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North Island Sheep Districts. South Island Sheep Districts. I | Dominion. Breed of Sheep. ! Auckland. Poverty Bay - Wellington - T tol Marlborough- Canterbury- i ~ . Hawke s Bay. West Coast. * Nelson-Westland. Kaikouxa. utago. lotai. ; j 1 ; 1 ; . ynmber - j cS. Number - <*%, ymnbar - , sumber - Crat. j Cent. Number - Cent. Namber - Cent. Number - Cent. Number - ! Cent j Stud sheep (entered in Flockbook) — Lincoln .. .. .. 68 0-00 226 0-00 2,414 0-04 2,708 0-02 322 0-02 156 0-00 88 0-00 566 0-00 3,274 0-01 Bomney .. .. .. 21,364 0-45 30,311 0-42 121,384 1-77 173,059 0-92 8,930 0-65 18,863 0-33 70,975 0-98 98,768 0-69 271,827 0-82 Border Leicester .. .. 1 0-00 118 0-00 .. .. 119 0-00 214 0-02 7,946 0-14 4,372 0-06 12,532 0-09 12,651 0-04 English Leicester .. .. 240 0-00 96 0.00 .. .. 336 0-00 918 0-07 11,764 0-21 830 0-01 13,512 0-09 13,848 0-04 Shropshire .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 o-00 439 0-01 285 0-00 769 0-01 769 0-00 Southdown .. .. 15,651 0-33 20,000 0-28 55,879 0-82 91,530 0-48 4,133 0-30 33,068 0-59 26,950 0-37 64,151 0-45 155,681 0-47 Merino .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,578 0-33 10,566 0-19 4,782 0-07 19,926 0-14 19,926 0-06 Corriedale .. .. 83 0-00 318 0-01 376 0-01 777 0-00 1,483 0-11 34,036 0-60 7,581 0-10 43,100 0-30 43,877 0-13 Byeland . . .. .. 572 0-01 225 0-00 1,027 0-01 1,824 0-01 609 0-05 4,183 0-07 1,250 0-02 6,042 0-04 7,866 0-02 Other breeds .. .. 393 0-01 107 0-00 1,407 0-02 1,907 0-01 1,679 0-12 4,817 0-09 692 0-01 7,188 0-05 9,095 0-03 Totals •• 38,372 0-80 51,401 0-71 182,487 2-67 272,260 1-44 22,911 1-67 125,838 2-23 117,805 1-62 266,554 1-86 538,814 1-62 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flook-book — Lincoln .. .. .. 7,171 0-15 2,636 0 04 3,247 0-05 13,054 0-07 3,758 0-27 7,884 0-14 12,330 0-17 23,972 0-17 37,026 0-11 Bomney .. .. .. 1,088,682 22-71 1,399,669 19-28 1,614,897 23-58 4,103,248 21-71 215,523 15-72 347,359 6-15 1,029,196 14-14 1,592,078 11-13 5,695,326 17-16 Border Leicester .. .. 664 0-01 459 0-01 161 0-00 1,284 0-01 1,119 0-08 18,937 0-34 8,059 0-11 28,115 0-20 29,399 0-09 English Leicester .. .. 460 0-01 921 0-01 39 0-00 1,420 0-01 1,759 0-13 10,844 0-19 1,124 0-02 13,727 0-10 15,147 0-05 Shropshire .. .. 100 0-00 63 0-00 208 0-00 371 0-00 802 0-06 941 0-02 1,076 0-01 2,819 0-02 3,190 0-01 Southdown .. .. 50,948 1-06 37,007 0-51 65,799 0-96 153,754 0-81 6,715 0-49 28,938 0-51 46,759 0-64 82,412 0-58 236,166 0-71 Merino .. .. .. 289 0-01 63 0-00 17 0-00 369 0-00 161,071 11-75 385,774 6-83 240,332 3-30 787,177 5-50 787,546 2-37 Corriedale .. .. 5,960 0-13 3,829 0-05 33,641 0-49 43,430 0-23 55,387 4-04 776,230 13-74 306,566 4-21 1,138,183 7-96 1,181,613 3-56 Half-bred .. .. 3,474 0-07 29,583 0-41 36,005 0-53 69,062 0-36 318,735 23-25 1,273,385 22-54 595,124 8-17 2,187,244 15-29 2,256,306 6-80 Eyeland .. .. .. 1,049 0-02 230 0-00 424 0-01 1,703 0-01 357 0-03 1,699 0-03 784 0-01 2,840 0-02 4,543 0-01 Other breeds .. .. 775 0-02 323 0-01 2,138 0-03 3,236 0-02 211 0-01 3,760 0-06 673 0-01 4,644 0-03 7,880 0-02 Totals •• 1,159,572 24-19 1,474,783 20-32 1,756,576 25-65 4,390,931 23-23 765,437 55-83 2,855,751 50-55 2,242,023 30-79 5,863,211 41-00 10,254,142 30-89 Crossbreds and others not other- 3,595,172 75-01 5,732,983 78-97 4,908,311 71-68 14,236,465 75-33 582,725 42-50 2,667,142 47-22 4,921,010 67-59 8,170,877 57-14 22,407,342 67-49 wise enumerated Grand totals .. 4,793,116 100-00 7,259,166 100-00 6,847,374 100-00 18,899,656 100-00 1,371,073 100-00 5,648,731 100-00 7,280,838 100-00 14,300,642 100-00 33,200,298 100-00