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A. Table showing the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Dominion on 30th April, 1918 and 1919. NORTH ISLAND.

County. Number of 30th April, 1918. Number of Sheep on Sheep on Increase. Decrease. 30th April, 1919. Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokiangp Whangarei Otamatea Hobson Rodney Great Barrier Island Waitemata Eden Manukau Franklin Coromandel Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Raglan Waipa Piako Matamata Rotorua West Taupo Kawhia Awakino.. Waitomo Ohura East Taupo Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki Waiapu Cook Waikohu Wairoa Hawke's Bay Waipawa Waipukurau Patangata Wober .. Dannevirke Woodville Pahiatua AKitio 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 Eketahuna Maurioeville 40,609 15,544 89,270 88,806 90,560 70,424 103,855 88,176 9,108 65,443 2,306 67,776 56,238 43,304 4,086 6,881 57,971 201,504 37,024 43,559 25,319 18,721 39,222 51,817 94,195 180,057 168,809 17,019 16,777 51,482 171,613 760,519 1,098,883 705,824 781,384 1,150,285 451,634 123,722 674,314 127,377 332,219 102,177 222,477 296,340 104,274 45,133 13,258 104,826 104,288 60,971 81,492 3,889 273,279 226,388 304,659 128,843 536,273 1,001,889 171,068 127,887 331,373 165,709 136,966 148,773 156,513 81,480 484,889 207,942 533,824 200,425 111,049 70,288 40,345 16,948 91,680 40,030 114,814 62,328 105,558 80,427 9,401 53,577 2,761 54,596 50,390 42,255 4,019 5,212 52,521 191,142 32,452 32,117 21,535 8,005 35,097 50,806 102,387 158,630 165,406 16,594 8,153 48,247 157,199 716,539 1,012,594 656,246 743,824 1,108,253 440,947 118,463 643,479 128,434 312,175 96,851 218,615 288,866 94,943 46,080 11,869 96,045 96,754 64,175 81,070 4,742 276,131 240,485 312,694 141,205 542,108 974,610 167,379 131,711 320,651 159,737 125,038 135,235 152,277 85,664 485,490 215,860 541,776 183,033 109,495 09,661 '1,404 2,410 24,254 'i,703 353 455 8,192 1,057 953 3,204 853 2,852 14,097 8,035 12,362 5,835 3,824 4,184 601 7,918 7,952 264 48,770 8,096 '7,749 11,866 '3,180 5,848 1,049 07 1,069 5,450 10,362 4,572 11,442 3,784 10,716 4,125 1,011 21,421 3,403 425 8,024 3,235 14,414 43,980 80,289 49,578 37,560 42,082 10,687 5,259 30,835 20,044 5,326 3,862 7,474 9,331 1,389 8,781 7,534 416 27,249 3,689 10,722 5,972 11,928 13,538 4,230 17,392 1,554 627 Totals for North Island 14,758,278 14,758,278 14,211,944 112,498 - I 658,832 14,211,944 112,498 Net decrease, orth Island, 54i 1,334.