INTERIM RETURN OF SHEEP.
• The Interim Return of Sheep in the Dominion as at 30th April, 1916, i’shows a total of 24,607,868 head. Compared with the complete returns for the previous year this is a decrease of 293,553. The following sheep districts show increases: Auckland, 155,920 ; Wellington - West Coast, 876,527; Marlborough-Nelson-Westland, 17,320. The decreases are : Napier-Gisborne, 661,661 ; CanterburyKaikoura, 620,066 Otago, 61,593. Calculating by islands, the North Island has an f increase of 370,786 and the South Island a decrease of 664,339. It is expected that the full returns will largely, if not quite, wipe out the net aggregate shortage shown in the interim return.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XIII, Issue 1, 20 July 1916, Page 83
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104INTERIM RETURN OF SHEEP. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XIII, Issue 1, 20 July 1916, Page 83
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