H.—23.

C—continued. Number of Sheep in the Dominion by Classes, 1933 and 1934.

SUMMARIES.

Number of Ewes in the Dominion (Stud and Others) since 1915.

24

Stud Sheep Sheep of a Distinctive Breed Crossbred and other Sheep not Dominion (entered to ISbook). otherwise enumerated. Domm.on. Class. f 1933. 1934. 1933. 1934. 1933. 1934. 1933. 1934. Rams .. .. 13,353 12,034 450,266 455,177 .. .. 463,619, 467,211 Wethers .. •• ],092,533 l',019,573 1,322,650 1,418,045 2,415,183! 2,437,618 Breeding-ewes .. .. 226,330 228,769 4,780,723 4,159,764 12,202,644 13,182,893 17,209,697; 17,571,426 Dry ewe* 6 625 7,083 334,039 260,361 658,222 665,712 998,886; 933,156 Lambs !! .. 160,265 162,631 ! 1,941,131 1,782,287 4,567,185 5,294,709 6,668,581; 7,239,627 Totals .. .. 406,573 410,517 8,598,692 7,677,162 18,750,701 20,561,359 27,755,966:28,649,038

AnnUl.nfl Poverty Bay- Wellineton- Marlborough- Canterbury- ot Tota l Auckland Hawke's Bay West Coast Nelson-Westland Kaikoura sheen in ClaaB - District Sheep Sheep iv h + eeP t District. Dominion District. District. District. District. District. Stud rams (entered 948 1,114 3,048 563 2,998- 3,363 12,034 Othei F rams b00k> .. 49,940 106,016 97,153 19,387 86,436 96,245 455,177 Wethers .. 265,839 ! 427,627 419,721 217,676 | 474,373 632,382 2,437,618 Breeding-ewes .. 1,877,835 : 3,936,913 3,709,317 758,536 j 3,480,236 3,808,589 17,571,426 Dry ewes .. 61,514 ! 213,415 149,241 57,618 | 227,234 224,134 933,156 Lambs.. .. 681,478 1,811,761 1,451,708 336,378 1,362,996 1,595,306 7,239,627 Totals .. 2,937,554 ; 6,496,846 5,830,188 1,390,158 ; 5,634,273 6,360,019 28,649,038

North Island. South-Island. Dominion. Year. ' ' ' Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. 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 19V7 " 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 ig 19 .. 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 ig24 " .. 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 14,831,730 831,691 192« ' .. 8,211,878 470,096 7,322,173 399,031 15,534,051 869,127 1929 .. 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 17,564,175 1,077,672 1 931 " . 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 1933 .. 9,318,941 486,037 7,890,756 512,849 17,209,697 998,886 1934 " .. 9,524,065 424,170 8,047,361 508,986 17,571,426 933,156