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I North Island Sheep Districts. j South Island Sheep Districts. : ~ ' T~ Dominion. Breed of SheeD Auckland Poverty Bay ■ Wellington - Total Marlborough- Canterbury- ota20 Total oi sneep. AucKiana. Hawke's Bay. West Coast. AotaJ * Nelson-Westland. Kdikoura. utag0 * AOtai * Number. Number. Number. Number. | Number. ! Number, j Number. Number. Number. Stud sheep (entered in Flockbook) — Merino .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 375 0-01 375 .. 7,683 0-50 9,607 0-16 7,767 0-11 25,057 0-17 25,432 0-08 Lincoln .. .. .. .. .. 78 1,527 0-02 1.605 0-01 400 0-02 241 70 711 0-01 2,316 0-01 Romney .. .. .. 18,598 0-50 21,990 0-31 98,291 1-47 138,879 0-80 7,565 0-49 10,285 0-17 60,965 0-88 78,815 0-55 217,694 0-68 Border Leicester .. .. 187 126 .. .. 313 179 0-01 9,535 0-16 7,207 0-10 16,921 0-12 17,234 0-05 English Leicester .. .. 446 0-01 85 98 629 1,841 0-12 17,659 0-30 673 0-01 20,173 0-14 20,802 0-06 Shropshire .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 57 .. 1,353 0-02 230 0-01 1,640 0-01 1,640 0-01 Southdown .. .. 9,630 0-26 16,008 0-23 47,451 0-71 73,089 0-42 3,214 0-21 36,855 0-62 16,824 0-24 56,893 0-39 129,982 0-41 Corriedale .. .. 71 72 914 0-01 1,057 0-01 2,083 0-13 37,901 0-64 11,157 0-16 51,141 0-35 52,198 0-16 Ryeland .. .. .. 773 0-02 603 0-01 1,080 0-02 2,456 0-01 243 0-02 3,455 0-06 916 0-01 4,614 0-03 7,070 0-02 Other breeds .. .. .. .. 108 458 0-01 566 .. 1,271 0-08 3,209 0-05 39 .. 4,519 0-03 5,085 0-02 Totals .. .. 29,705 0-79 39,070 0-55 150,194 2-25 218,969 1-25 24,536 1-58 130,100 2-18 105,848 1-52 260,484 1-80 479,453 1-50 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino .. .. .. 11,109 0-30 18,034 0-26 4,302 0-07 33,445 0-19 194,347 12-55 502,008 8-41 312,313 4-48 1,008,668 6-96 1,042,113 3-27 Lincoln .. .. .. 3,789 0-10 5,071 0-07 9,918 0-15 18,778 0-11 3,706 0-24 4,461 0-07 2,387 0-03 10,554 0-07 29,332 0-09 Romney .. .. .. 609,188 16-26 1,772,384 25-31 1,160,809 17-42 3,542,381 20-34 138,022 8-91 175,255 2-94 331,504 4-76 644,781 4-45 4,187,162 13-13 Border Leicester .. .. 1,057 0-03 1,758 0-03 2,937 0-04 5,752 0-03 945 0-06 24,952 0-42 13,790 0-20 39,687 0-28 45,439 0-14 English Leicester .. .. 1,241 0-03 2,844 0-04 352 0-01 4,437 0-03 3,958 0-25 24,198 0-41 2,033 0-03 30,189 0-21 34,626 0-11 Shropshire .. .. 1,670 0-05 146 .. 157 .. 1,973 0-01 1,978 0-13 2,495 0-04 1,931 0-03 6,404 0-04 8,377 0-03 Southdown .. .. 46,487 1-24 40,673 0-58 72,216 1-08 159,376 0-91 8.069 0-52 36,861 0-62 33,315 0-48 78,245 0-54 237,621 0-74 Corriedale .. .. 10,437 0-28 866 0-01 47,806 0-72 59,109 0-34 76,283 4-92 872,252 14-62 478,330 6-87 1,426,865 9-85 1,485,974 4-66 Half-bred .. .. 24,800 0-66 28,754 0-41 83,836 1-26 137,390 0-79 460,759 29-75 1,267,788 21-25 629,979 9-04 2,358,526 16-29 2,495,916 7-82 Ryeland .. .. .. 1,272 0-03 416 0-01 864 0-01 2,552 0-2 466 0-3 1,784 0-03 850 0-01 3,100 0-02 5,652 0-02 Other breeds .. .. 732 0-02 1,340 0-02 625 0-01 2,697 0-02 227 0-02 3,157 0-05 893 0-01 4,277 0-03 6,974 0-02 Totals .. .. 711,782 19-00 1,872,286 26-74 1,383,822 20-77 3,967,890 22-79 888,760 57-38 2,915,211 48-86 1,807,325 25-94 5,611,296 38-74 9,759,186 130-03 Crossbreds and others not other- 3,005,281 80-21 5,091,223 72-71 5,129,601 76-98 13,226,105 75,96 635,627 41-04 2,921,764 48-96 5,054,956 72-54 8,612,347 59-46 21,838,452 l 68-47 wise enumerated ! Grand totals .. 3,746,768 100-00 7,002,579 100-00 6,663,617 100-00 17,412,964 100-00 1,548,923 100-00 5,967,075 100-00 6,968,129 100-00 14,484,127 100-00 31,897,091 100-00