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Sheep District in North Island. Sheep District in South Island. Auckland. NapierGisborne. WellingtonWest Coast. Total. Marlborough- rantp7 . b . lrv _ Nelson-West- Canterbury , , Kaikoura. Otago. I Total. Dominion. Stud sheep (entered in Flock-book)— Merino Lincoln Romney Border Leicester English Leicester Shropshire Southdown Corriedale Other breeds 1,491 12,779 189 584 512 1,430 19 127 3,162 12,760 622 10,872 78.558 536 412 587 16.479 922 342 15.525 104,097 725 1,618 1.099 24.662 941 606 10.003 579 9.549 324 1,290 149 354 734 929 14.402 189 4,091 11,159 19,195 1.846 9.414 31.430 8,389 4.074 1.099 34,373 10.764 923 515 617 6,458 1.283 28,479 1.867 48,013 22.247 21,408 2,510 10,385 38,622 10,601 28.479 17.392 152,110 22,972 23,026 3,609 35,047 39.563 11,207 6,753 137 Totals 17,131 23,434 108,708 149,273 23,911 100,115 60,106 184,132 333,405 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — Merino Lincoln Romney Border Leicester English Leicester Shropshire Southdown Corriedale Half-bred Other breeds 6,425 7,687 238,107 3.798 3,232 3.602 3,802 1,248 3.395 670 15,221 60,023 1,196,975 2,552 1.179 97 13,936 566 1,396 1,630 19,475 36,950 1,047,686 2.668 1.120 1.717 28,690 28,334 7,729 1,608 41,121 104.660 2,482,768 9,018 5,531 5,416 46.428 30.148 12,520 3,908 191,179 5.986 143.380 1,545 7.040 1.553 2,334 5,565 266 .,038 2,035 365.189 1.141 64.831 24.214 32,556 4,793 5,196 321,313 893.215 819 277,790 7,420 307,488 61.797 5.500 1.228 345 285,756 275.715 8,700 834.158 14,547 515.699 87.556 45.096 7,574 7,875 612.634 1,434.968 11,554 875, 279 119,207 2,998,467 96.574 50.627 12,990 54.303 64*2.782 1.447,488 15,462 Totals .. 271,966 1,293,575 1.175,977 2,741,518 626, 655 1,713,267 1,231,739 3,571,661 6,313,179 Crossbreds and others not otherwise enumerated 1,679,018 4,960,908 3,948,000 10,587,926 621,967 2,897,713 3,021,586 6,541,266 17,129,192 Grand totals 1,968,115 6,277,917 5,232,685 13,478,717 1,272,533 4,711.095 4,313.431 10,297,059 23,775,776