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1 2 Number of Owners on 3 4 Names of Districts. Number of Sheep on Sheep-rate for 30th April, 1900. 30th April, 1901. 9 30th April, 1900. 30th April, 1901. 1900. 1901. Auckland ... 2,462 2,252 880,189 880,377 £ 880 £ 880 Napier 1,799 1,760 4,620,745 4,534,638 4,621 4,535 Wellington- West Coast 4,420 4,331 4,497,239 4,803,930 4,497 4,804 Marlborough-Nelson 1,660 1,656 894,010 933,088 894 933 Canterbury-Kaikoura 4,036 4,223 4,716,262 5,103,055 4,716 5,103 Otago 3,980 4,138 3,746,750 3,978,011 3,747 3,978 Total for Colony 20,233,099 19,355 18,357 18,360 19,355,195 20,233