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Animal Pests destroyed. —Owing to the large extent of country now covered by •departmental operations, it is not practicable to adhere to the previous practice of indicating the particular area in which operations were conducted during the year. A new table has, however, been drawn up which gives the districts covered by these -operations and the results secured. For comparative purposes, a similar table covering the year ended 31st March, 1947, is also included. The table, as set out hereunder, .also contains information as to the boundaries of each district: —

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Operational District. Deer. Goats. Chamois. Tahr. Wild Pigs. 1 Wild | Sheep. {a) For year ended 31st March, 1948— Central North Island District Tararaa Range area Nelson-Marlborough District Canterbury District Southern Lakes District Stewart Island Special campaigns— Poverty Bay (opossums) Waimate (wallabies) 3,071 946 1,375 6,769 13,830 340 10,821 228 4,000 17j 804 73 " 3 1,092 169 1 j 467 565 934 5 682 549 33 " 2 707 2,622 Totals 26,331 32,926 1,264 2,032 2,205 3,329 (b) For year ended 31st March, 1947— Central North Island District Tararua Range area Nelson-Marlborough District Southern Lakes District Canterbury District (Mount Cook region only) Stewart Island Three Kings Islands 4,920 924 1,441 6,083 151 5,885 161 50,460 16,111 393 14 *642 801 429 1 4,604 40 86 3^570 Totals 13,519 73,010 656 801 5,074 3,656 Operational District Wapiti Cross.* Wild Cattle. Wild Cats. Opossums. Wallabies. Totals. (a) For year ended 31st March, 1948— Central North Island District Tararua Range area Nelson-Marlborough District Canterbury District Southern Lakes District Stewart Island Special campaigns— Poverty Bay (opossums) Waimate (wallabies) 55 5 * 56 8 16 5,061 4 j 521 15,538 1,179 8,682 9,877 32,456 412 5,142 4,523 Totals 55 5 64 5,077 4,521 77,809 (b) For year ended 31st March, 1947— Central North Island District Tararua Range area Nelson-Marlborough District Southern Lakes District Canterbury District (Mount Cook region only) Stewart Island Three Kings Islands .. 11,320 1,086 60,089 22,234 1,443 151 393 Totals •• 96,716 * Wapiti x Bed Deer.