New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 37

Page 851

✨ Livestock Statistics

MAY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 851

HORSES.
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 ...	611	28,891	19,222	4,398	6,935	60,057
HAWKE’S BAY ...	281	12,679	8,653	2,588	3,387	27,588
TARANAKI ...	122	7,997	6,558	1,274	1,532	17,483
WELLINGTON...	345	19,549	14,838	2,841	3,322	40,895
MARLBOROUGH ...	39	2,320	1,798	383	496	5,036
NELSON ...	69	3,029	2,288	356	497	6,239
WESTLAND ...	33	959	698	164	239	2,093
CANTERBURY ...	388	23,142	17,958	3,100	4,665	49,253
OTAGO ...	357	24,279	20,097	3,674	5,339	53,746
TOTALS { 1899–00	2,245	122,845	92,110	18,778	26,412	262,390
{ 1898–99	2,264	119,959	91,050	17,835	27,541	258,649
INCREASE ...	...	2,886	1,060	943	...	3,741
DECREASE ...	19	...	...	...	1,129	...

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 ...	4,483	64,307	65,447	22,793	10,721	7,824	14,229	102,061	291,865
HAWKE’S BAY ...	2,007	33,610	17,301	30,273	2,227	10,566	4,028	41,005	141,017
TARANAKI ...	3,344	31,186	70,011	4,304	7,447	1,481	6,975	77,559	202,307
WELLINGTON...	3,958	40,589	65,021	28,119	7,506	8,529	9,039	71,765	234,526
MARLBOROUGH ...	248	1,558	4,349	920	300	208	705	4,749	13,037
NELSON ...	572	3,953	10,251	880	1,284	347	1,813	9,854	28,954
WESTLAND ...	226	4,045	4,200	1,085	752	424	1,206	4,939	16,877
CANTERBURY...	1,619	14,417	38,672	1,406	2,731	696	6,556	28,768	94,865
OTAGO ...	3,297	28,894	68,304	9,815	6,919	4,177	8,490	57,095	186,991
TOTALS { 1899–00	19,754	222,559	343,556	99,595	39,887	34,252	53,041	397,795	1,210,439
{ 1898–99	18,678	214,822	333,536	95,237	37,649	32,071	61,035	409,996	1,203,024
INCREASE ...	1,076	7,737	10,020	4,358	2,238	2,181	...	12,201	7,415
DECREASE ...	...	...	...	...	...	...	7,994	...	...

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 ...	1,939	11,377	9,155	41,439	63,910
HAWKE’S BAY ...	410	2,559	2,614	10,028	15,611
TARANAKI ...	765	3,151	4,991	28,430	37,337
WELLINGTON...	1,205	4,234	7,577	33,930	46,946
MARLBOROUGH ...	112	377	660	2,810	3,959
NELSON ...	207	790	1,354	7,072	9,423
WESTLAND ...	62	325	265	1,227	1,879
CANTERBURY ...	734	2,058	5,570	30,971	39,333
OTAGO ...	707	3,422	4,605	22,619	31,353
TOTALS { 1899–00	6,141	28,293	36,791	178,526	249,751
{ 1898–99	4,476	25,759	26,203	137,074	193,512
INCREASE ...	1,665	2,534	10,588	41,452	56,239
DECREASE ...	...	...	...	...	...

SUMMARY OF HORSES
FOR THE YEARS 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899.

---	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
1899 .. ..	2,245	122,845	92,110	18,778	26,412	262,390

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