New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 34

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✨ Livestock Statistics

APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 821

HORSES, ETC.
SUMMARY OF TOTALS.

Provincial District.	Entires.	Geldings.	Mares over Two Years Old.	Mares with Foal at Foot, or to foal this Season.	Colts or Fillies under Two Years Old.	Total.
AUCKLAND ...	751	31,573	21,383	5,811	9,031	68,549
HAWKE’S BAY ...	132	8,648	6,024	1,368	1,803	17,975
TARANAKI ...	128	8,241	6,101	1,323	1,769	17,562
WELLINGTON...	332	19,010	14,790	2,342	3,422	39,896
MARLBOROUGH ...	49	2,225	1,787	319	497	4,877
NELSON ...	116	3,949	2,862	602	880	8,409
WESTLAND ...	28	937	653	124	249	1,991
CANTERBURY...	357	21,332	16,839	2,635	4,468	45,631
OTAGO ...	371	24,044	20,611	3,311	5,422	53,759
TOTALS { 1898–99	2,264	119,959	91,050	17,835	27,541	258,649
{ 1897–98	2,407	116,228	89,444	18,433	26,715	253,227
INCREASE ...	...	3,731	1,606	...	826	5,422
DECREASE ...	143	...	...	598	...	...

CATTLE.
SUMMARY OF TOTALS.

Provincial District.	Bulls.	Steers over Two Years Old.	Cows or Heifers (calved or to calve) for Dairy Purposes only.	Cows or Heifers (calved or to calve) kept solely for Breeding.	Heifers over Two Years Old intended for Dairying.	Heifers intended for Breeding only.	Cows or Heifers intended for Fattening	Steers or Heifers under Two Years not otherwise enumerated.	Total.
AUCKLAND ...	5,151	68,085	64,593	33,487	9,881	10,855	18,054	113,158	323,264
HAWKE’S BAY ...	1,214	19,534	13,425	17,546	1,968	5,417	4,044	32,135	95,283
TARANAKI ...	3,153	29,990	74,331	4,317	6,700	1,127	7,214	75,649	202,481
WELLINGTON...	3,329	45,220	58,492	26,618	6,130	9,121	12,046	77,527	238,483
MARLBOROUGH ...	252	1,945	4,227	717	435	143	925	5,344	13,988
NELSON ...	587	6,634	10,957	1,096	1,547	662	2,611	12,603	36,697
WESTLAND ...	237	3,947	3,974	1,130	550	254	937	5,079	16,108
CANTERBURY...	1,321	11,370	37,053	873	2,235	572	6,569	27,478	87,471
OTAGO ...	3,434	28,097	66,484	9,453	8,203	3,920	8,635	61,023	189,249
TOTALS { 1898–99	18,678	214,822	333,536	95,237	37,649	32,071	61,035	409,996	1,203,024
{ 1897–98	17,734	210,669	324,485	96,762	36,108	28,180	54,389	440,838	1,209,165
INCREASE ...	944	4,153	9,051	...	1,541	3,891	6,646	...	...
DECREASE ...	...	...	...	1,525	...	...	...	30,842	6,141

SWINE.
SUMMARY OF TOTALS.

Provincial District.	Boars for Stud Purposes.	Barrows or Sows over One Year Old, for Fattening.	Sows kept solely for Breeding.	Barrows or Sows under One Year Old.	Total.
AUCKLAND ...	1,493	12,166	9,042	38,592	61,293
HAWKE’S BAY ...	196	1,043	1,185	5,033	7,457
TARANAKI ...	658	2,111	3,347	20,480	26,596
WELLINGTON...	772	2,961	4,515	22,752	31,000
MARLBOROUGH ...	91	572	414	2,084	3,161
NELSON ...	175	1,847	1,042	5,423	8,487
WESTLAND ...	45	175	215	1,155	1,590
CANTERBURY...	497	1,817	3,450	24,151	29,915
OTAGO ...	549	3,067	2,993	17,404	24,013
TOTALS { 1898–99	4,476	25,759	26,203	137,074	193,512
{ 1897–98	4,247	27,446	24,338	129,996	186,027
INCREASE ...	229	...	1,865	7,078	7,485
DECREASE ...	...	1,687	...	...	...

SUMMARY OF HORSES
FOR THE YEARS 1896, 1897, 1898.

—	Entires.	Geldings.	Mares over Two Years Old.	Mares with Foal at Foot, or to foal this Season.	Colts or Fillies under Two Years Old.	Total.
1896 ...	2,506	114,796	87,093	18,062	27,790	250,247
1897 ...	2,407	116,228	89,444	18,433	26,715	253,227
1898 ...	2,264	119,959	91,050	17,835	27,541	258,649

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