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North Island Sheep Districts. South Island Sheep Districts. 1— ' — ' Dominion. n . a 11 j Poverty Bay • Wellington - twqI Marlborough- Canterbury- Otago. Total. Breed of Sheep. Auckland. Hawke's Bay. West Coast. Total. Nelson -Westland. Kaikoura. : ! I _ : • Number. Number. Number. | Number. Number. | Number. Cent. Number. Cent. Number. Cent. Number. Cent. • * • | 9 Stud sheep (entered in FlockMerino' ~ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• -• 6,229 0-43 9,918 0-16 7,413 0-11 23,560 0-17 23,560 0-07 Lincoln !!! " .. " 176 0-00 1,501 0-02 1,677 0-01 349 0-03 1 0-00 93 0-00 443 0-00 2,120 0-01 Romney .. .. .. 19,941 0-56 20,793 0-30 93,614 1-42 134,348 0-79 6,711 0-46 8,174 0-13 57,148 0-86 72,033 0-51 206,381 0-66 Border Leicester .. .. 205 0-00 205 0-00 221 0-02 9,425 0-15 6,651 0-10 16,297 0-12 16,502 0-05 English Leicester .. .. 644 0-02 103 0-00 128 0-00 875 0-01 1,708 0-12 17,546 0-28 1,169 0-02 20,423 0-14 21,298 0-07 Shropshire .. .. 25 0-00 .. .. .. .. 25 0-00 41 0-00 1,097 0-02 342 0-01 1,480 0-01 1,505 0-01 Southdown .. .. 13,436 0-38 17,541 0-26 48,281 0-73 79,258 0-46 2,367 0-16 33,886 0-55 11,211 0-17 47,464 0-33 *26, 722 0-40 Corriedale .. .. 247 0-01 620 0-01 748 0-01 1,615 0-01 1,340 0-09 40,228 0-65 14,361 0-22 55,929 0-39 5 0-18 Ryeland .. .. .. 643 0-02 759 0-01 990 0-02 2,392 0-01 137 0-01 2,564 0-04 676 0-01 3,377 0-02 5,769 0-02 Other breeds 23 0-00 136 0-00 159 0-00 935 0-06 3,403 0-06 .. .. 4,338 0-03 4,497 0-01 Totals .. .. 35,141 0-99 40,015 1 0-58 145,398 ; 2-20 | 220,554 1-29 20,038 1-38 126,242 2-04 99,064 1-50 245,344 1-72 465,898 1-48 Sheep of a distinctive breed, but not entered in Flock-book — , _ __ , _ __ Merino .. .. .. 10,300 0-29 4,125 0-06 10,571 0-16 24,996 0-15 192,965 13-26 520,607 8-43 297,510 4-50 1,011,082 7-10 1,03b, 078 3-31 Lincoln .. .. .. 2,057 0-06 4,798 0-07 2,902 0-04 i 9,757 0-06 3,028 0-21 5,944 0-10 4,634 0-07 13,606 0-10 23,363 0-08 Romney.. .. .. 502,420 14-19 1,515,433 21-95 1,236,601 18-68 3,254,454 19-07 107,156 7-36 132,178 2-14 305,341 4-62 544,675 3-82 3,799,129 12-14 Border Leicester .. .. 735 0-02 704 0-01 1,851 0-03! 3,290 0-02 2,403 0-16 21,648 0-35 14,084 0-21 38,135 0-27 41,42.5 0-13 English Leicester .. .. 1.479 0-04 1,198 0-02 197 0-00 2,874 0-02 3,226 0-22 28,166 0-46 3,175 0-05 34,567 0-24 °' 12 Shropshire .. .. 1,241 0-04 884 0-01 188 0-00 2,313 0-01 1,737 0-12 5,947 0-10 2,172 0-03 9,856 0-07 12,169 0-04 Southdown .. .. 36,566 1-03 43,336 0-63 71,235 1-08 151,137 0-88 5,905 0-41 34,882 0-56 23,666 0-36 64,453 0-45 215,590 0-69 Corriedale .. .. 12,387 0-35 2,138 0-03 57,526 0-87 72,051 0-42 51,188 3-52 798,535 12-94 426,928 6-46 1,276,651 8-96 1,348,702 4-31 Half-bred .. .. 21,355 0-60 41,172 0-59 79,454 1-20 141,981 0-83 432,081 29-70 1,318,469 21-36 584,777 8-84 2,335,327 16-40 2,477,308 7-91 Ryeland.. .. .. 803 0-02 415 0-01 551 0-01 1,769 0-01 86 0-01 1,353 0-02 753 0-01 2,192 0-02 3,961 0-01 Other breeds .. .. 717 0-02 780 0-01 238 0-00 1,735 0-01 116 0-01 1,532 0-02 568 0-01 2,216 0-02 3,951 0-01 Totals .. .. 590,060 16-66 1,614,983 23-39 1,461,314 22-07 3,666, 357 21-48 799,891 54-98 2,869,261 j46- 48 1,663,608 25-16 5,332,760 37-45 8,999,117 28-75 Crossbreds and others not other- 2,916,660 82-35 5,248,154 76-03 5,013,410 75-73 13,178,224 '77-23 635,019 43-64 3,177,573 tōI-48 4,849,987 73-34 8,662,579 60-83 21,840,803 69-77 wise enumerate 3,541,861 100-00 6,903,152 100-00 6,620, 122 ilOO-OO 117,065,135 100-00 1,454,948 100-00 6,173,076 jlOO-OO 6,612,659 100-00 14,240,683 100-00 31,305,818 100-00