30 th April, 1937. 30th April. 1938. I)eorea0e Waimea .. .. 295,675 310,971 + 15,296 167,487 170,120 + 2,633 Takaka .. .. 45,899 48,878 + 2,979 26,187 27,500 + 1,313 Collingwood .. .. 26,043 27,990 + 1,947 12,772 13,293 + 521 Buller .. .. 4,624 4,641 + 17 2,901 3,040 + 139 Inangahua .. .. 14,763 15,389 + 626 11,284 11,198 - 86 Murchison .. .. 53,633 53,568 - 65 33,118 33,920 + 802 Grey .. .. 34,626 36,475 + 1,849 24,732 24,553 - . 179 Westland .. .. 47,685 54,386 + 6,701 35,302 38,050 + 2,748 Sounds .. .. 171,255 167,764 - 3,491 103,681 100,732 - 2,949 Marlborough .. .. 394,448 420,275 + 25,827 192,694 203,962 + 11,268 Awatere .. .. 366,297 376,183 + 9,886 207,210 209,849 + 2,639 Kaikoura .. .. 198,048 208,995 + 10,947 113,122 114,511 + 1,389 Amuri .. .. 406,987 416,560 + 9,573 228,471 236,873 + 8,402 Cheviot .. .. 209,875 222,957 + 13,082 141,185 148,424 + 7,239 Waipara .. .. 450,926 454,279 + 3,353 293,468 292,082 - 1,386 Ashley .. .. 98,930 103,088 + 4,158 65,368 66,655 + 1,287 Kowai .. .. 92,888 99,330 + 6,442 67,225 68,930 + 1,705 Oxford .. .. 123,105 126,087 + 2,982 82,881 82.104 777 Rangiora .. .. 57,819 55,533 - 2,286 42,383 38,651 ■ 3,732 Eyre .. .. 86,462 88,135 + 1,673 58,050 58,325 + 275 Tawera .. .. 109,933 115,160 + 5,227 56,473 58,524 + 2,051 Malvern .. .. 221,147 213,839 - 7,308 134,973 130,321 - 4,652 Paparua .. .. 63,278 58,779 - 4,499 35,428 31,418 - 4,010 Waimairi .. .. 7,458 6,479 - 979 4,965 4,116 - 849 Heathcote .. .. 13,989 15,845 + 1,856 9,510 10,666 + 1,156 Akaroa .. .. 134,028 143,638 +9,610 95,676 101,288 + 5,612 Mount Herbert .. 57,791 61,950 + 4,159 41,641 43,974 + 2,333 Wairewa .. .. 96,269 104,658 + 8,389 73,571 74,977 + 1,406 Halswell .. .. 21,630 21,493 - 137 14,880 14,020 - 860 Springs .. .. 39,792 43,831 + 4,039 28,050 30,316 + 2,266 Ellesmere .. .. 126,145 132,786 + 6,641 90,046 92,843 + 2,797 Selwyn .. .. 298,264 290,325 - 7,939 166,785 162,065 - 4,720 Ashburton .. .. 1,217,142 1,303,582 + ' 86,440 758,496 769,914 + 11,418 Geraldine .. .. 393,789 425,138 + 31,349 244,225 255,103 + 10,878 Levels .. .. 259,814 281,744 + 21,930 162,968 168,372 + 5,404 Mackenzie .. :. 571,484 602,550 + 31,066 320,165 323,760 + 3,595 Waimate .. .. 715,522 759,823 + 44,301 459,621 462,593 + 2,972 Chatham Islands .. 100,561 96,904 - 3,657 43,779 43,768 - 11 Waitaki .. .. 741,567 795,394 + 53,827 451,873 451,158 - 715 Maniototo .. .. 469,763 456,973 - 12,790 252,958 249,689 3,269 Vincent .. .. 472,810 476,436 + 3,626 257,184 257,036 - 148 Waihemo .. .. 163,149 164,605 + 1,456 106,061 105,076 - 985 Waikouaiti .. .. 99,036 101,991 + 2,955 67,727 68,283 + 556 Taieri .. .. 294,297 292,363 - 1,934 167,092 170,488 + 3,396 Peninsula .. .. 15,961 18,513 + 2,552 12,924 13,081 + 157 Clutha .. .. 540,639 533,207 - 7,432 354,145 360,010 + 5,865 Tuapeka .. .. 557,253 529,721 - 27,532 310,562 303,453 - 7,109 Bruce .. .. 314,697 307,390 - 7,307 204,523 210,686 + 6,163 Lake .. .. 292,579 301,524 + 8,945 131,849 136,625 + 4,776 Southland .. .. 1,917,905 1,973,688 + 55,783 1,293,029 1,358,859 + 65,830 Wallace .. .. 729,287 747,335 + 18,048 499,405 521,196 + 21,791 Stewart Island .. • 3,716 3,627 — 89 1,584 1,587 + 3 Totals, South Island .. 14,240,683 14,672,775 + 432,092 8,761,689 8,928,037 + 166,348 Totals, North Island .. 17,065,135 .17,705,999 + 640,864 10,570,388 10,735,829 + 165,441 Totals, Dominion .. 31,305,818 32,378,774 +1,072,956 19,332,077 19,663,866 + 331,789

X. 2. 8. Number of Sheepowners oil Number of Sheep oil Names of Districts. - — j 30th April, 1937. 30th April, 1938. 30th April, 1937. 30th April, 1938. Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 5,565 5,807 3,541,861 3,841,611 Poverty Bay - Hawke's Bay .. .. : 3,816 3,896 6,903,152 7,130,609 Wellington - West Coast .. .. .. 5,220 5,287 6,620,122 6,733,779 Marlborough-Nelson-Westland .. .. .. 2,583 2,709 1,454,948 1,516,620 Cantorbury-Kaikoura .. .. .. .. 6,238 6,290 6,173,076 6,453,488 Otago .. .. .. .. .. 7,755 7,920 6,612,659 ; 6,702,767 Totals, Dominion .. .. .. 31,177 31,909 31,305,818 32,378,774 v Y . 1 ■ v J Increase .. .. .. .. 732 1,072,956 L ;