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Table showing Increase or Decrease in the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Colony.

Number of Sheep. County. Increase. Decrease. 1886. 1887. Mongonui Bay of Islands Hokianga Rodney Whangarei Otarnatea Uobson Slanukau Waitemata Eden Thames Coromandel Ohinemuri Waikato Raglan .. SVaipa Piako West Taupo and Kawhia .. East Taupo Whakatanc lauranga Cook Wairoa Hawke's Bay Waipawa Patangata Taranaki Hawera Patea Waitotara VVanganui Rangitikei Oroua Manawatu llorowhenua Hutt North Wairarapa South Wairarapa Waimea Collingvvood Buller .. 13,405 18,305 1,532 24,614 20,081 9,704 1,815 33,000 13,427 4,689 5,226 1,965 1,094 31,009 4,814 16,005 31,790 2,130 494 28,022 9,174 386,387 285,301 1,250,531 398,935 025,171 13,972 50,554 90,455 50,108 159,057 248,421 127,794 123,571 49,474 121,583 518,531 464,441 107,869 18,906 1,025 5,914 5,134 50,403 572,233 139,392 530,525 105,000 726,415 715,298 270,561 858,318 688,081 432,724 704,986 5,609 645,509 390,030 450,235 145,804 133,316 110,279 5,604 239,450 143,901 270,457 341,474 072,809 395,035 14,100 18,759 1,530 20,645 28,093 9,099 2,253 33,758 13,199 4,482 5,281 1,893 908 36,839 4,599 18,475 37,818 2,312 1,175 28,101 10,160 452,394 315,547 1,212,883 419,795 620,075 11,303 55,787 109,957 59,128 109,045 294,373 158,706 126,284 53,084 122,870 559,577 400,133 112,348 19,900 1,103 0,071 7,703 54,113 502,597 157,524 537,085 80,000 713,835 051,051 253,237 771,409 635,299 440,516 650,874 0,828 644,601 408,389 457,366 147,433 125,000 105,344 5,480 231,935 136,094 265,904 369,689 679,006 403,481 695 454 2,031 1,412 438 698 55 5,830 2,410 6,028 170 681 79 986 60,007 30,240 20,860 5,233 13,502 3,020 9,388 45,952 30,912 2,713 3,610 1,287 11,040 1,092 4,479 1,000 78 757 2,569 3,710 2 005 228 207 72 180 215 37,643 '5,096 2,609 Grey Inangahua Sounds Marlborough Kaikoura Amuri Cheviot Ashley Selwyn Akaroa .. Ashburton Geraldine Mackenzie Waimate Westland Waitaki Slaniototo Vincent Lake Waihemo ... Waikouaiti Peninsula Taieri 18,132 7,160 7,792 9,030 25,000 12,580 G3,047 17,324 80,909 52,782 48,112 1,219 18,359 7,131 1,029 848 8,316 4,935 124 7,515 7,807 10,553 Bruee Clutha .. Tuapeka Southland Wallace 28,215 6,197 8,446 15,174,263 15,155,626 384,314 402,951 384,314 Total dei :rease 18,637