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Return of Sheep, showing Increage or Decrease, in each County in the Colony on the 31st May, 1890— continued.

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By Authority : GeobgH Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.--1890.

N umber of Slieep. Increase. Decrease. County. 188 , .!. 1890. I Waimea Oolliiigwood liuller ... Grey [nangahua Westland Sounds ... Maryborough Kaikoura Anuiri ... Cheviot Ashley Selwyn Akaroa Aahburton Geraldine Mackenzie Waimate Waitaki Maniototo Vincent Lake Waihemo Waikouaiti Peninsula Taieri I'.nice Clutha Taapeka Bouthland Wallace ... ... j ... I 134,215 24,242 1,098 7,484 8,809 7,241 58,981 566,580 190,397 466,421 145,595 708,140 662,970 236,329 702,507 649,577 393,813 644,302 558,403 868,979 428,554 149,744 122,374 95,016 4,271 253,545 119,369 276,108 359,332 705,581 393,662 142,591 26,877 1,193 9,421 10,047 7,524 60,559 549,613 185,495 464,902 151,169 707,067 637,202 239,075 701,845 615,549 465,526 650,816 541,209 368,274 414,150 142,823 120,658 92,497 4,679 251,703 126,020 286,513 362,982 776,364 424,537 8,376 2,635 100 1,937 1,738 283 1,578 6,917 4,90-2 1,519 5,574 1,073 25,76.S 2,746 662 34,028 71,713 6,514 17,194 705 14,404 6,921 1,716 2,519 408 6,651 10,405 8,650 70,783 30,875 1,842 15,423,328 16,120,423 824,501 127. 106 Less decrea Less decree 127,406 ,se ... Total mcrca Total inerei ise ... 697,095