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C—continued. SUMMARY Number and Percentage of each Breed by Sheep Districts.

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North Island Sheep Districts. South Island Sheep Districts. Dominion. Ri-wri of 5h»n 4imVlnT,rt Poverty Bay - Wellington- T . , Marlborough- Canterbury- Otaeo Tntal Breed of Sheep. Auckland. Hawkes Bay. West Coast. rotal - | Nelson-Westland. Kaikoura. utag0 - lotal - Number - J CeS. Number - I c£ft. *™ ber - e£L N ™ ber - J tent, j Number - toft. Number - ( tent. Number - (St. Nmlber - J oS. Number - ) Cent. Stud sheep (entered in Flockbook) — Merino .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,234 0-51 11,806 0-21 6,264 0-10 25,304 0-19 1 25,304 0-09 Lincoln .. .. .. j .. .. 220 ! 0-00 2,087 0-04 2,307 0-02 824 i 0-06 j 11 0-00 62 0-00 897 0-01 3,204 0-01 Romney.. .. .. 18,466 I 0-59 14,949 0-23 83,679 1-39 117,094 0-74 7,191 J 0-51 5,959 0-11 48,255 0-75 61,405 0-46 178,499 0-61 Border Leicester .. .. 230 ! 0-01 .. .. 248 0-00 478 0-00 255 i 0-02 8,689 0-16 7,179 0-11 16,123 0-12 16,601 0-06 English Leicester .. .. 671 ! 0-02 75 0-00 1 0-00 747 0-01 1.001 0-07 14,579 0-26 1,139 0-02 16,719 0-13 17,466 0-06 Shropshire .. .. 20 0-00 .. .. .. .. 20 0-00 145 0-01 1,100 0-02 467 0-01 1,712 0-01 1,732 0-00 Southdown .. .. j 10,764 0-35 17,655 0-27 45,527 0-76 73,946 0-47 2,500 0-18 32,521 0-58 I 9,107 0-14 44,128 0-33} 118,074 0-41 Corriedale .. .. 5 0-00! 453 0-01 674 0-01 | 1,132 0-01 898 0-06! 33,708 I 0-61 j 14,017 0-22 I 48,623 0-36; 49,755 0-17 Ryeland.. .. ,. 805 0-03 772 0-01 685 0-01 ! 2,262 0-01 97 0-01 2,423 0-04 355 0-01 ! 2,875 0-02 5,137 0-02 Otherbreeds .. .. .. .. .. ..j 40 0-00! 40 0-00 792 0-05 2,583 i 0-05 .. .. 3,375 0-03 3,415 0-01 Totals .. .. 30,961 1-00 34,124 j 0-52 132,941 2-21 198,026 1-26 20,937 1-48 113,379 12-04 86,845 i 1-36 221,161 1-66 419,187 1-44 I ' I ! I Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino .. .. .. 821 0-03 426 10-00 4,171 0-07 5,418 0-03 1 212,628 15-02 471,491 8-50 307,583 4-83 991,702 7-44 997,120 3-43 Lincoln .. .. .. 1,945 0-06 3,044 0-04 9,713 0-16 14,702 0-09; 2,751 j 0-19 595 0-01 372 0-01 3,718 0-03 18,420 0-06 Romney.. .. .. 244,944 7-86 1,012,747 15-27 949,626 15-82 2,207,317 14-02 76,397 5-39 86,358! 1-56 289,266 4-54 452,021 3-39 2,659,338 9-15 Border Leicester .. .. 2,734 0-09 527 0-01 164 0-00 0-02 450 0-03! 20,107 0-36 14,065 0-22! 34,622 0-26: 38,047 0-13 English Leicester .. .. 1,369 0-04! 1,250 0-02 1.410 0-02 4,029 0-03 2,084 0-15 24,931 0-45 1 2,247 0-04! 29,262 0-22: 33,291 0-11 Shropshire .. .. 1,194 0-04 1 185 0-00 387 0-01 1,766 0-01 4,252 0-30 | 3,603 10-07 2,834 0-04 10,689 0-08 j 12,455 0-04 Southdown .. .. 31,354 1-01 37,945 0-57 66,531 1-11 135,830 0-86 4,219 0-30 29,082 i 0-53 ] 19,293 0-30 52,594 0-40 188,424 0-65 Corriedale .. .. 9,005 0-29 1,955 0-03 47,208 0-79 58.168 0-37 50,494 3-57 657,159 11-86 394,008 6-19 1,101,661 8-27 1,159,829 3-99 Half-bred .. .. 6,413 0-20 40,911 0-62 25,033 0-42 i 0-46 389,650 27-52 1,170,099 21-10 576,938 9-06 2,136,687 16-03 2,209,044 7-60 Ryeland.. .. .. 686 0-02 374 0-01 I 383 0-01 1,443 0-01 86 0-01 1,313 0-02 337(0-01 1,736 0-01 3,179 0-01 Otherbreeds .. .. 523 0-02 344 0-01 ! 562 0-01 1,429 0-01 77 0-00 ' 880 0-02 567 i 0-01 1,524 0-01 2,953 0-01 Totals .. .. 300,988 9-66 1,099,708 16-58 jl,105, 188 18-42 2,505,884 15-91 743,088 52-48 J2,465, 618 |44-47 1,607,510 25-25 4,816,216 36-14 7,322,100 25-18 Crossbreds and others not other- 2,782,626 |89-34 5,497,959 82-90 14,764,521 79-37 13,045,106 82-83 : 651,820 46-04 j2,965, 513 jō3 • 49 4,673,028 73-39 8,290,361 62-20 21,335,467 73-38 wise enumerated ' ! [ j Grand totals .. 3,114,575 100-00 6,631,791 100-00 6,002,650 100-00 jl5,749,016 100-00 1,415,845 100-00 15,544,510 100-00 j6,367, 383 100-00 J 13,327,738 100-00 29,076,754 100-00