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A —continued. Table showing the Number of Sheep in each County throughout the Dominion on 30th April, 1931 and 1932 —continued. SOUTH ISLAND.

B.

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Number of Sheep on County. Increase. Decrease. 30th April, 1931. 30th April, 1932. Waimea .. .. .. •• •• 311,795 303,842 .. 7,953 Takaka .. .. •• •• •• 55,680 50,659 .. 5,021 Gollingwood .. .. • • • • ■ • 30,074 29,545 .. 529 Buller .. .. •• •• •• 5 ,647 4,622 .. 1,025 Inangahua .. .. 14,484 13,570 .. 914 Murchison .. .. •• •• •• 54,71/ 53,162 .. 1,555 Grev •• •• •• 36,841 32,339 .. 4,502 Westland ! 56.621 49,054 .. 7,567 Sounds .. .. .. 193,668 187,288 .. 6,380 Marlborough !! 382,651 367,622 .. 15,029 Awatere .... 354,749 357,200 2,451 Kaikoura " 202,729 207,787 5,058 Amuri • •• 427,372 420,915 .. 6,457 Cheviot ' .... 195,901 205,664 9,763 Waipara " •• •• •• 403,359 410,874 7,515 Ashlev •• 102,080 100,706 .. 1,374 Kowai !! 79 ,130 81 ' 153 2,023 Oxford .. .. • • •• •• 115,809 117,014 1,205 Rangiora . . • • • • • • • • 39,303 40,107 804 E ° .. .. 60,663 66,409 5,746 Tawera " 111,861 111,135 .. 726 Malvern .. .. .. 184,857 172,224 .. 12,633 Paparua " 46,273 40,984 .. 5,289 Waimairi 6,916 5,745 .. 1,171 HeaZote 13,572 10,595 .. 2,977 Akaroa .. .. 117,888 111,759 .. 6,129 Mount Herbert .. •• •• •• 55,082 50,954 .. 4,128 w' 93,899 86,477 .. 7,422 Halswell " !! "I«7 16,007 .. 1,430 Snrin „ s ' 34,978 30,879 .. 4,099 EUesmere " '■ 101,875 91,461 .. 10,414 Sgi®„ n " .. .. 269,731 256,821 .. 12,910 AahWfnn " •• 1,092,238 1,034,019 .. 58,219 Patm Iflinf 1 " " •• •• 383,112 367.461 .. 15,651 TWk " •• •• 208,534 220,827 12,293 Mackenzie " " 579,395 593,623 14,228 Waimate 669,644 689,586 19,942 SSr 1 '"' :: :: :: :: igt •• Mnnintntn .. •• •• 489,115 476,360 .. 12,755 vtZt •• •• 494! 466 479,656 .. 14,810 Waihemo " •'! 172,155 169,295 .. 2,860 Wakouaiti " 102,128 97,684 .. 4,444 Taiir? " •• 291,589 305,610 14,021 Peninsula !! 13,210 10,439 .. 2,771 01 lithri * ■ * * 558,877 o46,403 .. 12,474 r r ™ , a " " " .. 586,744 609,524 22,780 .. .. 307,365 299,351 .. 8,014 " " .. .. 322,441 314,049 .. 8,392 Southland " " .. .. •• 1,912,496 1,892,331 .. 20,165 S5S5" :: :: '»'•«; •• Stewart Island .. •• •• 3,534 2,851 .. 683 Totals, South Island .. .. 13,905,640 13,744,801 .. 160,839 Totals, North Island .. .. 15,886,876 14,946,987 .. 939,889 Totals, Dominion .. ■■ 29,792,516 28,691,788 .. 1,100,728

1. 2 - 3 - Number of Sheepowners on Number of Sheep on Names of Districts. " ~ " 30tli April, 1931. 30th April, 1932. 30th April, 1931. 30th April, 1932. Anrkland • • •• •• 5 > 473 5 > 408 3,311,406 2,992,354 Poverty Bay-Hawke's Bay 3,869 3,778 6,424,856 6,280,928 Wellington — West Coast 5,248 5,174 6,150,614 5,673,705 Marlborough- Kelson - Westland .. .. 2,56] 2,542 1,496,927 1,448,903 fintprbiirv - Kaikoura «,178 6,134 5,707,731 5,638,714 Otago .. .. .. 7 ;460 7,413 6,700,982 6,657,184 Totals, Dominion 30,789 30,449 29,792,516 28,691,788 Decrease .. •• •• •• 1,100,/28