H,— 23.

C —continued. Number of Sheep in the Dominion by Classes, 1936 and 1937.

SUMMARIES.

Number of Ewes in the Dominion (Stud and Others) since 1917.

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Stud Sheep SbeeP b ut enteed in Bree<3 Oross i? ed ™ d otheI 81 » e f not Dominion. (entered in Flock-book). Mock-book otherwise enumerated. Class. 1 — 1936. 1937. 1936. 1937. 1936. j 1937. 1936. j 1937. I 1 ' —— L Rams . .. 12,398 10,991 480,005 j 504,653 .. .. 492,403 515,644 Wethers .. .. .. .. 1,158,097 1,138,961 1,450,548 1,514,280 2,608,645 2,653,241 Breeding-ewes . .. 249,016 260,510 5,078,834 4,968,376 13,341,111 14,103,191 18,668,961 19,332,077 Dry eww 7,105 6,077 279,115 ! 246,782 578,871 542,658 865,091 795,517 Lambs .. .. 174,869 188,320 2,067,708 | 2,140,345 5,236,027 5,680,674 7,478,604 8,009,339 Totals .. .. 443,388 465,898 9,063,759 8,999,117 j 20,606,557 21,840,803 30,113,704 31,305,818

Poverty Bay- Wellington- | Marlborough- Canterbury- otaeo Total ni Auckland Hawke's Bay West Coast jNelson-Westlancl Kaikoura Sheen in CaB8 ' District Shee P ® hee .P n Sh t eep t DiS. Domfnion. j uistrict. District. District. District. District. Stud rams (entered 1,082 j 1,016 3,219 530 2,954 2,190 10,991 in Flock-book) j Other rams .. 59,786 111,281 106,006 21,929 97,830 107,821 504,653 Wethers .. 331,030 508,672 488,729 217,133 j 506,447 601,230 2,653,241 Breeding-ewes .. 2,281,402 ! 4,148,430 4,140,556 817,368 3,833,405 4,110,916 19,332,077 Dry ewes .. 55,808 : 168,482 182,102 48,263 187,835 153,027 795,517 Lambs., .. 812,753 1,965,271 1,699,510 349,725 1,544,605 1,637,475 8,009,339 Totals .. "āTēIĪTiēi ! 6,903,152 6,620,122 1,454,948 6,173,076 6,612,659 | 31,305,818

North Island. South Island. Dominion. Year. j Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. Breeding-ewes. Dry Ewes. 19 17 .. 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 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 1936 .. 10,300,826 407,164 8,368,135 457,927 18,668,961 865,091 1937 .. 10,570,388 406,392 8,761,689 389,125 19,332,077 795,517