New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 121

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✨ Sheep Statistics



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SUMMARY.

NUMBER OF SHEEP IN EACH DISTRICT AT 30TH APRIL, 1918.

Sheep District in North Island. Sheep District in South Island. Total in Dominion.
Auckland. Napier-Gisborne. Wellington-West Coast. Total. Marlborough-Nelson-Westland. Canterbury-Kaikoura. Otago. Total.
Stud sheep (entered in Flock-book)—
Merino .. .. .. .. 3,147 7,377 4,894 15,418 15,418
Lincoln 3,070 5,434 35,326 43,830 1,033 1,656 1,631 4,320 48,150
Romney 9,240 16,312 62,195 87,747 7,920 6,994 28,581 43,495 131,242
Border Leicester 176 .. 941 1,117 354 15,165 18,171 33,690 34,807
English Leicester 562 99 383 1,044 1,223 21,040 1,483 23,746 24,790
Shropshire 110 .. 884 994 204 2,396 420 3,020 4,014
Southdown 519 3,698 11,412 15,629 143 7,880 685 8,708 24,337
Corriedale .. .. .. .. 23 24,845 5,820 30,688 30,688
Other breeds .. 129 248 377 .. 955 4 959 1,336
Totals 13,677 25,672 111,389 150,738 14,047 88,308 61,689 164,044 314,782
Sheep of a distinctive breed but not entered in Flock-book—
Merino 9,148 23,899 21,143 54,190 184,602 541,041 305,722 1,031,365 1,085,555
Lincoln 15,618 193,483 130,767 339,868 12,154 11,146 8,875 32,175 372,043
Romney 275,274 1,046,008 933,311 2,254,593 169,760 77,475 429,851 677,086 2,931,679
Border Leicester 2,457 1,874 4,898 9,229 1,776 77,492 107,270 186,538 195,767
English Leicester 2,687 697 1,627 5,011 13,926 128,351 8,169 150,446 155,457
Shropshire 3,412 399 1,299 5,110 1,517 8,688 3,367 13,572 18,682
Southdown 1,058 7,965 18,159 27,182 168 7,145 104 7,417 34,599
Corriedale 902 10,667 20,004 31,573 9,082 261,754 166,099 436,935 468,508
Halfbreds .. .. 10,716 10,716 115,481 614,446 171,702 901,629 912,345
Other breeds 840 8,162 2,928 11,930 3,474 2,684 908 7,066 18,996
Totals 311,396 1,293,154 1,144,852 2,749,402 511,940 1,730,222 1,202,067 3,444,229 6,193,631
Crossbreds and others not otherwise enumerated 1,688,402 5,508,329 4,661,407 11,858,138 847,847 3,600,525 3,723,379 8,171,751 20,029,889
Grand totals 2,013,475 6,827,155 5,917,648 14,758,278 1,373,834 5,419,055 4,987,135 11,780,024 26,538,302


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