INTERIM RETURN OF SHEEP.
: A DECREASE. The approximate number of sheep in New Zealand on April "0 last was 23,701,555, as against 21,269,620 the previous year. Ths figures for the Welling-ton-West Coast district are 5,5fH,i:!8, as against 5,79i),015 last year, a decrease of 234,877. The decrease in the North Island was 595.197, whilst South Island figures increased by 83,162, leaving a net decrease of 515,035. ' ' • . * The Agricultural Department states that the decrease recorded is principally accounted for by'the dry summer and shortage of feed in some sections. This led to a larger number of sheep than usual being killed for export. One Canterbury company alone has handled 190,391 nioro carcasses this year than last year. Tho decrease in several districts is further accounted for by the establishment of new meat-export works.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1205, 14 August 1911, Page 10
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131INTERIM RETURN OF SHEEP. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1205, 14 August 1911, Page 10
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