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Number of Sheep on Increase ( + ) Number of Breeding-ewes on Increase (+) County. 30th April, 1945. 30th April, 1947. or Decrease (—). 30th April, 1945. 30th April, 1947. or Decrease (—). Waimea 310,840 296 902 13 ,938 169,365 164,667 4,698 Takaka 53,949 51 754 — 2 ,195 28,995 28,193 _ 802 Collingwood 30,548 27 939 2 ,609 15,155 14,180 975 Buller 2,721 2 129 — 592 1,872 1,474 398 Inangahua 21,208 19 097 — 2 ,111 14,631 13,595 1,036 Murchison 48,516 42 760 5 ,756 30,234 27,131 _ 3,103 Grey 33,933 32 469 — 1 ,464 23,439 23,085 354 Westland 44,689 43 618 — 1 ,071 34,819 34,461 358 Sounds 160,757 158 807 — 1 ,950 97,437 97,702 + 265 Marlborough 409,731 382 431 — 27 ,300 197,225 195,044 2,181 Awatere 286,500 283 966 — 2 ,534 162,453 163,685 1,232 Kaikoura 234,486 217 937 — 16 ,549 134,971 126,390 8,581 Amuri 374,195 345 387 _ 2s: ,808 223,986 212,077 _ 11,909 Cheviot 211,843 209 '747 — 2 .096 141,594 144,840 + 3,246 Waipara 439,540 429 331 — 10: ,209 279,595 286,534 6,939 Ashley .. 93,393 92 959 — 434 61,328 63,093 1,765 Kowai 102,330 102 977 + 647 70,517 71,190 _j_ 673 Oxford .. 112,010 106 263 5 ,747 71,164 67,371 _ 3,793 Rangiora 54,057 52 348 _ l! ,709 35,945 35,107 _ 838 Eyre 76,860 74 376 — 2, ,484 51,348 51,601 + 253 Tawera 97,621 94 298 —- 3: ,323 50,913 49,267 1,646 Malvern 204,035 196 170 7: ,859 124,746 124,076 670 Paparua 67,003 55 335 — 11, ,668 36,949 32,472 4,477 Waimairi 5,602 4 467 — 1; ,135 3,118 2,662 456 Heatheote 11,949 <) 142 — 2 ,807 6,898 7,108 JL. 210 Akaroa 119,780 123 845 4: ,065 81,501 86,312 4,811 Mount Herbert 59,314 52: ,803 6, ,511 40,670 35,863 _ 4,807 Wairewa 99,788 96: ,339 _ 3: ,449 71,295 70,126 3,169 Halswell 25,748 2i: ,772 — 3, ,976 15,045 1 14,543 502 Springs 43,970 41. ,444 — 2, ,526 29,574 28,678 896 Ellesmere 118,400 112: ,043 6, ,357 75,291 71,285 4,006 Selwyn 250,418 232: ,347 — is; ,071 146,498 140,967 5,531 Ashburton 1,138,953 1,138: ,032 — 921 701,127 708,500 -L 7,373 Geraldine 372,882 387, ,437 14, ,555 224,050 242,192 418,142 Levels 267,022 274. ,176 -j7: ,154 153,500 170,966 + 17,466 Mackenzie 532,381 520, ,210 — 12: ,171 282,967 286,216 + 3,249 Waimate 709,684 719, ,144 9 ,460 435,223 467,820 _L 32,597 Chatham Islands 106,507 12i: ,788 15: ,281 40,818 46,878 + 6,060 Waitaki.. 800,651 746: ,549 — 54: , 102 450,420 454,613 4,193 Maniototo 460.197 407: ,346 — 52: ,851 245,944 232,580 13,364 Vincent 482;769 419. ,985 — 62: ,784 258,950 236,332 22,618 Waihemo 160,890 159: ,633 — 1; ,257 100.294 102,118 + 1,824 Waikouaiti 105,178 105. ,462 -f284 70,508 73,475 + 2,967 Taieri 293,648 295: .408 1; ,760 165,556 168,489 2,933 Pensinsula 22,586 23: ,105 + 519 17,019 17,290 + 271 Clutha 644,579 671. ,185 + 26; ,606 407,836 416,945 9,109 Tuapeka 594,44-4 593. ,622 822 329,615 336,620 + 7,005 Bruce 331,702 347. ,538 -j15. ,836 211,731 222,232 -j10,501 Lake 268;839 232, ,289 — 36: ,550 126,686 111,817 14,869 Southland 2,531,135 2,56i: ,022 -f. 29: ,887 1 ,664,058 1,706,399 + 42,341 Wallace 832,433 816: ,787 — 15; ,646 558,896 558,888 8 Stewart Island 3,665 4. ,100 + 435 2,078 2,320 + 242 Totals, South Island .. 14,865,879 14,558; ,026 - 307 ,853 8 ,975,847 9,047,469 + 71,622 Totals, North Island .. 19,108,733 18,123; ,773 - 984; ,960 11 ,890,011 11,696,313 193,698 Totals, Dominion 33,974,612 32,681; ,799 -1, 292; ,813 20 ,865,858 20,743,782 122,076

1. Number of Sheepowners on 3. Number of Sheep on Names of Districts. 30th April, 1945. j 30th April, 1947. 30th April, 1945. 30th April, 1947. Auckland Poverty Bay - Hawke's Bay Wellington - West Coast .. Marlborough-Nelson-Westland Canterbury-Kaikoura Otago 6,880 3.919 5,570 2,596 5.920 7,798 6,897 3,950 5,643 2,578 5,938 7,871 4,906,574 7,146,048 7,056,111 1,403,392 5,929,771 7,532,716 4,655,767 6,803,138 6,664,868 1,341,872 5,832,123 7,384,031 Totals, Dominion 32,683 32,877 33,974,612 32,681,799