New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 12

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✨ Livestock statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

HORSES (INCLUDING MULES AND ASSES).

SUMMARY OF TOTALS.

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* ...	803	31,843	21,673	7,590	10,061	71,470
Hawke’s Bay ...	354	15,457	10,814	4,809	5,243	36,677
Taranaki ...	162	9,135	7,314	2,569	3,165	22,345
Wellington ...	551	21,875	17,875	6,512	7,597	54,410
Marlborough ...	153	2,531	2,045	677	953	6,359
Nelson† ...	80	3,348	2,774	753	1,187	8,142
Westland ...	64	1,234	741	296	414	2,749
Canterbury ...	503	25,689	19,000	6,145	8,658	59,995
Otago ...	510	26,499	20,497	6,938	10,375	64,819
Totals { 1905–6...	3,180	137,111	102,733	36,289	47,653	326,966
Totals { 1904–5...	2,966	134,787	98,188	33,915	44,914	314,770
Increase ...	214	2,324	4,545	2,374	2,739	12,196

CATTLE.

SUMMARY OF TOTALS.

District.	Bulls.	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 over Two Years Old intended for Breeding only.	Heifers under Two Years Old.	Cows or Heifers intended for Fattening	Steers over Two Years Old.	Steers under Two Years Old.	Total.
Auckland* ...	6,675	109,012	30,666	17,026	12,912	67,334	17,171	73,990	77,162	411,948
Hawke’s Bay ...	3,759	29,867	72,746	3,475	18,851	39,813	5,742	50,288	43,490	268,031
Taranaki ...	4,726	117,178	7,031	12,926	3,011	50,796	7,924	34,252	48,442	286,286
Wellington ...	6,609	110,670	52,426	9,762	18,303	61,500	12,311	68,913	60,715	396,209
Marlborough ...	377	5,267	1,042	1,060	313	3,033	1,113	2,995	3,550	18,750
Nelson† ...	674	11,218	1,459	1,396	739	6,047	2,204	4,005	5,169	32,911
Westland ...	309	4,447	2,199	446	704	2,775	1,130	3,591	2,873	18,474
Canterbury ...	2,018	47,930	2,884	2,804	1,602	25,748	7,772	19,009	23,966	133,733
Otago ...	3,921	82,131	15,201	8,179	5,080	45,631	9,497	30,564	44,390	244,594
Totals { 1905–6	29,068	517,720	185,654	57,074	56,515	302,677	64,864	287,607	309,757	1,810,936
Totals { 1904–5	27,992	498,241	170,087	51,875	48,211	298,687	63,496	262,592	315,719	1,736,850
Increase ...	1,076	19,479	15,617	5,199	8,304	3,990	1,368	25,015	...	74,086
Decrease ...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	5,962	...

SWINE.

SUMMARY OF TOTALS.

District.	Boars.	Sows over One Year Old kept for Breeding.	Sows under One Year Old kept for Breeding.	Barrows or Sows all Ages kept for Fattening.	Total.
Auckland* ...	1,413	7,717	2,909	40,265	52,304
Hawke’s Bay ...	457	3,015	1,247	12,546	17,265
Taranaki ...	691	4,171	565	27,944	33,371
Wellington ...	1,181	7,132	910	35,684	44,907
Marlborough ...	109	594	278	2,827	3,808
Nelson† ...	209	956	275	6,227	7,667
Westland ...	60	301	49	1,449	1,859
Canterbury ...	959	6,067	1,430	45,838	54,294
Otago ...	806	4,084	710	28,652	34,252
Totals { 1905–6...	5,885	34,037	8,373	201,432	249,727
Totals { 1904–5...	6,350	37,479	9,623	201,868	255,320
Decrease ...	465	3,442	1,250	436	5,593

The Counties of Waiapu and Cook are included in the Hawke’s Bay District.
† The Counties of Amuri and Cheviot are included in the Canterbury District.

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