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A —continued Table showing the Number of Sheep and the Number of Breeding-ewes in each County throughout New Zealand on 30th April, 1947 and 1948—continued SOUTH ISLAND

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County. Number of Sheep on Increase (+) or Decrease (—). Number of Breeding-ewes on Increase (+) or Decrease (—). 30th April, 1947. 30th April, 1948. 30th April, 1947. 30th April, 1948. "Waimea 296,902 291 864 5,038 164,667 168,762 + 4,095 Takaka 51,754 51 837 + 83 28,193 27,932 — 261 Collingwood 27,939 28 609 + 670 14,180 14,710 + 530 Buller 2,129 1 940 189 1,474 1,372 102 Inangahua 19,097 18 853 244 13,595 13,356 — 239 Murchison 42,760 43 289 + 529 27,131 27,397 266 Grey 32,469 31 377 — 1,092 23,085 22,871 _ 214 Westland 43,618 42 092 _ 1,526 34,461 33,472 — 989 Sounds 158,807 154 714 _ 4,093 97,702 97,467 235 Marlborough 382,431 397 680 + 15,249 195,044 204,608 + 9,564 Awatere 283,966 281 131 — 2,835 163,685 165,617 + 1,932 Kaikoura 217,937 215 145 2,792 126,390 129,838 _j_ 3,448 Amuri 345,387 339 664 - 5,723 212,077 215,081 -j3,004 Cheviot 209,747 200 047 9,700 144,840 142,657 — 2,183 Waipara 429,331 413 618 _ 15,713 286,534 286,714 -fc 180 Ashley 92,959 81 274 — 11,685 63,093 56,829 _ 6,264 Kowai 102,977 100 336 — 2,641 71,190 73,413 + 2,223 Oxford 106,263 99 700 - 6,563 67,371 68,356 + 985 Rangiora 52,348 54 195 + 1,847 35,107 42,967 + 7,860 Eyre 74,376 67 340 _ 7,036 51,601 52,212 + 611 Tawera 94,298 93 529 — 769 49,267 51,098 + 1,831 Malvern 196,176 173 460 22,716 124,076 130,428 I + 6,352 Paparua 55,335 51 164 — 4,171 32,472 37,104 + 4,632 Waimairi 4,467 6 210 + 1,743 2,662 3,761 + 1,099 Heathcote 9,142 9 004 138 7,108 7,060 48 Akaroa 123,845 118 269 5,576 86,312 84,905 1,407 Mount Herbert 52j 803 49 762 — 3,041 35,863 37,716 + 1,853 Wairewa 96,339 92: ,570 — 3,769 70,126 69,504 622 Halswell 21,772 21: ,272 — 500 14,543 15,028 + 485 Springs 41,444 41; ,006 — 438 28,678 32,930 + 4,252 Ellesmere 112,043 no: ,032 - 2,011 71,285 78,616 + 7,331 Selwyn 232,347 222 ,202 — 10,145 140,967 143,233 + 2,266 Ashburton 1 ,138,032 1,066: ,853 — 71,179 708,500 746,630 + 38,130 Geraldine 387,437 355: ,536 — 31,901 242,192 245,127 + 2,935 Levels 274,176 239: ,261 _ 34,915 170,966 171,228 + 262 Mackenzie 520,210 517: ,443 _ 2,767 286,216 285,369 847 "Waimate 719,144 673: ,118 — 46,026 467,820 470,067 + 2,247 Chatham Islands 121,788 107 ,097 _ 14,691 46,878 44,383 2,495 Waitaki.. 746,549 700: ,989 _ 45,560 454,613 450,602 — 4,011 Maniatoto 407,346 415: ,749 + 8,403 232,580 237,160 + 4,580 Vincent 419,985 415 ,938 4,047 236,332 236,086 _ 246 Waihemo 159,633 150 ,810 — 8,823 102,118 98,427 — 3,691 Waikouaiti 105,462 102 ,250 _ 3,212 73,475 72,763 712 Taieri 295,408 287 ,371 — 8,037 168,489 165,596 2,893 Peninsula 23,105 19 ,418 — 3,687 17,290 15,328 — 1,962 Clutha 671,185 651 ,611 — 19,574 416,945 424,738 7,793 Tuapeka 593,622 564: ,807 ' — 28,815 336,620 335,212 — 1,408 Bruce 347,538 330 ,265 — 17,273 222,232 217,691 — 4,541 Lake 232,289 233: ,356 + 1,067 111,817 113,329 + 1,512 Southland 2 ,561,022 2,519: ,958 — 41,064 1 ,706,399 1,768,025 + 61,626 Wallace 816,787 835: ,293 + 18,506 558,888 596,736 + 37,848 Stewart Island 4,100 4; ,384 + 284 2,320 2,375 + 55 Totals, South Island .. Totals, North Island .. Grand totals 14,558,026 14,094,692 -463,334 9 ,047,469 9,233,886 + 186,417 18 ,123,773 18,388. ,446 + 264,673 11 ,696,313 11,821,596 + 125,283 32 ,681,799 32,483,138 -198,661 20 ,743,782 21,055,482 +311,700

1: Names of Districts. 2. Number of Sheepowners on 3. Number of Sheep on 30th April, 1947. 30th April, 1948. 30th April, 1947. 30th April, 1948. Auckland Poverty Bay - Hawkes Bay Wellington - West Coast Marlborough-Nelson-Westland Canterbury-Kaikoura Otago Grand totals .. .. .. { 6,897 3,950 5,643 2,578 5,938 7,871 7,017 4,081 5,681 2,563 6,071 7,904 4,655,767 6,803,138 6,664,868 1,341,872 5,832,123 7,384,031 4,880,698 6,860,998 6,646,750 1,343,386 5,519,107 7,232,199 32,877 33,317 32,681,799 32,483,138