SHEEP RETURNS.
The number of sheep.in the Dominion on April 30th last, according to a return laid on the table of tho';House of Representatives, was 22,124,202, as against 20,983,772 at the end of April, 1907, being an increase of 1,140,430. The increase in the South Island was 6-56,982, and in the North Island 483,448. The following are the district totals in April last, in parentheses showing the increases : —Auckland, 837,765 (52,005); Napier-Gisborne, 5,351,393 (231,492) ; Wellington-West Coast, 5,148,308 (199,901) ; MarlboroughNelson, 1,185,810 (63,370) ; Canterbury - Kaikoura, 5,301,595 (154,255) ; Otago, 4,299,331 (439,357). The number of carcases of mutton exported last year was 1,821,426, as against 1,921,465 in 1907, and 1,500,773 in 1906. The weight exported in legs and pieces last year was 35,663 cwt., as against 37,456 cwt. for 1907, and 13,471 cwt., in 1906. The lamb carcases exported last year numbered 2,826,437, as compared with ’2,519,417 in 1907, and 2,134,563 in 191)67' — - • -
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WPRESS19080721.2.21
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Waipukurau Press, Issue 285, 21 July 1908, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
149SHEEP RETURNS. Waipukurau Press, Issue 285, 21 July 1908, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
NZME is the copyright owner for the Waipukurau Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in