H.—23.

C—continued. Number of Sheep in the Dominion by Classes, 1934 and 1935.

SUMMARIES.

Number of Ewes in the Dominion (Stud and Others) since 1916.

24

Stud Sheep Shee Utno?enteed V in Breed Crossbred and other Sheep not D omtoio n (entered in Hock-book). otherwise enumerated. Dominion. i 1UO1\.~ UUUii.. 1934. 1935. 1934. 1935. 1934. 1935. 1934. 1935. Rams .. .. 12,034 [ 11,249 455,177 459,821 .. .. 467,211 j 471,070 Wethers .. .. .. .. 1,019,573 996,307 1,418.045 1,485,047 2,437,618' 2,481,354 Breeding-ewes .. .. 228,769 i 231,605 4,159,764 3,905,470 13,182,893 13,675,342 17,571,426 17,812,417 Dry ewes .. .. 7,083 | 7,292 260,361 248,343 665,712 732,430 933,156 988,065 Lambs .. .. 162,6311 169,041 1,782,287 1,712,159 5,294,709 5,442,648 7,239,627 7,323,848 Totals .. : ,. 410,517 419,187 7,677,162 7,322,100 20,561,359 21,335,467 28,649,038 29,076,754

I uSssl d b, js, D & .sas*. ->a> i Stud rams (entered 872 888 3,216 481 2,931 2,861 11,249 in Mock-book) Other rams .. 52,521 | 105,746 i 98,634 19,807 85,556 97,557 459,821 Wethers .. 283,415 465,228 449,639 \ 222,005 463,315 597,752 2,481,354 Breeding-ewes .. 1,990,732 3,940,495 3,766,004 786,122 i 3,442,048 3,887,016 17,812,417 Dry ewea .. 66,939 250,739 ! 184,354 57,055 211,691 217,287 I 988,065 Lambs.. .. 720,096 1,868,695 1,500,803 330,375 1,338,969 1,564,910 7,323,848 Totals .. 3,114,575 6,631,791 , 6,002,650 1,415,845 5,544,510 j 6,367,383 29,076,754 ! i

North Island. South Island. Dominion. Year. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. 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 .. .. .. 8,820,536 483,397 7,787,619 399,301 I 16,608,155 882,698 1930 .. .. .. 9,312,461 570,946 8,251,714 506,726 17,564,175 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 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 1935 .. .. .. 9,697,231 502,032 8,115,186 486,033 17,812,417 988,065