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1 2 Number of Owners on 3 4 Names of Districts. Number of Sheep on Sheep-rate for 30th April, 1898. 30th April, 1899. 30th April, 1898. 30th April, 1899. 1898. 1899. Auckland ... 2,568 2,595 898,515 923,967 899 £ 924 Napier 1,764 1,786 4,525,348 4,542,310 4,525 4,542 Wellington- West Coast 4,520 4,482 4,441,082 4,487,122 4,441 4,487 Marlborough-Nelson 1,722 1,723 936,936 872,218 937 872 Ganterbury-Kaikoura 4,148 3,973 4,910,385 4,807,404 4,910 4,807 Otago 4,000 4,040 3,961,459 3,715,485 3,961 3,716 18,722 18,599 19,673,725 19,348,506 19,673 19,348