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A —continued Table showing the Number of Sheep and the Number of Breeding-ewes in each County throughout the Dominion on 30th April, 1941 and 1944—continued SOUTH ISLAND

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„ Number of Sheep on Increase (+) Number of Breeding-ewes on Increase ( + ) or - —- -—— or 30th April, 1941. 30th April, 1944. decrease (-). 30th 3Qth ApriJ Decrease (-). Waimea .. .. 309,182 302,003 - 7,179 168,128 166,738 - 1,390 Takaka . .. 51,432 50,230 - 1,202 26,558 26,477 - 81 Collmgwood .. .. 27,449 28,547 + 1,098 13,199 13 797 + 598 Buiier .. .. 3,760 3,019 - 741 2,487 2,'060 - 427 Inangahua .. .. 19,145 20,372 + 1,227 13,534 14,799 + 1 265 Murchison .. .. 53,202 46,480 - 6,722 32,565 30,073 - 2 492 Grey-- •• •• 35,846 33,600 - 2,246 24,764 23,856 - '908 Westland .. .. 50,731 46,269 - 4,462 36,066 35,257 - 809 8°™ ds •• 177,440 163,391 - 14,049 101,456 101,135 - 321 Marlborough .. .. 421,822 391,007 - 30,815 195,771 194 944 - 8'7 Awatere .. .. 381,377 286,155 - 95,222 205,875 161,921 - 43 954 Kaikoura .. .. 202,761 225,034 + 22,273 112,418 131,478 + 19'060 Amuri .. .. 389,606 347,540 - 42,066 228,670 211,733 - 16'937 Cheviot .. .. 207,906 202,241 — 5,665 145,070 137 323 — 7'747 Waipara •• •• 428,972 415,648 - 13,324 283,603 276,856 - 6'747 Ashley .. .. 93,869 95,137 + 1,268 63,146 64,808 + 1,662 £°7 al , •• •• 92,620 97,025 + 4,405 66,359 71,301 + 4 942 Oxford .. .. 102,611 116,003 + 13,392 71,258 75,188 + 3 930 Rangiora .. .. 43,414 51,501 -j- 8,087 33,220 36,101 + 2 881 re •• •• 68,151 71,610 + 3,459 49,569 49,289 — '28O Tawera .. .. 106,463 99,010 - 7,453 51,924 50,538 - 1,386 Malvern .. .. 156,273 197,110 + 40,837 111,652 121,947 + 10 295 Paparua .. .. 44,813 55,636 + 10,823 29,946 35,856 + 5!910 Waimairi .. .. 6,988 5,704 - 1,284 4,193 3,144 - 1 049 Heathoote .. .. 12,765 11,695 - 1,070 10,333 ' 7,387 - 2 946 Akaroa .. .. 111,650 116,729 + 5,079 86,275 81,989 - 4^286 Mount Herbert.. .. 53,224 55,804 + 2,580 40,410 38 963 - 1 447 Wairewa .. .. 93,196 92,840 - 356 71,456 - 2,'o62 Halswell .. .. 19,690 21,457 + 1,767 13,298 15,224 + 1 926 Springs .. .. 33,653 42,223 + 8,570 26,206 29,945 + 3'739 Ellesmere .. .. 104,497 111,415 + 6,918 78,337 76,461 - 1*876 Selwyn •• •• 236,968 242,376 + 5,408 144,544 147,945 + 3*401 Ashburton .. .. 950,401 1,073,164 + 122,763 647,761 676,256 + 28'495 Geraldine .. .. 341,480 363,260 + 21,780 231,694 222,581 — 9'113 Levels •• •• 198,632 238,147 + 39,515 144,414 143,651 - '763 Mackenzie .. .. 553,902 518,134 - 35,768 304,723 279,542 - 25 181 Waimate .. .. 648,715 671,326 + 22,611 431,309 424 314 - 6*995 Chatham Islands .. 109,140 110,962 + 1,822 41,003 39 476 - 1*527 Waitaki •• •• 702,035 721,251 + 19,216 416,955 427'l00 + 10*145 Mamototo .. .. 445,846 425,358 20,488 249,853 235 175 - 14*678 Vincent .. .. 468,436 468.261 - 175 254,222 255,317 + l'o95 Waihemo .. .. 147,909 152,085 + 4,176 94,422 97 545 + 3'123 Waikouaiti .. .. 100,189 99,575 - 614 65,433 69,894 + 4*461 Taieri.. •• 286,301 292,159 + 5,858 164,635 166,526 + 1891 Peninsula .. .. 18,861 21,026 + 2,165 15,698 16,050 + 352 £ lutha 591,318 614,358 + 23,040 385,263 389,488 + 4,225 Tuapeka .. .. 580,279 584,678 + 4,399 323,179 327,341 + 4,162 Bruce 318,549 316,786 - 1,763 213,059 207,185 - 5,874 Lake.. •• 279,648 266,707 12,941 133,333 127,247 - 6,086 Southland .. .. 2,208,265 2,456,987 + 248,722 1,541,199 1,623,368 + 82 169 Wallace .. .. 793,496 858,081 + 64,585 560,210 574,737 + 14 527 Stewart Island.. .. 4,452 3,526 - 926 1,894 2,076 + 182 Totals, South Island .. 13,889,330 14,300,642 + 411,312 8,762,549 8,808,796 + 46,247 Totals, North Island .. 17,862,330 18,899,656 +1,037,326 11,268,384 11,740,920 + 472,536 Totals, Dominion .. 31,751,660 33,200,298 +1,448,638 20,030,933 20,549,716 + 518,783

1- 2. 3. Number of Sheepowners on Number of Sheep on Names of Districts. 30th April, 1941. 30th April, 1944. 30th April, 1941. 30th April, 1944. Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 6,249 6,852 4,179,994 4,793,116 Poverty Bay - Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 3,897 3,956 7,051,024 7,259,166 Wellington - West Coast .. .. .. 5,342 5,646 6,631,312 6,847,374 Marlborough-Nelson-Westland .. .. .. 2,698 2,608 1,531,386 1,371 073 Canterbury-Kaikoura .. .. .. .. 6,187 6,002 5,412,360 5,648,731 0ta S° •• •• •• 8,060 7,909 6,945,584 7,280,838 Totals, Dominion .. .. .. 32,433 32,973 31,751,660 | 33,200,298