H—23

C —continued Number of Sheep in New Zealand Since 1918

27

Stud and Stud Stud Stud Lambs. Total Stud Sheep and Flock Rams. Sheep of a Distinctive Breed and Crossbred Sheep. Grand Tota! Year. Flock Rams. Breedingewes. Dry Ewes. Wethers. Breedingewes. Dry Ewes. Lambs. Stud and Flock Sheep. 1918 .. 1919 .. 1920 . . 1921 .. 1922 .. 1923 .. 1924 . . 1925 .. 1926 .. 1927 . . 1928 . . 1929 . . 1930 1931 . . 1932 .. 1933 . . 1934 .. 1935 .. 1936 .. 1937 .. 1938 .. 1939 .. 1940 1941 .. 1942* . . 325,111 321,304 306,621 322,144 322,072 330,055 332,814 355,579 370,535 388,274 396,351 422,331 448,617 461,998 469,051 463,619 467,211 471,070 492,403 515,644 522,360 543,626 541,120 560,525 171,437 165,676 154,516 158,608 154,277 172,843 179,533 184,744 192,055 199,219 205,720 219,802 244,480 238,281 232,006 226,330 228,769 231,605 249,016 260,510 266,724 268,257 262,467 259,681 6,297 12,196 9,803 9,513 7,259 9,013 9,727 7,867 10,053 8,644 7,347 7,203 7,884 8,081 7,855 6,625 7,083 7,292 7,105 6,077 7,588 7,729 5,939 7,262 125,116 127,150 109,454 110,428 98,221 119.749 132,137 131,485 138,526 144,897 145,969 156,526 174,862 169,879 164.750 160,265 162,631 169,041 174,869 188,320 195,045 190,189 188,556 180,251 1 1 627,961 626,326 580,394 600.693 581,829 631,660 654,211 679,675 711,169 741,034 755,387 805,862 875,843 878,239 873,662 856,839 865.694 879,008 923,393 970,551 991,717 ,009,801 998,082 ,007,719 3,696,520 3,922,632 3,901,742 3,634,799 2,727,624 2,551,627 2,807,032 3,063,663 3,212,435 3,074,974 3,024,647 3,289,135 3,367,916 3,429,552 2,730,826 2,415,183 2,437,618 2,481,354 2,608,645 2,653,241 2,894,717 2,815,058 2,434,586 2,390,130 12,850,597 12,176,224 11.415.159 11,989,180 12,341,777 12.890.160 12,896,561 13,530,479 13,756,197 14,632,511 15,328,331 16,388,353 17,319,695 17,370,448 16,831,054 16,983,367 17,342,657 17,580,812 18,419,945 19,071,567 19,397,142 19,692,042 19,465,190 19,771,252 1,592,452 1,799,201 1,814,391 1,336,306 952,789 808,919 1,036,723 875,899 1,069,682 823,047 861,780 875,495 1,069,788 1,202,633 1,260,323 992,261 926,073 980,773 857,986 789,440 1,026,989 867,456 959,611 915,371 7,770,772 7,304,171 6,208,284 5,724,053 5,618,240 6,199,073 6,381,249 6,398,239 6,155,510 6,377,450 7,163,665 7,692,537 8,208,045 6,911;644 6,995.923 6,508,316 7,076,996 7,154,807 7,303,735 7,821,019 8,068,209 7,512,734 7,205,406 7,667,188 26,538,302: 25,828,554 23,919,970' 23,285,031 22,222,259 23,081,439 23,775,776 24,547,955. 24,904,993 25,649,016 27,133,810 29,051,382 30,841,287 29,792,516 28,691,788 27,755,966 28,649,038 29,076,754 30,113,704 31,305,81& 32,378,774 31,897,091 31,062,87531,751,660 1943* .. 1944 .. 1945 .. 1946* .. 1947 .. 1948 . . 1949 .. 559,669 571,477 582,922 301 ,"283 309,447 314,145 323,704 6,667 6,230 7,250 6,092 6,966 217j 340 223,491 237,892 239,379 1 1 1 1 1 ,098,837 ,130 >86 ,129,606 ,152,971 2,606j 105 2,525,788 2,248,861 2,475,413 20,556,411 20,427% 579 20,741,337 21,175,999 1,086j 625 911,915 654,502 628,276 8,189j 862 8,881,661 7,708j 003 7,708,832 7,412,259 33,200,298 33,974,612 32,6si,79932,483,138 32,844,91S * Not available.