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 … {1898-99 | 1,906 | 218 | 145 | 54 | 138 | 37 | 2,653 | 3,415 | 525 | 81 | 70 | 37 | 466 | 63,491 | 3,386 | 242 | 15 | 89 | 587 | 500 | 59,774 | 2,209 | 868 | 134 | 8 | 42 | 198 | 30,028 |
| | 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 |
| HAWKE’S BAY {1898-99 | 541 | 11 | 107 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 507 | 379 | 480 | 155 | 1 | … | 11 | 18,508 | 51 | 4 | 29 | 10 | 70 | 54 | 13,207 | 832 | 29 | 575 | … | 6 | … | 16,104 |
| | 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 |
| TARANAKI … {1898-99 | 888 | 24 | 25 | 85 | 116 | 67 | 1,948 | 205 | … | 1 | … | 19 | … | 29,765 | 227 | 39 | … | 26 | 74 | 1 | 73,964 | 250 | … | 1 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 4,034 |
| | 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 |
| WELLINGTON {1898-99 | 1,158 | 100 | 95 | 183 | 146 | 20 | 1,627 | 2,913 | 307 | 153 | 71 | 25 | … | 41,751 | 584 | 37 | 64 | 165 | 278 | 4 | 57,360 | 3,743 | 628 | 246 | 85 | 9 | … | 21,907 |
| | 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 |
| MARLBOROUGH {1898-99 | 18 | … | 4 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 202 | … | … | 153 | … | … | … | 1,792 | 10 | … | … | 24 | 43 | 2 | 4,148 | … | … | 205 | … | … | … | 512 |
| | 22 | … | 15 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 218 | … | … | 1 | … | 5 | … | 1,901 | 20 | … | … | 31 | 49 | 12 | 4,284 | 6 | … | 215 | 2 | 1 | … | 615 |
| NELSON … {1898-99 | 93 | 16 | 12 | 34 | 51 | 5 | 376 | 20 | … | … | … | 11 | 6 | 6,597 | 36 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 2 | 10,834 | 2 | … | … | 11 | … | … | 1,083 |
| | 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 |
| WESTLAND … {1898-99 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | … | 187 | 14 | … | … | … | … | … | 3,933 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | … | 8,950 | … | 1 | … | … | … | … | 1,129 |
| | 26 | … | 10 | 6 | 6 | … | 180 | 64 | … | 3 | … | … | 7 | 3,530 | 43 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3,864 | 44 | … | … | 7 | … | … | 935 |
| CANTERBURY {1898-99 | 470 | 37 | 28 | 80 | 74 | 32 | 600 | 641 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 38 | 10,631 | 1,280 | 57 | 59 | 242 | 275 | 172 | 34,968 | 183 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 620 |
| | 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 |
| OTAGO … {1898-99 | 856 | 176 | 286 | 561 | 60 | 20 | 1,475 | 311 | 116 | 1,294 | 165 | 1 | 50 | 26,160 | 633 | 108 | 115 | 1,540 | 108 | 26 | 63,954 | 399 | 167 | 1,286 | 113 | 6 | 21 | 7,461 |
| | 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 |
| TOTALS … {1898-99 | 5,956 | 590 | 706 | 1,029 | 621 | 201 | 9,575 | 7,898 | 1,442 | 1,849 | 330 | 104 | 571 | 202,628 | 6,215 | 497 | 291 | 2,116 | 1,497 | 761 | 322,159 | 7,618 | 1,731 | 2,462 | 234 | 73 | 241 | 82,878 |
| | 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 | 308,701 | 10,845 | 1,630 | 2,129 | 186 | 141 | 168 | 81,663 |
| INCREASE … | … | … | … | … | … | 3 | 1,300 | … | 540 | … | … | … | 260 | 7,868 | … | … | … | … | … | … | 13,458 | … | 101 | 333 | 48 | … | 73 | 1,215 |
| DECREASE … | … | 154 | 11 | 75 | 85 | 34 | … | 3,341 | … | 962 | 48 | 164 | … | … | 3,441 | 74 | 171 | 652 | 36 | 33 | … | 3,227 | … | … | … | 68 | … | … |