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C— continued. SUMMARIES.

Number of Ewes in the Dominion (Stud and Others) since 1908.

Number of Rams, Wethers, Ewes, and Lambs in the Dominion since 1908.

Number of Sheep in the Dominion since 1908.

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Auckland Sheep District. Napier-Gis- W"""'™: borne Sheep W fS*°2 ftBl Dislii-iet, hfieep i-iisinct. District. 871 3,314 Marlborough-Nelson-Westland Sheep District. I CanterburyKaikoura Sheep District Otago Sheep District. Total in Dominion. Stud rams (entered in. Flock-book) Other rams Wethers Breeding-ewes Dry ewes Lambs 075 886 4,020 2,622 12,388 22,944 245,718 907,206 73,533 455,079 80,569 66,698 522,010 568,745 3,231,301 2,632,975 252,993 199,377 1,536,651 1,294,540 5,625,001 4,705,649 17,471 220,316 703,710 66,870 335,191 08,048 535,954 2,746,728 190,908 1,033,123 53,954 634,275 2,274,134 170,307 1.061,877 309,084 ■2,727,624 12,496,054 960,048 5,716,461 Totals 1,705,155 1,344,444 4,584,841 4,197,169 22,222,259

Year. North Island. South Island. Dominion. Breoding-ewos. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding ewes. Dry Bwos. 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 5,098,865 6,356,783 6,456,509 6,354,874 6,393,460 6,505,491 6,019,378 6,643,567 7,230,450 7,475,418 6,846,053 6,311,797 5,838,704 6,312,456 6,771,482 I 626,687 I 580,092 I 690,435 : 751,817 755,906 j 729,637 • 697,352 ! 704,218 546,S21 617,565 1,106,652 1,202,085 1,243,633 890,601 525,903 5,545,176 I 6,013,563 6,058,871 5,969,589 5,883,509 6,015,545 6,300,798 5,971,814 : 5,662,317 . 5,784,751 6,175,981 6,030,103 5,730.971 5,835,332 5,724,572 540,158 435,167 518,078 560,643 579,857 434,070 468,923 678,242 657,214 455,082 492,097 609,312 580,561 455,218 434,145 11,244,041 12,370,346 12,515,380 12,324,463 12,277,029 12,521,036 12,920,176 12,015,341 12,892,767 13,200,109 13,022,034 12,341,900 11,569,675 12,147,788 12,496,054 1,166,845 1,015,259 1,208,513 1,312,460 1,335,763 1,103,707 1,166,275 1,382,460 1,204,035 1,072,647 1,598,749 1,811,397 1,824,194 1,345,819 960,048

Year. Stud Rams, Two-tooth and Over. Flock Kams, Two-tooth and Over. Wethers, Two-tooth and Broeding-ewes. Over. Dry Ewes. Lambs. Totals. 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 14,902 16,060 15,068 17,275 16,155 13,156 13,385 16,084 15,114 10,464 11,932 I 13,541 13,553 16,376 12,388 257,850 282,858 290,501 280,023 290,433 300,534 308,484 299,167 301,017 318,766 313,179 307,763 293,068 305,768 309,084 3,378,398 3,427,994 3,167,082 3,342,281 3,359,969 3,207,550 3,211,661 3,270,221 3,478,263 3,457,824 3,696,520 3,922,032 3,901,742 3,634,799 2,727,624 11,244,041 12,370,346 12,515,380 12,324.463 12,277,029 12,521,036 12,920,176 12,615,341 12,892,767 13,260,169 13,022,034 12,341,900 11,569,075 12,147,788 12,496,054 1,166,845 1,015,259 1,208,513 1,312,460 1,335,763 1,163,707 1,166,275 1,382,460 1,204,035 1,072,647 1,598,749 1,811,397 1,824,194 1,345,819 960,048 6,387,017 6,308,190 7,073,076 6,719,024 6,470,804 6,985,827 7,178,782 7,318,148 6,896,954 7,150,516 7,895,888 7,431,321 6,317,738 5,834,481 5,716.461 22,449,053 23,480,707 24,269,620 23,996,126 23,750,153 24,191,810 24,798,763 24,901,421 24,788,150 25,270,386 26,538,302 25,828,554 23,919,970 23,285,031 22,222,259

Total Stud Sheep and Flock Earns. Sheep of a distinctive B: ■eed and Crossbred Sheop. 3 03 Stud and Flock Rams. Stud Breedingowes. Stud Dry Ewes. Stud I iambs. Wethers. Breedingewes. Dry Ewes. | Lambs. Grand Total Stud and Flock Sheep. 1908 1909 1910 19111 19121 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 272,752 298,918 305,509 297,898 306,588 313,690 321,869 315,251 316,131 329,230 325,111 321,304 306,621 322,144 322,072 230,075 222,799 227,187 229,709 232,782 228,145 229,055 237,717 252,201 160,212 171,437 165,676 154,516 158,608 154,277 14,725 14,192 13,943 14,117 11,563 12,902 13,526 17,341 15,012 6,212 6,297 12,196 9,803 9,513 7,259 157,556 153,948 160,234 163,899 155,49S 167,005 170,160 176,556 175,155 114,778 125,116 127,150 109,454 110,428 98,221 675,108 689,857 706,933 705,623 706,431 I 722,342 734,G19 740,865 758,499 610,432 627,961 626,326 580,394 600,693 j 581,829 3,378,398 3,427,994 3,107,082 3,342,281 3,359,969 3,207,550 3,211,661 | 3,270,221 3,478,263 3,457,824 3,696,520 3,922,632 3,901,742 3,634,799 2,727,024 11,013,966 12,147,547 12,288,193 12,094,754 12,044,247 12,292,891 12,091,121 112,377,624 12,640,500 1.3,099,957 12,850,597 12,176,224 11,415,159 11,989,180 12,341,777 1,152,120 6,229,461 1,001,067 6,214,242 1,194,570 6,912,842 1,298,343 6,555,125 1.324.200 6,315,306 1,150,805 6,818,222 1,152,749 7,008,613 1,365,119 7,141,592 1,189,023 6,721,799 1,066,435 7,035,738 1,592,452 7,770,772 1.799.201 7,304,171 1,814,391 6,208,284 1,336,306 5,724,053 952,789 5,018,240 22,449,053 23,480,707 24,269,620 23,996,126 23,750,153 24,191,810 24,798,763 24,901,421 24,788,150 25,270,386 20,538,302 25,828,554 23,919,970 23,285,031 22,222,259