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A.-Table showing the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Dominion on 30th April, 1912 and 1913— continued. SOUTH ISLAND.

Number of Sheep on County. Increase. Decrease. 30th April, 1912. 30th April, 1913. Waimea.. rakaka .. Oollingwood Buller .. inangahua Murchison 300,036 48,036 13,570 4,376 11,140 36,590 28,529 29,927 180,823 359,476 295,130 220,643 416,197 211,958 429,308 * 305,998 49,837 14,487 3,465 12,259 37,483 26,444 28,158 186,859 345,664 287,633 205,274 410,228 196,904 94,030 111,900 ■ 238,321 371,900 94,063 97,234 50,842 593,819 75,950 11,375 936,768 391,365 226,812 420,485 598,041 68,380 618,906 317,254 311,514 227,826 146,719 71,766 7,626 227,373 214,339 364,617 436,661 1,132,455 474,397 2,934 5,962 1,801 917 1,119 893 911 3rey Westland Sounds .. .. "'.. " .. ".'." Marlborough Awatere.. Kaikoura Amuri .. Dheviot Ashley .. K iwai Oxford Waipara.. Akaroa .. .. .. -.-. Wairewa Mount Herbert Selwyn .. Tawera .. Waimairi Ashburton .. .. .. Greraldine Levels Mackenzie Waimate .. ■■•-.•; Chatham Islands.. Waitaki Maniototo Vincent Lake .. .. .. Waihemo Waikouaiti Peninsula Taieri .. 2,085 1,769 6,036 13,812 7,497 15,369 5,969 15,054 14,943 * 376,015 86,407 39,422 49,336 622,696 77,761 11,407 947,624 354,980 214,745 407,017 574,341 .. 78,605 597,037 317,731 330,858 242,037 141,438 69,519 7,610 240,216 211,805 347,864 425,563 1,192,971 529,244 2,046 7,656 7,812 1,506 4,145 28,877 1,811 32 10,856 36,385 12,067 13,468 23,700 10,225 21,869 477 19,344 14,211 5,281 2,247 16 2,534 16,753 11,098 12,813 Bruce Olutha .. luapeka Southland Wallace Stewart Island 60,516 51,847 "888 Totals for South Island 11,132,064 11,046,365 194,951 280,650 Totals for North Island 12,618,089 13,145,445 650,102 122,746 Totals for the Dominion .. 23,750,153 24,191,810 845,053 403,396 Net increase : North I-land Net decrease : South Island 527,31 85,0! )6 19 Total net increase for Dominion 441,61 »7 * Included in Ashley County.