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1892. NEW ZEALAND.

INTERIM RETURN OF SHEEP IN THE COLONY, ON THE 30th APRIL, 1892.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Head Office, Live-stock Department, Sir,— Wellington, 22nd July, 1892. I have the honour to furnish a statement of the approximate number of sheep in the colony on the 30th April, 1892. John D. Eitchie, The Hon. the Minister of Lands. Chief Inspector of Stock.

Approximate Number of Sheep in the Colony on the 30th April, 1892.

Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,450 copies), £1.

By Authority : George Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB92. Price, 3d.]

Number of Sheep. Increase. 1890. 1891. 1892. Auckland District 484,023 602,600 792,000 189,400 Napier District... 3,559,119 3,639,540 3,877,000 237,460 Wellington-West Coast District ... 2,545,204 2,917,787 3,473,000 555,213 Marlborough-Nelson District 747,595 771,631 810,500 38,869 Canterbury-Kaikoura District 4,867,763 4,852,353 5,243,000 390,647 Otago District ... 3,912,409 3,969,841 4,280,000 310,159 16,116,113 16,753,752 18,475,500 1,721,748 Increase, North Island ... 982,073 Increase, South Island ... 739,675 Approximate increase, 1892 1,721,748