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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English Leicester, Shropshire. Southdown. Other Breeds. Name of County. Rams, 2-tooth and over. Wethers, 2-tooth and over. Ewes to be bred from this Season. Ewes not to be bred Lambs, from this Season. Earns, 2-tooth and over. no" .. ri ■nXi tt Ewes Ewes to not to be bred be bred L b „ from this from Lambs. Season. this Season. Eams, 2-tooth and over. Wethers. 2-tooth and over. Ewes to be ! „„^ s . bred from no '*°, this bred sA™ i from this Season. geason Lambs. m ri Ewes Earns, £5® Ewes to not to 2-tooth -zo% be bred be bred T h and tSv from this from ""»<»• over. Season. this s Season. ! Auckland disteiot. Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Whangarei Otamatea .. Hobson Rodney Great Barrier bland Waitemata Eden Manukau .. Eranklih .. Coromandel Thames .. Ohinemuri Waikato • ; Raglan ' Waipa Piako Matamata Rotorua West Taupo Kawhia ,, Awakino Waitomo Ohura East Taupo (part) .. Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki 14 1 2 3 34 6 29 10 48 74 186 18 1 9 141 30 152 115 61 43 29 280 156 346 516 150 4 227 159 26 83 381 150 4 2 6 41 9 2 10 52 61 22 4 5 3 17 58 61 35 20 7 6 1 20 40 3 71 30 3 150 17 147 728 6 176 234 160 297 170 5 2 12 70 584 4 102 91 70 185 1 1 20 12 4 3 23 2 3 2 95 25 48 34 48 4 8 90 60 12 13 59 40 31 24 24 7 66 46 19 12 4 8 1 25 108 19 30 15 180 26 320 15 ' 22 41 12 4 46 150 50 80 30 30 290 100 150' 1.967 12 150 2 130 "62 16 26 45 15 15 "25 5 16 15 40 25 6 25 43 50 2 7 6 43 1 24 2 1 6 3 1 20 50 2 2 82 100 100 Totals 1,009 508 1,332 236 436 319 1,985 189 1,293 449 281 120 726 45 729 2,443