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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

INTERIM RETURN OF SHEEP IN THE COLONY ON THE 30th APRIL, 1894.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch), Sib,— Wellington, 16th August, 1894. I have the honour to furnish a statement of the approximate number of sheep in the colony on the 30th April, 1894. John D. Bitchie, Secretary for Agriculture and Chief Inspector of Stock. The Hon. the Minister of Lands.

Approximate Number of Sheep in the Colony on the 30th April, 1894.

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Number of Sheep. Increase. 1893. 1894. Auckland District 856,970 859,017 2,047 Slapier District 4,110,677 4,261,991 151,314 Wellington-West Coast District... 3,717,714 4,009,706 291,992 klarlborough-Nelson District 835,160 885,138 49,978 3anterbury-Kaikoura District ... 5,484,981 5,680,694 195,713 )tago District 4,374,867 4,426,010 51,143 19,380,369 • 20,122,556 742,187 . - . (North Island ... Approximate I increase 1 a ,-, T , -, (South Island ... 445,353 296,834 Total increase 742,187