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A. —Table showing the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Dominion on 30th April, 1914 and 1915. NORTH ISLAND.

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County. Number of 30th April, 1914. Number of Sheep on Increase. Decrease. 30th April, 1915. Mangonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Whangarei Otamatea Hobson Rodney Great Barrier Island Waitemata .. Eden Manukau Franklin Coromandel Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Raglan Waipa Piako .. .. .. Matamata West Taupo Kawhia Awakino.. Waitomo Ohura East Taupo and Rotorua Rotorua East Taupo Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki Waiapu Cook Waikohu ... Wairoa Hawke's Bay Waipawa Waipukurau Patangata Wober Dannevirke Woodville Clifton .. Taranaki Egmont Stratford Whangamomona Eltham Hawera Waimate West .. Patea Waitotara Waimarino Kaitieke Wanganui Rangitikei Oroua Kairanga Kiwitea .. Pohangina Manawatu Horowhenua Hutt Makara Featherston South Wairarapa Masterton Castlepoint Akitio Pahiatua Eketahuna MauriceviUe 35,304 8,118 53,040 37,441 56,360 61,150 80,355 80,118 39,187 13,020 62,135 46,398 64,484 02,117 78,036 78,641 8,745 49,188 2,488 45,298 51,903 36,092 5,775 6,839 60,777 181,079 33,140 42,816 26,861 20,185 58,121 104,143 170,696 131,705 3,883 4,902 9,095 8,957 8,124 967 '2,319 1,477 48,126 2,964 49,600 51,131 30,937 7,345 8,723 54,322 175,797 27,747 39,140 29,255 21,324 47,320 92,328 119,619 78,221 36,316 '8,745 1,062 476 4,302 772 5,155 1,570 1,884 6,455 5,282 5,393 3,676 2,394 1,139 10,801 11,815 51,077 53,484 18,569 7,650 11,843 39,956 128,067 679,660 967,606 576,131 731,077 1,025,903 347,82S 93,010 612,159 111,614 286,575 96,035 92,520 34,499 11,375 122,662 107,180 63,263 83,341 975 262,586 210,951 259,434 89,238 572,449 952,724 156,209 117,173 321,692 163,442 127,137 163,030 147,085 81,093 405,635 180,105 562,408 171,985 270,230 213,609 81,491 70,903 18,569 7,650 4,138 1,934 18,852 23,726 20,247 54,206 42,628 30,316 7,705 38,022 109,215 6,55,934 947,359 521,925 688,449 1,102,909 400,131 107,672 669,995 102,042 283,822 90,148 86,569 26,835 9,061 111,317 98,230 59,745 76,707 1,251 202,134 218,921 216,091 56,192 539,907 969,246 153,701 114,074 327,895 171,742 137,718 155,277 143,668 76,160 488,021 190,642 604,084 170,969 272,105 205,546 79,150 75,571 9,572 2,753 5,887 5,951 7,664 2,314 11,345 8,950 3,518 0,634 77,000 52,303 14,002 57,836 276 452 7,970 43,343 33,046 32,542 2,508 3,099 16,522 6,203 8,300 10,581 7,759 3,417 4,933 82,380 10,537 41,076 1,016 '8,063 2,341 1,875 '4,668 Totals—North Island 13,155,958 13,309,982 598,702 444,678 Net inoreaso, N .rtii Island, 154,024.