New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 180

Page 4573

✨ Live-stock Statistics

Dec. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4573

HORSES.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF HORSES IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1917.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Stallions for Stud.	Geldings over Two Years Old.	Dry Mares over Two Years Old.	Mares with Foal at Foot or to foal this Season.	Colts or Fillies under Two Years Old.	Other Horses.	Total.
Auckland .. ..	559	38,864	32,109	6,254	9,078	6,032	92,896
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	261	16,152	13,311	2,870	4,002	3,074	39,670
Taranaki .. ..	157	10,911	10,614	1,274	2,324	649	25,929
Wellington .. ..	336	20,941	20,046	3,280	4,582	3,287	52,472
Nelson .. ..	51	3,695	3,550	453	692	369	8,810
Marlborough.. ..	48	3,101	3,006	235	584	344	7,318
Westland .. ..	23	1,225	1,250	209	278	269	3,254
Canterbury .. ..	334	29,243	25,386	3,467	7,519	3,886	69,835
Otago .. ..	264	16,559	15,531	2,140	4,766	3,390	42,650
Southland .. ..	97	12,527	11,602	1,602	3,711	1,227	30,766
Totals for Dominion ..	2,130	153,218	136,405	21,784	37,536	22,527	373,600

CATTLE.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF CATTLE IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1917.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Bulls (of all Ages)	Cows and Heifers over Two Years Old for Dairying.	Other Cows and Heifers over Two Years Old.	Heifers under Two Years Old.	Steers over Two Years Old.	Steers under Two Years Old.	Total Cattle.
	For Beef Purposes.	For Dairy Purposes.
Auckland .. ..	3,364	12,354	260,714	104,476	179,698	127,666	157,768
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	4,305	1,617	43,329	124,810	64,129	72,568	54,696
Taranaki .. ..	849	6,311	154,181	30,566	79,391	23,351	42,578
Wellington .. ..	4,226	5,904	134,035	107,264	89,015	95,031	66,031
Nelson .. ..	177	906	18,038	5,337	11,518	5,844	9,665
Marlborough .. ..	91	621	10,583	3,530	6,918	3,703	4,858
Westland .. ..	232	390	9,475	7,141	7,269	6,521	6,080
Canterbury .. ..	480	2,634	56,567	18,778	31,854	20,833	20,707
Otago .. ..	542	2,211	45,876	13,589	24,901	17,212	17,640
Southland .. ..	702	2,014	44,641	16,224	27,984	17,225	23,492
Totals for Dominion ..	14,968	34,962	777,439	431,715	522,677	389,954	403,515

SUMMARY OF CATTLE FOR THE YEARS 1906, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1916, AND 1917.

Year.	Bulls (of all Ages).	Cows and Heifers over Two Years Old for Dairying.	Other Cattle.	Total Cattle.
1906 .. .. ..	31,405	604,137	1,216,208	1,851,750
1907 .. .. ..	30,165	600,363	1,185,771	1,816,299
1908 .. .. ..	30,170	591,617	1,151,539	1,773,326
1911 .. .. ..	40,870	633,733	1,345,568	2,020,171
1916 .. .. ..	50,858	750,323	1,616,310	2,417,491
1917 .. .. ..	49,930	777,439	1,747,861	2,575,230

PIGS AND GOATS.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF PIGS AND GOATS IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1917.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Pigs.	Goats.
	Boars of all Ages for Stud.	Sows of all Ages used or intended for Breeding.
Auckland .. .. ..	2,675	12,852
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	409	2,212
Taranaki .. .. ..	1,335	6,117
Wellington .. ..	1,220	6,658
Nelson .. .. ..	232	1,288
Marlborough .. ..	138	840
Westland .. .. ..	91	492
Canterbury .. ..	763	4,454
Otago .. .. ..	350	1,563
Southland .. ..	235	1,070
Totals for Dominion ..	7,448	37,546

HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PIGS.

SUMMARY AS ASCERTAINED AT EACH ENUMERATION SINCE 1906.

Year.	Horses (not including Asses and Mules).	Cattle.	Sheep.	Pigs.
1906 .. .. ..	342,608	1,851,750	20,108,471	242,273
1907 .. .. ..	352,832	1,816,299	20,983,772	241,128
1908 .. .. ..	363,259	1,773,326	22,449,053	245,092
1909 .. .. ..	*	*	23,480,707	*
1910 .. .. ..	*	*	24,269,620	*
1911 .. .. ..	404,284	2,020,171	23,996,126	348,754
1916 .. .. ..	371,331	2,417,491	24,788,150	297,501
1917 .. .. ..	373,600	2,575,230	25,270,386	283,770