H.—23,

C—continued. Number of Sheep in the Dominion by Classes, 1937 and 1938.

SUMMARIES.

NUMBER OF EWES IN THE DOMINION (STUD AND OTHERS) SINCE 1918.

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dfi ir i {j hp „„ Sheep of a Distinctive Breed , .. but not entered in Crossbred Sheep. Dominion. 1 (entered in Flock-book). Flock-book. 1937. 1988. 1937. j 1938. 1937. 1938. 1937. j 1938. Rams .. .. .. 10,991 , 12,261 504,653 I 510,099 .. .. 515,644 I 522,360 Wethers .. .. .. ! .. 1,138,961 1,171,322 1,514,280 1,723,395 2,653,241 ! 2,894,717 Breeding-ewes .. .. 260,510 i 266,724 4,968,376 5,105,228 14,103,191 14,291,914 19,332,077 19,663,866 Dry ewes .. .. 6,077 | 7,588 246,782 298,357 542,658 728,632 795,517 ! 1,034,577 Lambs.. .. .. 188,320: 195,045 2,140,345 2,254,847 5,680,674 5,813,362 8,009,339 8,263,254 Totals .. ,. 465,898! 481,618 8,999,117 9,339,853 I 21,840,803 ! 22,557,303 31,305,818 I 32,378,774 I J I _ ' _i_

J Poverty Bay- Wellington- Marlborough- Canterbury- nf „ 0 „ m.,,, , A "?M a » cl Hawke's Bay West Coast Nelson-Westland Kaikoura £1™?° lc ?™ 1 | t, *- Sheep Sheep ! Sheep Sheep J?= District,. District. District. ! District. District. District. Dominion. Stud rams (entered 1,024 929 3,300 580 I 3,602 2,826 12,261 in Flock-book) Other rams .. 63,084 112,885 108,867 22,252, 96,550 106,461 510,099 Wethers .. 392,155 592,077 552,519 227,051 ! 522,919 i 607,996 2,894,717 Brooding-ewes .. 2,397,831 4,210,877 4,127,121 836,217 3,884,593 4,207,227 19,663,866 Dry owes .. 75,050 226,054 207,454 61,153 j 263,551 201,315 1,034,577 Lambs.. .. 912,467 1,987,787 1,734,518 369,267; 1,682,273 1,576,942 8,263,254 Totals .. 3,841,611 | 7,130,609 6,733,779 1,516,520 j 6,453,488 6,702,767 32,378,774

North Island. South Island. Dominion. Year. * - Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-owes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. 1918 .. .. .. 6,846,053 1,106,652 6,175,981 492,097 13,022,034 1,598,749 1919 .. .. 6,311,797 L,202,085 6,080,103 609,312 12,341,900 1,811,397 1920 .. .. .. 5,838,704 1,243,633 5,730,971 580,561 11,569,675 1,824,194 1921 .. .. 6,312,456 890,601 5,835,332 455,218 12,147,788 1,345,819 1922 .. .. .. 6,771,482 525,903 5,724,572 434,145 12,496,054 960,048 1923 .. .. .. 7,170,154 454,287 5,892,849 363,645 13,063,003 817,932 1924 .. .. .. 7,148,949 680,806 5,927,145 365,644 13,076,094 1,046,450 1925 .. .. .. 7,463,735 535,878 6,251,488 347,888 13,715,223 883,766 1926 .. .. .. 7,503,200 663,427 6,445,052 416,308 13,918,252 1,079,735 1927 .. .. .. 7,905,432 513,915 6,926,298 317,776 14,831,730 831,691 1928 .. .. .. 8,211,878 470,096 7,322,173 399,031 15,534,051 869,127 1929 .. .. .. 8,820,536 483,397 7,787,619 399,301 16,608,155 882,698 1930 .. .. .. 9,312,461 570,946 8,251,714 506,726 17,564,175 1,077,672 1931 .. .. ■■ 9,247,005 642,488 8,361,721 568,226 17,608,729 1,210,714 1932 .. .. .. 9,170,996 581,452 7,892,064 686,726 17,063,060 1,268,178 1933 .. .. .. 9,318,941 486,037 7,890,756 512,849 17,209,697 998,886 1934 .. .. .. 9,524,065 424,170 8,047,361 508,986 17,571,426 933,156 1935 .. .. ■■ 9,697,231 502,032 8,115,186 486,033 17,812,417 988,065 1936 .. .. .. 10,300,826 407,164 8,368,135 457,927 18,668,961 865,091 1937 .. .. 10,570,388 406,392 8,701,689 389,125 19,332,077 795,517 1938 .. .. .. 10,735,829 508,558 8,928,037 526,019 19,663,866 1,031,577