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A. —Table showing the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Colony on 30th April, 1906 and 1907.

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County. Number of Sheep on 30th April, 1906. 30th April, 1907. Increase. Decrease. NOR! 'H ISLAND. Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Rodney Whangarei Otamatea Hobson .. .. .. Waitemata Eden. ... Manukau Coromandel Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Raglan Waipa Piako West Taupo KawViia .. Awakino.. Waitorno East Taupo and Rotorua Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki Waiapu Cook Wairoa Hawke's Bay* Waipawa and Woodville Patangata and Weber Clifton Taranaki Egmont .. Stratford Eltham .. Hawera Patea Waitotara Waimarino Wanganui Ttor,<riHV B i* fHunterville subdivision Kangitikei - (Pei]ding ;; ;; 17,244 8,280 25,607 6,671 52,164 21,646 38,223 18,404 33,263 6,936 75,413 14,954 5,201 3,131 28,191 75,030 22,386 86,076 ( I I 18,566 7,831 27,230 7,417 57,035 24,934 41,551 23,999 39,687 6,160 82,126 16,730 5,080 5,329 46,065 91,942 31,762 104,240 6,534 10,579 23,295 27,740 34,190 3,623 24,039 38,592 480,672 1,228,689 584,456 1,096,397 791,973 724,003 39,744 37,699 8,943 129,538 34,901 101,849 262,631 168,981 76,223 404,621 601,766 222,882 151,333 113,624 314,028 140,873 150,614 140,232 208,564 441,458 171,487 540,554 171,688 177,231 193,145 69,941 67,002 1,322 1,623 746 4,871 3,288 3,328 5,595 6,424 449 6,713 1,776 776 121 2,198 17,874 16,912 9,376 18,164 40,428 27,720 30,246 5,616 20,433 19,222 456,012 1,123,085 536,454 1,045,659 716,286 739,385 26,312 28,977 4,673 90,371 3,944 1,993 3,606 19,370 24,660 105,594 48,002 50,738 75,687 13,432 8,722 4,270 39,167 15,372 j 111,509 \ I 25,241 231,413 146,446 58,972 360,948 541,530 175,576 31,218 22,535 17,251 43,673 60,236 47,306 Orriua Kairanga Kiwitea Pohangina .. .. Manawatu Horowhenua Hutt Featherston South Wairarapa.. Masterton Castlepoint Akitio .. Pahiatua Eketahuna Mauriceville I 259,289 i 5,668 282,825 121,941 147,054 130,858 203,902 427,091 158,170 550,488 162,279 167,038 218,011 64,508 67,904 31,203 18,932 3,560 9,374 4,662 14,367 13,317 9,409 10,193 9,934 24,866 5,433 902 Totals—North Island 10,009,731 10,854,018 898,700 54,413 Net inorei ,se, North Islai id 844,287 * The boundaries of Hawke's Bay County and Rangitikei Count , have been altered.