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1 2 Number of Owners on 3 4 Names of Districts. Number of Sheep on Sheep-rate for 30th April, 1894. 30th April, 1895. 30th April, 1894. 30th April, 1895. 1894. 1895. Auokland ... 2,296 2,268 858,295 846,873 858 847 Napier 1,359 1,446 4,286,986 4,217,232 4,287 4,217 Wellington-West Coast 3,565 3,782 4,024,071 3,930,541 4,024 3,931 Marlborough-Nelson 1,389 1,474 887,582 ■ 906,307 888 906 Canterbury-Kaikoura 3,671 3,826 5,744,668 5,559,990 5,745 5,560 Otago 3,557 4,102 4,429,227 4,365,661 4,429 4,366 15,837 16,898 20,230,829 19,826,604 20,231 19,827