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C—continued. SUMMARY Number and Percentage of each Breed by Sheep Districts.

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I ' ~ ~ ~~ : North Island Sheep Districts. South Island Sheep Districts. t> , -r, _ Dominion. Breed of Sheep. Auckland. Poverty Bay- Wellington- Total Marlborough- Canterbury- n , T , , 1 HawkesBay. West Coast. lotai - Nelson-Westland. Kaikoura. Ot&go. Total. Kumber - Cent. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. , Number. Number. Stud sheep (entered in Flockbook) — Merino .. .. .. .. o-OO 4 0-00 .. 0-00 4 0-00 8,213 0-57 11,525 0-20 6,782 0-10 26,520 0-19 26,524 0-09 Lincoln .. .. .. 608 0-02 619 0-01 6,098 0-11 7,325 0-05 343 0-02 135 0-00 58 0-00 536 0-00 7,861 0-03 Komney . . .. .. 18,320 0-61 16,878 0-27 79,006 1-39 114,204 0-75 7,552 0-52 6,676 0-12 56,420 0-85 70,648 0-51 184,852 0-65 Border Leicester .. .. 282 0-01 .. 0-00 618 0-01 I 900 0-01 409 0-03 14,368 0-26 11,049 0-17 25,826 0-19 26,726 0-09 Enghsh Leicester .. .. 1,109 0-04 91 0-00 30 0-00 1,230 0-01 2,214 0-15 22,677 0-40 538 0-01 25,429 0-19 26,659 0-09 .Shropshire .. .. 168 0-01 .. 0-00 133 0-00 301 0-00 101 0-01 2,268 0-04 880 0-01 3,249 0-02 3,550 0-01 Southdown .. .. 9>12 2 0-30 14,134 0-23 42,904 0-76 66,160 0-44 1,854 0-13 22,928 0-41 4,101 0-06 28,883 0-21 95,043 0-33 Corriedale .. .. 162 0-01 118 0-00 453 0-01 ! 733 0-01 972 0-07 30,840 0-55 10,125 0-15 41,937 0-31 42,670 0-15 "J™-' 972 0-03 570 0-01 645 0-01 | 2,187 0-02 51 0-00 1,572 0-03 301 0-01 1,924 0-01 4 111 0-02 Other breeds .. .. 74 0-00 4 0-00 89 0-00 | 167 0-00 1,126 0-08' 2,481 0-04 10 0-00 3,617 0-03 3,784 0-01 Totals •• 30,817 1-03 32,418 0-52 129,976 2-29 | 193,211 1-29 | 22,835 1-58 115,470 2-05 90,264 1-36 228,569 1-66 421,780 1-47 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but j j not entered in Flock-book — Merino •" •• 15,470 0-52 12,666 0-20 22,428 0-40; 50,564 0-34 218,275 15-06 516,467 9-16 391,482 5-88 1,126,224 8-19 1,176,788 4-10 Lincoln .. .. .. 5,943 0-20 24,405 ! 0-39 8,968 0-16 39,316 0-26 4,266 0-30 3,784 0-08 4,360 0-07 12,410 0-09 51,726 0-18 Komney.. .. .. 506,492 16-93 1,495,498 23-81 1,238,032 21-82:3,240,022 21-68 134,176 9-26 106,335 1-89 434,974 6-53 675,485 4-92 3,915,507 13-64 Border Leicester .. .. 5,200 0-17 1,827 0-03 2,193 0-04 9,220 0-06 1,516 0-11 24,147 0-43 18,931 0-28 44,594 0-32 53,814 0-19 English Leicester .. .. 2,126 0-07 3,265 j 0-05 757 0-01 6,148 0-04 6,163 0-43 36,361 0-64 5,995 0-09 48,519 0-35 54,667 0-19 aropsiure .. .. 2,093 0-07 564 10-01 2,020 0-04! 4,677 0-03 1,372 0-09 6,466 0-11 15,075 0-23 22,913 0-17 27,590 0-10 Southdown .. .. 19,422 0-65 33,816:0-54 63,544 1-12 116,782 0-78 4,059 0-28 22,447 0-40 8,361 0-13 34,867 0-25 151,649 0-53 Comedale .. .. 6,585 0-22 520:0-01 22,811 0-40 29,916 0-20 34,094 2-35 710,160 12-59 467,203 7-02 1,211,457 8-82 1,241,373 4-33 Hall-bred .. .. 30,246 1-01 29,018 0-46 39,271 0-69, 98,535 0-66 353,983 24-43 1,126,496 19-98 544,374 8-17 2,024,853 14-73 2,123,388 7-40 /Uui ' '.i " " 737 °' 02 339 °' 01 185 0,00 i' 261 °' 01 82 °' 01 J. 927 0-03 383 0-01 2,392 0-02 3,653 0-01 Other breeds .. .. 637 0-02 694 | 0-01 491 0-01 1,822 0-01 175 0-01f 880 0-01] 678 0-01 1,733 0-01 3,555 0-01 Totals •• •• 594,951 19-88 1,602,612 25-52 1,400,700 24-69)3,598,263 24-07 758,161 52-33 2,555,470 45-32 1,891,816 28-42 5,205,447 37-87 8,803,710 30-68 Crossbreds and others not other- 2,366,586 79-09 4,645,898 73-96 4,143,029 73-02 11,155,513 74-64 667,907 46-09 2,967,774 52-63 ! 4,675, 104 70-22 8,310,785 60-47 19 466 298 67-85 wise enumerated 1 Grand totals .. 2,992,354 100-00 6,280,928 jl00-00 5,673,705 100-00 14,946,987 100-00 1,448,903 100-00 5,638,714 100-00 ! 6,657, 184 100-00 13,744,801 100-00 28,691 788 100-00 , ■ i I