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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, 1938 and 1939 —continued. SOUTH ISLAND.

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Number of Sheep on Increase (+) Number of Breeding-ewes on Increa8e , , , County. or or 30th April, 1938. 30th April, 1930. Uecrease(-). 30th April> 19S8> 30th April. 1980. Decreasc (->■ Waimea .. .. 310,971 311,982 + 1,011 170,120 170,393 + 273 Takaka .. .. 48,878 49,422 + 544 27,500 25,943 — 1,557 Collingwood .. .. 27,990 20,427 - 1,503 13,293 12,037 - 656 duller .. .. 4,641 4,794 + 153 3,040 2,651 - 389 Inangahua .. .. 15,389 18,558 + 3,169 11,198 12,824 + 1,626 Murchison .. .. 53,568 57,225 + 3,657 33,920 36,596 + 2,676 Qroy •• •• 36,475 38,194 + 1,719 24,553 25,722 + 1,169 Westland .. . . 54,386 55,151 + 705 38,050 38,209 -j- 159 Sounds .. .. 167,764 187,306 ' + 19,542 100,732 110,367 + 9,635 Marlborough .. 420,275 434,249 + 13,974 203,962 213,632 + 9,670 Awatere .. .. 376,183 365,615 — 10,568 209,849 210,745 + 896 Kaikoura .. .. 208,995 218,490 + 9,495 114,511 117,014 + 2,503 Amuri .. .. 416,560 410,255 - 6,305 236,873 237,751 + 878 Cheviot .. .. ,222,957 212,196 — 10,761 148,424 145,759 — 2,665 Waipara .. .. 454,279 441,743 — 12,536 292,082 294,343 +" 2,261 Ashley .. .. 103,088 104,587 + 1,499 66,655 69,018 + 2,363 Kowai .. .. 99,330 95,473 - 3,857 68,930 70,058 + 1,128 Oxford .. .. 126,087 110,423 - 15,664 82,104 73,883 — 8,221 Rangiora .. .. 55,533 46,128 - 9,405 38,651 35,086 - 3,565 Eyre .. .. 88,135 73,947 - 14,188 58,325 55,190 - 3,135 Tawera .. .. 115,160 111,359 — 3,801 58,524 55,006 — 3,518 Malvern .. .. 213,839 185,252 - 28,587 130,321 127,014 - 3,307 Paparua .. .. 58,779 48,448 — 10,331 31,418 32,243 + 825 Waimairi .. .. 6,479 7,536 + 1,057 4,116 4,564 + 448 Heathcote .. .. 15,845 12,490 — 3,355 10,666 9,604 — 1,062 Akaroa .. .. 143,638 129,935 - 13,703 101,288 93,566 — 7,722 Mount Herbert .. 61,950 60,696 1,254 43,974 43,554 — 420 Wairewa .. .. 104,658 99,623 — 5,035 74,977 75,763 + 786 Hals-well .. .. 21,493 20,259 1,234 14,020 14,907 + 887 Springs .. .. 43,831 38,365 - 5,466 30,316 28,749 - 1,567 Ellesmere .. .. 132,786 113,798 — 18,988 92,843 86,143 — 6,700 Selwyn .. .. 290,325 260,482 - 29,843 162,065 154,200 - 7,805 Ashburton .. .. 1,303,582 1,106,261 — 197,321 769,914 732,122 — 37,792 Goraldine .. .. 425,138 403,402 — 21,736 255,103 253,521 — 1*582 Levels .. .. 281,744 250,714 - 31,030 168,372 168,774 + 402 Mackenzie .. .. 602,550 592,380 - 10,170 323,760 322,704 - 1,056 Waimate .. .. 759,823 716,575 - 43,248 462,593 469,873 + 7,280 Chatham Islands .. 96,904 96,258 - 646 43,768 43,551 -* ■ 217 Waitaki .. .. 795,394 766,370 - 29,024 451,158 464,368 + 13,210 Maniototo .. .. 456,973 450,669 — 6,304 249,689 254,732 + 5,043 Vincent .. .. 476,436 481,539 + 5,103 257,036 260,160 + 3,124 Waihemo .. .. 164,605 162,242 — 2,363 105,076 105,973 - 897 Waikouaiti .. .. 101,991 103,917 + 1,926 68,283 69,621 ■ + 1,338 Taieri .. .. 292,363 325,973 + 33,6.10 170,488 202,103 + 31,615 Peninsula .. .. 18,513 18,761 + 248 13,081 14,798 + 1,717 Clutha .. .. 533,207 568,704 + 35,497 360,010 369,030 + 9,020 Tuapeka .. .. 529,721 573,025 + 43,304 303,453 322,422 + 18,969 Bruce .. .. 307,390 322,053 + 14,663 210,686 210,488 — 198 Lake .. .. 301,524 296,083 - 4,841 136,625 137,325 + 700 Southland .. .. 1,973,688 2,113,527 + 139,839 1,358,859 1,440,041, + 81,182 Wallace .. .. 747,335 781,207 + 33,872 521,196 544,239 + 23,043 Stewart Island .. 3,627 3,459 — 168 1,587 1,518 — 69 Totals, South Island .. 14,672,775 14,484,127 — 188,648 8,928,037 9,070,497 + 142,460 Totals, North Island .. 17,705,999 17,412,964 — 293,035 10,735,829 10,889,802 -f 153,973 Totals, Dominion .. 32,378,774 31,897,091 — 481,683 19,663,866 19,960,209 + 296,433 _[ ;

I. 2. 3. Auckland