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A.—Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Colony on 30th April, 1902.

Increase, North Island, 67,401 ; inorease, South Island, 42,227 total increase for oolony, 109,628,

County. Number of Sheep on 30th April, 1901. 30th April, 1902. Number of Sheep on Increase. Decrease, TT TGI IXTH NOR' PH ISLAND. H ISLAND. 27,466 25,289 I 7,425 8,344 36,493 32,708 9,698 | 11,945 78,585 j 78,696 36,784 | 37,805 51,518 i 48,581 18,455 21,084 38,412 40,659 2,882 4,250 94,933 95,153 13,378 I 13,644 7,455 4,749 4,286 4,138 72,822 66,159 84,904 92,643 37,397 34,011 170,519 176,591 34,870 33,972 29,241 | 30,491 3,565 4,015 22,664 22,992 18,737 16,762 327,039 372,242 887,066 ' 941,421 543.413 ' 558,988 1,293,333 1,272,956 699,452 728,783 762,223 731,932 26,102 27,149 30,806 I 28,763 97,513 I 115,276 168,714 j 156,417 241,257 i 225,228 171,129 149,659 393,922 418,772 560,566 566,948 326,318 301,109 273,028 284,806 120,171 128,940 192,169 170,166 151,852 135,200 207,574 217,007 628.414 623,550 560,640 543,897 149,788 152,976 148,657 162,484 219,832 228,680 71,529 71,644 63,949 66,672 919 2,247 111 1,021 2,629 2,247 1,368 220 266 7,739 6,072 1,250 450 328 45,203 54,355 15,575 29,331 1,047 17,763 24,850 6,382 11,778 8,769 9,433 3,188 13,827 8,848 115 2,723 2,17' 3,78, 2,93 2,70 14 6,66 3,38 89 1,97 20,37 30,29 2,04 12,29 16,02 21,47 25,20 22,00 16,65 4,86 16,74 Mangonui 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 Wairoa Hawke's Bay Waipawa Patangata Clifton Taranaki Stratford Hawera Patea Waitotara Wanganui Rangitikei Oroua Kiwitea Pohangina Manawatu Horowhenua Hutt South Wairarapa Masterton Castlepoint Akitio Pahiatua Eketahuna Mauriceville 27,466 7,425 36,493 9,698 78,585 I 36,784 51,518 18,455 38,412 2,882 94,933 13,378 7,455 4,286 72,822 84,904 37,397 170,519 34,870 29,241 3,565 22,664 18,737 327,039 887,066 543,413 1,293,333 699,452 762,223 26,102 30,806 97,513 168,714 241,257 171,129 393,922 560,566 326,318 273,028 120,171 192,169 151,852 207,574 628,414 560,640 149,788 148,657 219,832 71,529 63,949 10,218,945 919 2,247 111 1,021 2,629 2,247 1,368 220 266 7,739 6,072 1,250 450 328 45,203 54,355 15,575 2,177 3,785 2,987 2,706 148 6,663 3,386 898 1,975 20,377 29,331 1,047 30,291 17,763 2,043 12,297 16,029 21,470 24,850 6,382 25,209 11,778 8,769 22,003 16,652 9,433 4,864 16,743 3,188 13,827 8,848 115 2,723 Total for North Island 10,218,945 10,286,346 280,054 212,65 280,054 212,653 sou r 'H ISLAND. Waimea Collingwood Buller 213,037 45,321 2,146 10,330 21,313 16,306 149,548 515,022 157,242 391,718 195,273 814,615 244,594 705,923 881,633 674,490 394,927 602,705 571,502 330,165 302,628 150,851 122,322 77,077 220,390 177,059 1,496 314,144 376,176 890,942 442,406 853 209,321 44,878 2,084 11,033 23,670 17,204 164,657 522,783 161,728 395,257 196,882 801,164 246,645 706,610 876,274 689,571 418,854 602,424 563,724 323,043 295,699 148,278 120,200 79,217 208,074 172,640 2,470 325,679 374,304 895,636 454,690 1,688 3,716 443 62 Grey Inangahua Westland Sounds Marlborough Kaikoura Amuri Cheviot Ashley Akaroa Selwyn Ashburton Geraldine Mackenzie Waimate .. Waitaki .. Maniototo Vincent Lake Waihemo Waikouaiti Taieri .. .. Bruce Peninsula Clutha .. Tuapeka Southland Wallace Stewart Island 703 1,357 898 15,109 7,761 4,486 3,539 1,609 2,051 687 13,451 15,081 23,927 5,359 281 7,778 7,122 6,929 1,573 2,122 2,140 12,316 4,419 974 11,535 4,694 12,284 835 1,872 Total for South Island 10,014,154 10,056,381 109,670 67,443 Total for the colony 20,233,099 20,342,727