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North Island Sheep Districts. South Island Sheep Districts. Dominion. Breed of Sheep. Auckland. NeS-WeZaM. Otago. Total. | Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. *« Number. Number, j Number, j Number, j Stud sheep (entered in Flock,book) — j Merino .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,849 0-47 13,070 0-23 7,171 0-11 27,090 0-20 27,090 0-09 Lincoln .. .. .. .. .. 134 0-00 1,503 0-02 1,637 0-01 374 0-03 1 0-00 150 0-00 525 0-00 2,162 0-01 Romney.. .. .. 18,609 0-56 j 17,447 0-26 86,163 1-39 122,219 0-75 6,611 0-45 6,814 0-12 52,003 0-81 65,428 0-48 187.647 0-61 Border Leicester .. .. 353 0-01 .. .. 4 0-00 357 0-00 1,040 0-07 9,264 0-16 6,702 0-10 17,006 0-12 0-06 English Leicester .. .. 769 0-02: .. .. 109 0-00 878 0-00 1,813 0-12 17,165 0-29 1,230 0-02 20,208 0-15 21,086 0-07 Shropshire .. .. 67 0-00 .. .. .. .. 67 0-00 61 0-00 1,309 0-02 448 0-01 1,818 0-01 1.885 0-01 Southdown .. .. 11,392 0-35 17,460 0-26 46,828 0-76 75-680 0-46 1,649 0-11 34,160 0-59 10.272 0-16 46,081 0-34 121,761 0-40 Corriedale .. .. 63 0-00 508 0-01 885 0-01 1,456 0-01 957 0-07 36.600 0-63 14,764 0-23 52,321 0 38 53,777 0-18 Ryeland .. .. .. 873 0-03 751 0-01 800 0-01 2,424 0-01 115 0-01 2.514 0-04 412 0-01 3,041 0-02 5,465 0-02 Other breeds .. .. 109 0-00 .. .. 38 0-00 147 0-00 1,001 0-07 3,754 0-06 250 0-00 5,005 0-04 5,152 0-02 Totals .. .. 32,235 0-97 36,300 0-54 136,330 2-19 204,865 1-24 20,470 1-40 124,651 2-14 93,402 1-45 238,523 1-74 443,388 1-47 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino •• 6 > 725 0-20 3,253 0-05 7,217 0-12 17,195 0-11 216,402 14-87 493,940 8-46 294,116 4-56 1,004,458 7-31 1,021,653 3-39 Lincoln .. .. .. 4,209 0-13 10,777 0-16 4,521 0-07 19,507 0-12 1,232 0-08 1,743 0-03 3,206 0-05 6,181 0-04 25,688 0-09 Romney.. .. .. 503,640 15-31 1,544,996 22-57 1,301,815 20-87 3,350,451 20-46 106,687 7-32 315,668 1-98 290,817 4-51 513,172 3-73 3,863,623 12-83 Border Leicester .. .. 2,419 0-07 1,196 0-02 887 0-01 4,502 0-03 461 0-03 21,251 0-36 15,605 0-24 37.317 0-27 41,819 0-14 English Leicester .. .. 1,174 0-04 1,250 0-02 1,068 0-02 3,492 0-02 2,979 0-20 32.620 0-56 4,100 0-06 39.699 0-29 43,191 0-14 Shropshire .. .. 1,138 0-03 106 0-00 476 0-00 1,720 0-01 1.370 0-09 3.390 0-06 2,139 0-03 6,899 0-05 8,619 0-03 Southdown .. .. 42,826 1-30 52,153 0-76 76,483 1-23 171,462 1-05 5,217 0-36 30,340 0-52 22,415 0-35 57,972 0-42 229,434 0-76 V T or ™ dal , e •• i?' 994 °' 39 059 °' 02 61,760 0-99 75,813 0-46 50,230 3-45 764,679 13-10 433,638 6-73 1.248,547 9-09 1,324,360 4-40 Half-bred .. .. 28,414 0-86 43,340 0-62 73,344 1-18 145,098 0-89 425,513 29-20 1,287.906 22-06 640,095 9-93 2,353,514 17-13 2,498,612 8-30 Ryeland. .. .. 933 0-03 486 0-01 474 0-00 1,893 0-01 96 0-00 1,084 0-02 554 0-01 1,734 0-01 3,627 0-01 Other breeds .. .. 381 0-01 513 0-01 505 0-01 1,399 0-01 122 0-01 1,037 0-02 575 0-01 1,734 0-01 3,133 0-01 Totals 604,853 18-37 1,659,129 24-24 1,528,550 24-50 3,792,532 23-17 810,309 55-61 2,753,658 47-17 1,707,260 26-48 5,271.227 38-35 9,063,759 30-10 Crossbreds and others not other- 2,654,935 80-66 5,145,671 75-22 4,573,841 73-31 12,374,447 75-59 626,489 42-99 2,959,642 50-69 4,645.97 72-07 8,232,110 59-91 20,606,557 68-43 wise enumerated Grand totals .. 3,292,023 100-00 6,841,100 jl00-00 6,238,721 100-00 16,371,844 100-00 1,457,268 100-00 5,837,951 100-00 6,446,641 100-00 13,741,860 100-00 30,113,704 100-00