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C — continued. PERCENTAGES. Percentages of each Breed in each Sheep District.

S U M M A 11Y. Number of Sheep in the Dominion by Classes, 1921 and 1922. 1921. 1922. Stud sheep (entered in Flock-book) — Rams 16,376 12,388 Breeding-ewes 158,608 154,277 Dry ewes 9,513 7,259 Lambs 110,428 98,221 Totals 294,925 272,145 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flockbook— Rams 305,768 309,684 Wethers 945,099 857,790 Breeding-ewes 2,694,280 2,774,661 Dry ewes .. .. .. .. •• 246,935 202,240 Lambs 1,368,772 1,316,568 Totals 5,560,854 5,460,943 Crossbred and other sheep not otherwise enumerated — Wethers .. '.. .. .. •■ 2,689,700 1,869,834 Breeding-ewes 9,294,900 9,567,116 Dry ewes 1,089,371 750,549 Lambs 4,355,281 4,301,672 Totals 17,429,252 16,489,171 Crand total of sheep 23,285,031 22,222,259

She. 3p District in North Island. Shoop District in South Island. a I u 3 .2 S 9.2 o $ SSrS o J: a 1 ! & -I o H a o 3 a Q Stud sheep (entered in Flockbook) — Merino Lincoln Romney Border Leicester English Leicester Shropshire Southdown Corriedale Other breeds o-oo 0-07 0-57 0-02 0-03 0-01 0-03 0-01 0-00 0-06 0-21 0-01 0-29 1-35 0-02 0-01 0-01 0-20 0-00 0-00 0-00 0-15 0-71 0-01 0-01 0-01 0-11 0-00 o-oo 0-50 0-05 0-50 0-02 010 0-01 0-02 o-oi 0-30 o-oi 0-18 0-22 0-47 0-05 0-14 0-60 0-01 0-06 0-03 0-52 0-23 0-01 0-01 0-01 0-13 0-00 0-23 0-02 0-37 0-20 0-23 0-03 0-07 0-33 0-01 0-11 0-09 0-50 0-10 0-11 0-02 0-09 0-15 0-00 0-07 Totals 0-74 0-35 1-88 1-00 1-33 1-98 1-00 1-49 1-23 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book— Merino Lincoln Romney Border Leicester English Leicester Shropshire Southdown Corriedale Half-breds Other breeds 0-17 0-80 10-02 0-15 0-07 0-13 0-07 0-03 0-00 0-02 0-23 1-48 17-68 0-09 0-02 0-00 0-19 0-04 0-01 0-01 0-41 1-14 14-54 0-06 0-02 0-01 0-54 0-26 0-00 0-09 0-30 1-25 15-45 0-09 0-03 0-02 0-31 0-12 0-00 0-04 13-83 0-39 11-22 0-11 0-56 0-08 0-01 0-42 13-79 019 8-15 0-39 1-50 1-01 1-87 0-10 0-14 0-50 14-44 0-82 5-88 0-18 8-23 1-15 0-10 0-02 0-00 5-81 6-72 0-11 7-97 0-30 5-58 0-95 0-96 0-06 0-06 5-41 11-16 0-44 3-79 0-82 10-95 0-48 0-45 0-04 0-20 2-53 5-08 0-23 Totals 12-06 32-89 24-57 19-75 17-07 17-61 40-60 34-92 28-20 Crossbreds and others not otherwise enumerated Grand totals 87-20 79-90 81-05 81-39 58-07 03-10 70-80 65-62 74-20 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 10000 100-00 100-00 100-00