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North Island Sheep Districts. South Island Sheep Districts. | j j i " i j j Dominion. Breed of Sheep. Aucktand. St W«V NeSSd. » T 1 I ! 1 | | J 7 1 | i 7 Number. Number. Number. <*= Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number, j ' i | 1 | i | I | Stud sheep (entered in Flockbook) — Merino .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 0-00 5 0-00 6,683 0-44 ! 10,587 0-17 I 7,978 0-12 25,248 0-17 25,253 0-08 Lincoln .. .. .. .. .. 180 0-00 2,165 0-03 2,345 0-01 372 0-03 i 169 0-00 ! 119 0-00 660 0-00 3,005 0-01 Romney.. .. .. 21,270 0-56 21,745 0-30 93,943 1-39 136,958 0-77 6,904 0-46 10,075 0-16 58,472 0-87 75,451 0-51 212,409 0-65 Border Leicester .. .. 141 0-00 I .. 615 0-01 756 0-01 181 0-01 10,456 0 16 6,579 0-10 17,216 0-12 17,972 0-06 English Leicester .. .. 475 0 01 1 109 0-00 154 0-00 738 0-01 1,598 0-11 18,912 0-29 1,101 0-02 21,611 0-15 22,349 0-07 Shropshire .. .. 20 0-00 .. .. .. .. 20 0-00 153 0-01 1,261 0-02 596 0-01 2,010 0-01 2,030 0-01 Southdown .. .. 12,495 0-33 16,435 0-23 49,147 0-73 78,077 0-44 3,539 0-23 35,532 0-55 12,220 0-18 51,291 0-35 129,368 0-40 Corriedale .. .. 63 0-00 355 0 01 1,000 0-02 1,418 0-01 1,580 0 10 40,840 0-63 12,697 0-19 55,117 0-38 56,535 0-17 Ryeland .. .. .. 909 0-02 514 0-01 993 0-02 2,416 0-01 195 0 01 3,233 0-05 653 0 01 4,081 0-03 6,497 0-02 Other breeds .. .. 12 0-00 77 0-00 137 0-00 226 0-00 1,814 0-12 4,091 0-06 69 0-00 5-974 0-04 6,200 0-02 — — — — — ! Totals .. .. 35,385 0-92 39,415 ! 0-55 148,159 2-20 222,959 1-26 23,019 1-52 135,156 2-09 100,484 1-50 258,659 1-76 481,618 1-49 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — ■ Merino .. .. .. 6,909 0-18 6,087 ! 0-09 8,094 0-12 21,090 0-12 184,359 12-16 512,116 7-94 309,610 4-62 1,006,085 6-86 1,027,175 3-17 Lincoln .. .. .. 2,264 0-06 8,175 0-11 5,432 0-08 15,871 0-09 1,993 0-13 2,787 0-04 4,007 0-06 8,787 0-06 24,658 0-08 Romnev.. .. .. 574,457 14-96 1,579,578.22-15 1,375,301 20-42 3,529,336 19-93 130,811 8-63 171,967 2-67 307,572 4-59 610,350 4-16 4,139,686 12-79 Border "Leicester .. 917 0-02 1,189 0-02 7.837 0-12 9,943 0-06 1,572 0-10 20,445 0-32 11,283 0-17 33,300 0-23 43,243 0-13 English Leicester .. .. 1,234 0-03 1.066 0-02 743 0-01 3,043 0-02 2,453 0-16 23,567 0-36 4,721 0-07 30,741 0-21 33,784 0-10 Shropshire .. .. 1,192 0-03 150 0-00 186 0-00 1,528 0-01 1,600 0-10 9,630 0-15 2,007 0-03 13,237 0-09 14,765 0-05 Southdown .. .. 38,695 1-01 45,177 0-63 98,949 1-47 182,821 1-03 7,179 0-47 34,783 0-54 27,879 0-42 69,841 0-47 252,662 0-78 Corriedale .. .. 12,491 0-33 4.839 0-07 61,229 0-91 78,559 0-44 75,704 4-99 835,962 12-95 427,304 6-37 1,338,970 9-12 1,417,529 4-38 Half-bred .. .. 17,740 0-46 34,734 ! 0-49 j 60,938 0-91 113,412 0-64 419,914 27-69 1,269,608 19-67 571,208 8-52 2,260,730 15-41 2,374,142 7-33 Ryeland.. .. .. 2,009 0-05 372 | 0-00 ] 1,000 0-01 3,381 0-02 117 i 0-01 2,952 0-05 ! 781 0-01 3,850 0-03 7,231 0-02 Otherbreeds .. .. 453 0-01, 1,175 0-02 695 0-01 2,323 0-01 260,0-02 1,750 0-03 645 0-01 2,655 0-02 4,978 0-01 Totals .. .. 658,361 117-14 1,682,542 23-60 1,620,404 24-06 [3,961,307 22-37 825,962 54-46 2,885,567 44-72 1,667,017 24-87 5,378,546 36-66 9,339,853 28-84 Crossbreds and others not other- 3,147,865 81-94 5,408,652 75-85 4,965,216 73-74 13,521,733 76-37 667,539 44-02 ;3,432, 765 53-19 [4,935,266 73-63 9,035,570 61-58 22,557,303 69-67 wise enumerated — , Grand totals .. 3,841,611 100-0017,130,609 100-00 6,733,779 100-00 17,705,999 100-00 1,516,520 100-00 1 6,453,488 100-00j6,702.767 100-00 14,672,775 100-00 32,378,774 100-00 ! I !