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C— continued. Statement compiled from the Returns furnished by Owners of Sheep, in pursuance of Section 52 of the Stock Act, 1908, showing the Total Number of Sheep and Lambs within each County on the 30th April, 1914— continued. STUD AND FLOCK RAMS, STUD EWES, AND STUD LAMBS — continued.

Merino. Lincoln. ROMNEY. Nitine of County. Total Number of Sheep. Scad Bams. 2-tooth J ami over. Flock Ewes to Rams, be bred 2-tooth from this and over. Season. I: we- not to be bred from this Season. Lambs, liams, and Ewes. Stud Bains, 2-tooth and over. Flock Bams, 4-tooth and over. Ewes to be bred roni this Season. EweB not to be bred from this Season. Lambs, Kams, and Ewes. Stud Flock f o w h e e s n( £™ s be Lambe, Bams, Bams, ' ? _£« "^'JY ,8 Bams. 2-tooth 2-tooth • " e t i it f,™thi. aud and over, and over. *»£*» «™£? Ewes. i ( 'a nterbury-Kaikoura. Kaikoura Amuri Cheviot Waipara Kowai Oxford Akaroa Wairewa Mount Herbert Selwyn Tawera Waimairi Ashbiirton < teraldine Levels .Mackenzie Waimate Chatham Islands 209,678 417.901 191.186 385,517 97.458 117,096 251,836 91,612 91 .78(1 49.081 633,844 79,394 10,011 1,036,854 405,041 253.360 405,686 668,303 71.492 i 4 25 182 15 20 13 1 94 348 1.603 64 315 98 26 145 75 57 10 1.071 142 120 1,086 1 .496 123 443 302 i 1 .471 50 185 50 14 116 8 125 60 916 1,196 124 162 180 802 1 11 28 24 31 91 20 27 15 20 ill 36 430 31 1 372 28 2 5 11 348 Hi!) 32 19 8 39 102 115 24 23 80 211 357 i>2 109 2 227 8 ' 34S ' 90 107 - 263 40 10 1 1 32 2 920 124 100 984 284 22 418 50 1.039 54 14 80 168 278 815 9 97 50 21 82 131 41 201 97 129 12 80 17 3 23 25 38 2 218 576 163 1 .297 613 635 706 88 805 929 433 30 459 97 791 723 253 10 4 4 9 Totals 5,667,130 400 6,378 6,548 864 4,532 57 762 892 40 491) 154 4.672 3,748 47 3,131 Ota((O. Waitaki Maniototo Vincent Lake Waihemo Waikouaiti Peninsula Taieri.. Bruce Clutlia Tuapeka Southland Wallace Stewart Island. . 69!). 77r> 354.13.") 335,169 237,717 147,056 80,570 7,282 231,860 224,79) 369,783 457,510 I ,169,927 471,660 3,801 4 96 19 986 483 1 . 566 872 63 15 35 100 95 189 283 74 172 2,273 190 I .344 211) 1.997 128 29 2 6 50 41 151 28 1 6(10 170 662 28 64 89 15 51 1,073 843 1 . 128 474 180 47 1 .444 749 4.060 2,279 6,694 3.816 14 644 71 1 281 580 205 7 159 34 437 668 229 600 170 3 1 i03 109 15 2 1 19 9 40 550 897 6,929 1,407 4.683 3.190 50 778 489 5,123 835 3,798 2.379 50 439 121 220 30 1 41 18 9 36 39 111 205 99 12 119 2 10 144 1 41t 80 387 148 367 1(11) 80 849 62 265 82 10 24 40 Totals 4.781,036 207 4,761 3,326 1.480 2,601 100 770 752 170 822 1 .385 23.465 20,117 1,539 15,556 Totals for South Mand .. 11,642.805 772 13,660 15.087 3.200 8,485 333 3,095 2,589 215 I ,931 2,133 34.553 28,925 1,740 21,858 Totals for Dominion 24.798.763 16.767 3.223 10,065 2,134 36,627 I 29.227 2,240 21,748 6,151 138,564 92,604 4,644 74,923 856 19.184