H.—23b

C— continued. Statement compiled from the Returns furnished by Owners of Sheep, in pursuance of Section 52 of the Stock Act, 1908, showing the Total Number of Sheep and Lambs within each County on the 30th April, 1917— continued. SHEEP OF A DISTINCTIVE BREED BUT NOT ENTERED IN FLOCK-BOOK— continued.

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Merino. Lincoln. Eomney. Border Leicester. Name of County. Earns. 2-tooth and j over. Wethers, 2-tootb and over. b Ired notto R * m *. I-Sg beTred =<* *° Eams, Wethers, not to from bebred Lambs. *■*<***> Jfg beteed Lambs . 2-tooth 2-tooth' be bred LambB . thiS fr , 0m aDd S-"? tMS thi- aQd alld tMS Thi? o.,.„„ this over. feaj Season „ tius over. over. o„,„„ n this Season. Season- f* « beason. Season beason. season. - I .- ri Ewes to J?"" Eams, %~~ he bre.I not to 2-tooth |og b f, b S d be bred Lambs and -gSr-, , llis | riom over. =,*■§ Seas0I , »J» I CANTERBrjRY-KAIKOTJRA DISTRICT. 3,794 50 200 100 84 50 100 24 35 154 100 30 230 2.316 5,917 1,050 14.204 8,786 17,740 34 12 20 76 20 750 664 2,216 1,456 30 17 13 30 1 105 2,426 11 5,068 2,836 12,369 21 272 172 568 37 226 331 167 39 2 264 19 14 22 73 68 109 16 91 189 153 2,105 941 1,114 1,438 3,484 Kaikoura .. Amuri Cheviot Waipara Ashley KoWai Oxford Rangiora Eyre TaWera Malvern Paparua Waimairi Heathcote Akaroa .. Wairewa Mount Herbert Halswell Springs EUesmere SelWyn Ashburton Geraldine .. Levels Mackenzie Waimate Chatham Islands 318 1,065 47 217 18 13,805 27,717 1,289 11,349 469 8,222 42,926 11,434 14,451 1,064 1,101 3,249 57 2,363 11.7S0 4,438 1.148 1,396 5,110 8,683 17,037 1,271 3,346 909 4,519 119 157 12 57 88 72 80 2,516 2,960 200 240 132 125 152 44 7 7 1 7 8 '68 38 553 350 70 20 92 40 431 151 12 2 7 17 25 8 60 280 19 3 200 29 50 38 110 25 50 170 158 418 40 1,953 170 11 160 10 •• 75 25 750 7,458 779 425 18 •• •• •• •• 297 838 160 95 4 20 226 2 ■• " " " 3 8 .. •• " 14 15 28 2 •- I .. i .. :: 71 10 7 92 " 30 14 18 10 500 • • 90 224 73 39 90 525 611 2 .. 6 £232 4 •• 1 789 421 370 1,542 145 15 65 60 17,392 25,100 756 1 39,385 11,073 601 124 2,329 23,188 35,344 4.778 530 52,137 10,027 1,256 15 77 32 2,386 9,240 5,165 13,477 312 951 353 4,850 20,133 430 4,485 100 809 7 2 60 47 19 39 62 6 310 44 255 2,738 •■ :: • • . 1 40 280 658 3,943 8,763 •• •• .. •• . 44 35 170 784 •• 962 85 2,410 4,372 1 1 118 217 595 211 1,319 696 708 31 125 1.160 1,359 6,552 139 '.. 121 360 174 1.144 34 126 2,393 185 588 5.066 | 26 1,367 2.731 ! 221 2,575 : 16,497 1,043 S82 67 "•897 1,665 2,101 1,398 6,530 Totals .. 5,268 i 158,584 |232,045 28,661 83,187 j 550 3,433 15,126 \ 1,198 8,075 5,217 9,459 54,964 3,792 : — 24,362 11,935 5,215 31,830 , 2,336 14,330