DOMINION FLOCKS.
FT(i'DIFES EOH THE YEAR. Wellington, Sept. :io. There has been an increase of (>!)L----887 in the number of sheep owned in New Zealand, despite heavy losses in some of the South Island counties lasi year. The figures are as follows: Totals Increase. South Island 10.207.1Wf) 25.282 North Island 18.178.717 000,054 22.775,770 0!) 1.227 The detailed figures show almost uniform increases in the North Island counties, 1011, there are notable decreases in parts of the South Island. The largest increase in the Dominion is in Ashburton county, viz., 48,(17!): w hich brings its thicks to a total of 800,800.
The docks are distributed as follows: Auckland ... 1.008.H0 Xanier-( Jisliorne ... 0.'.277.017 Wellington-West Coast .VO.TJ.OSr, Marlborough. Nelson and Westland ... .I.o7'_’.b:H Caiiterliin v-Kaikimra ... -1.711 ,(!o.i Otago ' ... The Minister ol Agriculture- was asked by Air Forbes to-day if a report in a trade journal that a wool hoard was lo lie constituted by Statute was correct .
Mr Xosworlhy's answer was that lie knew nothing about the legislation. The hoard lie had mentioned was the reconstitution of the Wool Committee, on similar lines to a former committee, which had arranged the offerings for auction. The authority cpioted by Air Follies was not always reliable.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1924, Page 4
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200DOMINION FLOCKS. Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1924, Page 4
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