CATTLE.

SUMMARY OF PROVINCES.

| Provincial District. | Bulls used or intended for Stud Purposes. | | | | | | | Steers over Two Years Old. | | | | | | | Cows or Heifers calved or to calve this Season, for Dairy Purposes only. | | | | | | | Cows or Heifers calved or to calve this Season, kept solely for Breeding. | | | | | | |
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| | Pure Shorthorn. | Pure Hereford. | Pure Polled Angus. | Pure Ayrshire. | Pure Jersey. | Other Pure Breeds (give name). | Crosses. | Pure Shorthorn. | Pure Hereford. | Pure Polled Angus. | Pure Ayrshire. | Pure Jersey. | Other Pure Breeds (give name). | Crosses. | Pure Shorthorn. | Pure Hereford | Pure Polled Angus. | Pure Ayrshire. | Pure Jersey. | Other Pure Breeds (give name). | Crosses. | Pure Shorthorn. | Pure Hereford. | Pure Polled Angus. | Pure Ayrshire. | Pure Jersey. | Other Pure Breeds (give name). | Crosses. |
| AUCKLAND … { 1897-98 | 1,788 | 261 | 136 | 79 | 149 | 37 | 2,160 | 3,343 | 576 | 74 | 4 | 215 | 139 | 60,568 | 4,084 | 293 | 23 | 135 | 456 | 295 | 59,855 | 2,403 | 806 | 54 | 9 | 36 | 116 | 27,264 |
| | 1,667 | 337 | 87 | 67 | 183 | 44 | 2,039 | 5,490 | 764 | 13 | 54 | 58 | 170 | 51,960 | 5,242 | 953 | 36 | 194 | 494 | 303 | 52,923 | 3,098 | 662 | 46 | 8 | 85 | 52 | 24,017 |
| HAWKE’S BAY { 1897-98 | 520 | 10 | 138 | 11 | 33 | 2 | 464 | 1,643 | … | 412 | 2 | 2 | … | 15,552 | 236 | … | 10 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 13,294 | 2,297 | 4 | 535 | … | 1 | … | 13,423 |
| | 672 | 13 | 148 | 15 | 39 | 12 | 233 | 9,657 | 17 | 527 | 7 | 6 | 71 | 8,881 | 1,136 | 31 | 27 | 35 | 75 | 78 | 9,753 | 10,068 | 2 | 958 | … | 34 | 55 | 4,771 |
| TARANAKI … { 1897-98 | 967 | 21 | 17 | 102 | 109 | 73 | 1,419 | 427 | … | 16 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 31,702 | 361 | 13 | 73 | 59 | 201 | 19 | 68,345 | 333 | … | 14 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 5,422 |
| | 956 | 20 | 17 | 84 | 110 | 43 | 1,491 | 502 | 7 | 2 | … | … | 60 | 31,147 | 246 | 1 | 107 | 72 | 198 | 80 | 61,881 | 360 | 10 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 123 | 8,792 |
| WELLINGTON { 1897-98 | 1,319 | 93 | 121 | 185 | 162 | 25 | 1,492 | 4,575 | 226 | 269 | 59 | 3 | 40 | 38,667 | 2,516 | 67 | 63 | 279 | 276 | 183 | 50,958 | 4,920 | 546 | 246 | 13 | 34 | … | 24,356 |
| | 1,332 | 112 | 141 | 201 | 184 | 22 | 1,211 | 4,757 | 251 | 176 | 12 | 45 | … | 35,903 | 2,469 | 173 | 49 | 249 | 812 | 48 | 47,516 | 5,752 | 916 | 141 | 31 | 27 | … | 22,131 |
| MARLBOROUGH { 1897-98 | 22 | … | 15 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 218 | … | … | 1 | … | 5 | … | 1,901 | 20 | … | … | 31 | 49 | 12 | 4,284 | 6 | … | 215 | 2 | 1 | … | 615 |
| | 44 | … | 2 | 26 | 21 | … | 168 | 1 | . | … | 1 | 8 | … | 1,133 | 4 | … | 3 | 28 | 70 | … | 3,889 | … | … | … | … | 26 | … | 401 |
| NELSON … { 1897-98 | 89 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 40 | 1 | 394 | 150 | 6 | … | 8 | 10 | 90 | 5,969 | 362 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 128 | 50 | 10,137 | 57 | … | … | … | 15 | 20 | 1,194 |
| | 111 | 13 | 32 | 31 | 52 | 7 | 372 | 285 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 26 | … | 4,996 | 301 | 16 | 13 | 72 | 110 | 14 | 10,103 | 49 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | … | 1,362 |
| WESTLAND … { 1897-98 | 26 | … | 10 | 6 | 6 | … | 180 | 64 | … | 3 | … | … | 7 | 3,530 | 43 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3,864 | 44 | … | … | 7 | … | … | 935 |
| | 25 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | … | 187 | 5 | … | … | 14 | … | … | 2,700 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | … | 8,795 | 3 | … | … | 2 | … | … | 894 |
| CANTERBURY { 1897-98 | 604 | 43 | 30 | 75 | 74 | 37 | 559 | 544 | 47 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 11,895 | 1,297 | 120 | 62 | 258 | 264 | 216 | 36,343 | 269 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 858 |
| | 534 | 31 | 44 | 70 | 110 | 24 | 606 | 833 | 75 | 11 | 78 | 39 | 29 | 11,042 | 1,949 | 107 | 72 | 336 | 292 | ; 1 : | 32,729 | 644 | 35 | 10 | 72 | 4 | 6 | 1,104 |
| OTAGO … { 1897-98 | 775 | 168 | 296 | 607 | 67 | 22 | 1,389 | 493 | 47 | 2,017 | 259 | 12 | 3 | 24,976 | 737 | 61 | 214 | 1,971 | 116 | 13 | 61,621 | 516 | 262 | 1,064 | 136 | 17 | … | 7,596 |
| | 741 | 174 | 251 | 744 | 147 | 22 | 1,192 | 476 | 23 | 1,574 | 251 | 23 | 6 | 20,257 | 589 | 116 | 86 | 1,983 | 393 | 49 | 58,109 | 398 | 47 | 761 | 92 | 15 | 7 | 9,074 |
| TOTALS … { 1897-98 | 6,110 | 601 | 781 | 1,114 | 655 | 198 | 8,275 | 11,239 | 902 | 2,811 | 378 | 268 | 311 | 194,760 | 9,656 | 571 | 462 | 2,768 | 1,533 | 794 | 308701 | 10,845 | 1,630 | 2,129 | 186 | 141 | 168 | 81,663 |
| | 6,082 | 702 | 726 | 1,249 | 851 | 174 | 7,499 | 22,006 | 1,157 | 2,333 | 420 | 205 | 336 | 168,019 | 11,949 | 1,404 | 394 | 2,939 | 1,945 | 890 | 280698 | 20,367 | 1,673 | 1,972 | 220 | 195 | 243 | 72,546 |
| INCREASE … | … | 28 | … | 55 | … | 24 | 776 | … | … | 478 | … | 63 | … | 26,741 | … | … | 68 | … | … | … | 28,003 | … | … | 157 | … | … | … | 9,117 |
| DECREASE … | … | … | … | … | 196 | … | … | 10,767 | 255 | … | 42 | … | 25 | … | 2,293 | 833 | … | 171 | 412 | 96 | … | 9,522 | 43 | … | 34 | 54 | 75 | … |

• Corrected.

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 32