New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 14

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✨ Livestock Statistics

726 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 14

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* ...	831	36,429	24,480	8,224	11,283	81,247
Hawke's Bay ...	571	16,157	11,630	5,194	6,112	39,664
Taranaki ...	135	9,592	8,118	2,533	3,355	23,733
Wellington ...	636	24,177	18,447	6,011	7,723	56,994
Marlborough ...	107	2,677	2,274	649	1,067	6,774
Nelson† ...	91	3,700	3,259	619	1,014	8,683
Westland ...	62	1,282	852	340	463	2,999
Canterbury ...	625	27,414	21,038	6,256	9,195	64,528
Otago ...	553	28,334	21,484	7,080	11,184	68,635
Totals { 1907-8...	3,611	149,762	111,582	36,906	51,396	353,257
Totals { 1906-7...	3,378	145,246	107,730	36,453	50,252	343,059
Increase ...	233	4,516	3,852	453	1,144	10,198

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 only.	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* ...	7,283	128,882	28,698	19,146	12,100	74,022	24,694	92,478	74,276	461,579
Hawke's Bay ...	4,126	32,135	72,529	7,186	22,567	37,489	13,210	61,420	41,447	292,109
Taranaki ...	5,158	126,750	6,651	11,255	2,457	43,387	12,323	30,498	28,412	266,891
Wellington ...	6,244	101,427	54,848	8,478	17,510	54,107	21,623	77,048	48,506	389,791
Marlborough ...	417	5,255	614	630	292	3,063	2,045	3,385	3,275	18,976
Nelson† ...	605	10,919	1,194	1,365	484	5,298	3,148	4,269	4,395	31,677
Westland ...	343	4,339	2,577	797	1,137	2,706	1,681	4,309	2,632	20,521
Canterbury ...	2,205	49,775	2,377	3,286	1,139	20,407	8,666	15,874	15,451	119,180
Otago ...	3,784	81,881	10,473	6,857	4,174	36,346	13,593	31,306	27,161	215,575
Totals { 1907-8	30,165	541,363	179,961	59,000	61,860	276,825	100,933	320,587	245,605	1,816,299
Totals { 1906-7	31,405	543,927	179,267	60,210	60,018	294,967	84,145	315,558	282,253	1,851,750
Increase ...	...	...	694	...	1,842	...	16,788	5,029	...	...
Decrease ...	1,240	2,564	...	1,210	...	18,142	...	...	36,648	35,451

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* ...	1,669	8,532	2,019	48,522	60,742
Hawke's Bay ...	417	2,661	1,681	11,756	16,515
Taranaki ...	1,139	6,660	361	40,122	48,282
Wellington ...	1,361	7,419	666	39,950	49,396
Marlborough ...	103	447	119	2,302	2,971
Nelson† ...	157	748	231	4,621	5,757
Westland ...	46	275	79	1,280	1,680
Canterbury ...	689	4,165	584	27,990	33,428
Otago ...	592	2,606	378	18,781	22,357
Totals { 1907-8...	6,173	33,513	6,118	195,324	241,128
Totals { 1906-7...	5,914	33,111	6,366	196,882	242,273
Increase ...	259	402	...	...	...
Decrease ...	...	...	248	1,558	1,145

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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