H.—23.

C —continued. Number of Sheep in the Dominion by Classes, 1931 and 1932.

SUMMARIES.

Number of Ewes in the Dominion (Stud and Others) since 1913.

24

Stud Sheep īeeā Crossbred and other Sheep not n . ion (entered in Flock-book). Flock-book otherwise enumerated. * Class. __ ■ 1931. 1932. 1931. 1932. 1931. 1932. 1931. 1932. ' • ■ ■ ' : ■ • I Rams .. .. .. 15,001 17,169 446,997 451,882 .. .. 461,998 469,051 Wethers .. .. .. .. .. 1,250,611 1,172,973 2,178,941 1,557,853 3,429,552 2,730,826 Breeding-ewes . .. 238,281 ! 232,006 4,538,476 4,783,296 12,831,972 12,047,758 17,608,729 17,063,060 Dry ewes .. .. .. 8,081 7,855 370,734 383,093 831,899 877,230 1,210,714 1,268,178 Lambs .. .. .. 169,879 164,750 1,907,145 2,012,466 5,004,499 4,983,457 7,081,523 7,160,673 Totals .. .. 431,242 J 421,780 8,513,963 8,803,710 20,847,311 19,466,298 29,792,516 28,691,788

Anrklnurt Poverty Bay- Wellington- Marlborough- | Canterbury- n)lm m ntlll rinoa X™" Hawke's Bay West Coast Nelson-Westland Kaikoura x^ al „as. a »;». D f~ s . | aat jtak. »—. [ I «. j Stud rams (entered 1,790 1,228 4,149 822 I 4,617 4,563 17,169 in Elook-book) 1 Other rams .. 49,484 102,176 93,942 19,332 j 87,344 99,604 451,882 Wethers .. 339,728 491,500 '498,886 242,993 j 474,220 683,499 2,730,826 Breeding-ewes .. 1,807,831 3,835,873 3,527,292 778,036 ! 3,396,623 3,717,405 17,063,060 Dry ewes .. 126,881 254,261 200,310 76,891 302,756 307,079 1,268,178 Lambs.. .. 666,640 1,595,890 1,349,126 330,829 1,373,154 1,845,034 7,160,673 Totals .. 5,992,354 6,280,928 5,673,705 1,448,903 ' 5,638,714 6,657,184 28,691,788

North Island. South -Island. Dominion. Year. ; ' — — Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. 1913 .. .. .. 6,505,491 729,637 6,015,545 434,070 12,521,036 1,163,707 1914 .. .. .. 6,619,378 697,352 6,300,798 468,923 12,920,176 1,166,275 1915 .. .. .. 6,643,567 704,218 5,971,814 678,242 12,615,381 1,382,460 1916 .. .. .. 7,230,450 546,821 5,662,317 657,214 12,892,767 1,204,035 1917 .. .. .. 7,475,418 617,565 5,784,751 455,082 13,260,169 1,072,647 1918 .. .. .. 6,846,053 1,106,652 6,175,981 492,097 13,022,034 1,598,749 1919 .. .. .. 6,311,797 1,202,085 6,030,103 609,312 12,341,900 1,811,397 1920 .. .. .. 5,838,704 1,243,633 5,730,971 580,561 11,569,675 1,824,194 1921 .. .. .. 6,312,456 890,601 5,835,332 455,218 12,147,788 1,345,819 1922 .. .. .. 6,771,482 525,903 5,724,572 434,145 12,496,054 960,048 1923 .. .. .. 7,170,154 454,287 5,892,849 363,645 13,063,003 817,932 1924 .. .. .. 7,148,949 680,806 5,927,145 365,644 13,076,094 1,046,450 1925 .. .. .. 7,463,735 535,878 6,251,488 347,888 13,715,223 883,766 1926 .. .. .. 7,503,200 663,427 6,445,052 416,308 13,948,252 1,079,735 1927 .. .. .. 7,905,432 513,915 6,926,298 317,776 14,831,730 831,691 1928 .. .. .. 8,211,878 470,096 7,322,173 399,031 15,534,051 869,127 1929 .1. .. .. 8,820,536 483,397 7,787,619 399,301 16,608,155 882,698 1930 .. •• •• 9,312,461 570,946 8,251,714 506,726 17,5*64,175 1,077,672 1931 .. .. .. 9,247,005 642,488 8,361,724 568,226 17,608,729 1,210,714 1932 .. .. .. 9,170,996 581,452 7,892,064 686,726 17,063,060 1,268,178