H—2s

C —continued Number of Ewes in the Dominion (Stud and Others) since 1918

25

Year. North Island. South Island. Dominion. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. 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 1,202,085 6,030,103 609,312 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 13,948,252 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 8,361,724 568,226 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 8,761,689 389,125 19,332,077 795,517 1938 10,735,829 508,558 8,928,037 526,019 19,663,866 1,034,577 1939 10,889,802 416,755 9,070,497 458,430 19,960,299 875,185 1940 10,917,684 443,349 8,809,973 522,201 19,727,657 965,550 1941 11,268,384 398,117 8,762,549 524,516 20,030,933 922,633 1942* 1943* 1944 11,740,920 563,656 8,808,796 529,636 20,549,716 1,093,292 1945 11,890,011 431,387 8,975,847 486,758 20,865,858 918,145 1946* 1947 11,696,313 388^672 9,047,469 542,143 20,743,782 930,815 * Not available.