New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 12

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✨ Livestock Statistics Summary

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TOTALS FOR COLONY.

SUMMARY OF HORSES (INCLUDING MULES AND ASSES)

FOR THE YEARS 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–00, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06.

—	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.
1897–98 .. ..	2,407	116,228	89,444	18,433	26,715	253,227
1898–99 .. ..	2,264	119,959	91,050	17,835	27,541	258,649
1899–00 .. ..	2,245	122,845	92,110	18,778	26,412	262,390
1900–01 .. ..	2,465	120,932	93,487	22,017	27,824	266,725
1901–02 .. ..	2,596	124,869	93,188	27,249	32,176	280,078
1902–03 .. ..	2,784	124,514	93,405	29,781	36,935	287,419
1903–04 .. ..	2,818	128,076	95,240	31,643	41,405	299,182
1904–05 .. ..	2,966	134,787	98,188	33,915	44,914	314,770
1905–06 .. ..	3,180	137,111	102,733	36,289	47,653	326,966

SUMMARY OF CATTLE

FOR THE YEARS 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–00, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06.

—	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 over Two Years Old intended for Breeding only.	Cows or Heifers intended for Fattening.	Steers or Heifers under Two Years not otherwise enumerated.	Totals.
1897–98 .. ..	17,734	210,669	324,485	96,762	36,108	28,180	54,389	440,838	1,209,165
1898–99 .. ..	18,678	214,822	333,536	95,237	37,649	32,071	61,035	409,996	1,203,024
1899–00 .. ..	19,754	222,559	355,256	99,595	39,887	34,252	53,041	397,795	1,222,139
1900–01 .. ..	20,196	198,884	372,416	117,717	34,190	32,913	52,403	427,961	1,256,680
1901–02 .. ..	21,228	202,810	381,492	132,439	39,001	33,687	50,267	500,860	1,361,784
1902–03 .. ..	24,049	210,659	428,773	134,973	43,390	35,668	47,161	535,990	1,460,663
1903–04 .. ..	26,629	245,049	468,125	140,367	47,054	36,228	49,949	580,146	1,593,547
1904–05 .. ..	27,992	262,592	498,241	170,037	51,875	48,211	63,496	614,406	1,736,850
1905–06 .. ..	29,068	287,607	517,720	185,654	57,074	56,515	64,864	612,434	1,810,936

SUMMARY OF SWINE

FOR THE YEARS 1897–98, 1898–99, 1899–00, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1903–04, 1904–05, 1905–06.

—	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.	Totals.
1897–98 .. ..	4,247	27,446	24,338	129,996	186,027
1898–99 .. ..	4,476	25,759	26,203	137,074	193,512
1899–00 .. ..	6,141	28,293	36,791	178,526	249,751
1900–01 .. ..	5,608	27,423	34,876	183,068	250,975
1901–02 .. ..	4,983	21,955	30,150	166,936	224,024
1902–03 .. ..	4,716	18,950	27,210	142,864	193,740
1903–04 .. ..	5,414	20,935	32,796	167,446	226,591

—	Boars for Stud Purposes.	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.
1904–05 .. ..	6,350	37,479	9,623	201,868	255,320
1905–06 .. ..	5,885	34,037	8,373	201,432	249,727

SUMMARY OF SHEEP FOR THE YEARS 1897 TO 1905.

Year (30th April).	Stud and Flock Rams.	Stud Breeding-ewes.	Stud Dry Ewes.	Stud Lambs.	Total Stud Sheep and Flock Rams.	Flock Sheep.	Grand Total Stud and Flock Sheep.
					Wethers.	Breeding-ewes.	Dry Ewes.
1897	193,196	164,909	13,518	109,478	481,101	4,052,477	8,522,284
1898	187,756	164,947	14,598	113,904	481,205	3,918,236	8,280,065
1899	190,670	181,602	14,940	112,490	499,702	4,092,310	8,480,144
1900	197,930	182,255	15,047	123,145	518,377	3,528,799	9,074,799
1901	215,664	200,159	16,715	135,109	567,647	3,413,238	9,706,457
1902	217,967	201,181	19,484	132,585	571,217	3,358,066	9,408,968
1903	214,689	183,398	15,184	123,878	537,149	3,232,219	8,888,353
1904	219,953	161,205	13,049	104,647	498,854	2,871,809	9,061,243
1905	229,106	192,364	10,866	120,649	552,985	2,771,872	9,886,820

NUMBER OF RAMS, WETHERS, EWES, AND LAMBS IN THE COLONY SINCE 1900.

Year (30th April).	Stud Rams, Two-tooth and Over.	Flock Rams, Two-tooth and Over.	Wethers, Two-tooth and Over.	Breeding-ewes.	Dry Ewes.	Lambs.	Totals.
1900 .. ..	7,985	189,945	3,528,799	9,257,054	1,094,571	5,276,841	19,355,195
1901 .. ..	9,650	206,014	3,413,238	9,906,616	1,097,561	5,600,020	20,233,099
1902 .. ..	10,799	207,168	3,358,066	9,610,149	1,424,762	5,731,783	20,342,727
1903 .. ..	9,383	205,306	3,232,219	9,071,751	1,430,563	5,005,331	18,954,553
1904 .. ..	8,220	211,733	2,871,809	9,222,448	1,042,847	4,923,749	18,280,806
1905 .. ..	8,333	220,773	2,771,872	10,079,184	709,378	5,341,335	19,130,875