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Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Colony on 30th April, 1900.

luml >er o: leep on Oounty. Increase. Decrease. 30th April, 1899. 30th April, 1900. Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Rodney Whangarei Otamatea Hobson Waitemata Eden Manukau Coromandel Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Raglan Waipa Piako West Taupo and Kawhia .. East Taupo and Rotorua .. Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki Waiapu Cook ',..! East Taupo Wairoa Hawke's Bay Waipawa Patangata Clifton .. Taranaki Stratford Hawera ... Patea Waitotara Wanganui Rangitikei Oroua Kiwitea, Pohangina'' -.. * .. ' Manawatu Horowhenua Hutt South Wairarapa North Wairarapa Eketahuna Akitio Pahiatua Mauriceville Waimea CoUingwood BuUer .. Grey Inangahua Westland Sounds Marlborough Kaikoura, Amuri Cheviot Ashley Akaroa .. ... Selwyn .. .. Ashburton Geraldine .. Waimate Mackenzie Waitaki Maniototo Vincent i. >,; .. Lake Waihemo Waikouaiti Peninsula Taieri Bruce Clutha- .. Tii&peka.. .. Southland. - .. Wallace •.-. "-'■ .■-. Stewart Island • ** 28,348 7,179 37,190 13,498 73,326 45,209 52,875 16,628 38,137 2,387 93,873 12,700 6,782 4,654 77,747 75,405 41,678 182,872 51,073 8,649 7,411 27,544 18,802 308,649 824,129 25,376 548,567 1,250,858 731,597 760,854 23,178 28,560 65,430 165,593 225,904 180,416 386,845 513,877 360,409 262,340 101,998 221,668 161,252 207,637 604,405 645,069 57,583 132,036 182,493 52,718 214,249 46,451 2,074 10,418 24,284 17,151 133,011 472,006 146,304 397,474 175,744 747,148 223,410 672,825 752,308 692,463 558,367 393,935 519,475 308,963 307,659 164,719 118,682 77,316 4,007 211,416 160,409 281,275 371,706 765,112 423,715 1,031 28,361 7,329 38,087 13,835 80,725 41,549 54,770 ' 17,416 38,624 1,663 90,000 12,156 7,683 3,668 68,443 81,454 39,750 156,914 41,803 6,186 5,655 25,429 18,689 315,049 861,143 23,065 547,409 1,300,578 723,898 755,479 23,758 26,341 86,430 146,800 225,619 172,259 395,528 540,659 317,947 277,089 115,847 200,828 158,653 203,889 590,936 659,476 65,978 132,329 193,925 57,072 205,223 45,532 1,848 10,522 22,963 18,011 141,716 492,735 154,767 387,331 178,616 744,405 225,748 647,419 738,816 657,034 550,763 386,823 526,948 307,869 294,153 159,603 119,323 78,128 3,288 210,791 150,440 289,373 374,756 792,319 438,821 938 13 150 897 337 7,399 '3,660' 1,895 788 487 724 3,873 544 901 986 9,304 6,049 1,928 25,958 9,270 2,463 1,756 2,115 113 6,400 37,014 2,311 1,158 49,720 7,609 5,375 580 2,219 21,000 18,793 285 8,157 8,683 26,782 14,749 13,849 42,462 20,840 2,599 3,748 13,469 14,416 8,395 293 11,432 4,354 9,026 919 226 104 1,321 860 8,705 20,729 8,463 2,872 10,143 2,338 2,743 25,406 13,492 35,429 7,604 7,112 7,473 1,094 13,506 5,116 641 812 719 625 9,969 8,098 3,050 27,207 15,106 93 Totals 19,348,506' 19,355,195 343,860 337,171 Less deer 337,171 rease Total inc: rease 6,689