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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, 1922— continued. CROSSBRED AND OTHER SHEEP NOT OTHERWISE ENUMERATED.

Name of County. Wethers, 2-tooth and over. Ewes to ] Ewes not to be bred from ■ be bred from this Season, i this Season. Lambs. Auckland District. Mongonui Whangaroa Bay of Islands Hokianga Whangarei Otamatea Hobson Rodney Great Barrier Island Waitemata Eden Manukau Franklin Coromandel Thames Hauraki Plains Ohinemuri Piako Waikato Raglan . . . . Waipa Matamata 5,647 1,337 6,498 4,110 14,486 7,026 8,736 10,271 1,234 4,542 304 7,246 5,162 7,112 237 8 278 4,772 1,973 15,218 1,164 2,276 2,562 6,100 5,123 15,593 7,715 18,742 21,124 2,206 3,164 5,461 19,713 17,020 8,034 28,719 23,047 53,512 28,253 30,181 22,079 5,425 18,392 16,278 15,429 15,971 2,813 1,410 1,426 10,606 14,019 80,560 13,441 10,921 11,284 13,764 23,009 . 42,229 64,325 62,745 65,133 7,793 4,036 24,535 69,066 1,708 223 2,113 1,093 4,142 2,526 2,246 5,351 798 3,679 485 2,147 2,841 1,386 285 30 464 2,054 1,873 3,215 1.171 1,459 1,013 909 1,176 1,776 2,258 2,934 3,835 1,526 1,562 1,619 4,435 1 9,437 . 3,707 12,817 8,803 25,397 14,897 17,740 12,811 2,852 10,397 510 5,803 7,359 9,228 1,013 643 652 5,417 5,510 35,596 3,135 4,399 3,031 4,926 8,737 22,931 25,137 34,667 40,102 3,405 4,091 14,959 39,771 Eotorua West Taupo Kawhia Awakino Waitomo Ohura Kaitieke East Taupo Tauranga Whakatane Opotiki Totals 217,140 805,455 64,332 399,880 Gisborne District. Matakaoa Waiapu Uawa Cook Waikohu 7,01.4 18,774 10,535 38,567 29,932 49,215 151,649 65,086 334,877 292,486 3,982 15,790 2,927 17,812 16,302 28,897 102,792 37,303 153,109 141,090 Totals 104,822 893,313 56,813 463,191 Hawke's Bay District. Wairoa Hawke's Bay Waipawa Waipukurau Patangata Weber Dannevirke Woodville Pahiatua Akitio 87,047 103,532 31,143 8,474 47,382 13,660 10,756 3,840 10,612 18,791 278,472 473,917 196,709 66,462 356,084 34,895 123,144 28,952 88,987 95,730 25,312 49,511 17,396 6,306 22,634 5,385 6,273 1,982 4,616 9,866 126,823 187,239 71,321 25,161 151,486 25,742 46,606 13,426 38,054 62,716 Totals 335,237 1,743,352 149,281 748,574 Wellington - West Coast District. Clifton Taranaki Inglewood Egmont Stratford 10,784 1,737 437 493 6,921 36,859 5,536 3,046 1,516 20,961 2,808 538 33 211 385 20,301 1,956 1,580 2,863 10,120