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New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 17

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✨ Horse Statistics by Land District

MAR. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 627

HORSES.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH LAND DISTRICT IN THE DOMINION THE NUMBER OF HORSES IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1921, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO BREED, SEX, AND AGE.

Thoroughbred.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Stallions for Stud.	Geldings Two Years Old and Over.	Dry Mares Two Years Old and Over.	Mares with Foal at Foot or to foal this Season.	Fillies under Two Years Old.	Colts or Geldings under Two Years Old.	Other Horses and Horses unspecified.	Total.
North Auckland	35	709	459	70	35	24	95	1,427
Auckland	43	256	363	140	113	82	13	1,010
Hawke's Bay	56	293	321	120	72	71	57	990
Taranaki	13	155	132	34	17	16	11	378
Wellington	70	699	725	212	124	112	57	1,999
Nelson	8	72	69	9	3	7	10	178
Marlborough	8	21	21	3	6	2	1	62
Westland	5	35	52	9	5	6	13	125
Canterbury	47	346	356	103	66	57	31	1,006
Otago	33	202	286	60	29	22	28	660
Southland	10	512	617	68	62	39	24	1,332
Totals	328	3,300	3,401	828	532	438	340	9,167

Draught.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Stallions for Stud.	Geldings Two Years Old and Over.	Dry Mares Two Years Old and Over.	Mares with Foal at Foot or to foal this Season.	Fillies under Two Years Old.	Colts or Geldings under Two Years Old.	Other Horses and Horses unspecified.	Total.
North Auckland	61	6,165	3,916	185	86	74	186	10,673
Auckland	122	9,361	6,686	506	412	355	138	17,580
Hawke's Bay	68	5,240	3,498	341	218	178	93	9,636
Taranaki	34	3,389	2,726	147	99	72	22	6,489
Wellington	94	6,893	5,383	353	206	170	220	13,319
Nelson	15	1,646	1,423	86	60	60	43	3,333
Marlborough	19	1,831	1,385	121	110	100	6	3,572
Westland	4	326	299	24	21	12	34	720
Canterbury	136	19,402	16,891	1,375	1,232	1,092	199	40,327
Otago	76	10,570	9,410	825	663	551	195	22,290
Southland	36	9,045	7,998	494	438	318	43	18,372
Totals	665	73,868	59,615	4,457	3,545	2,982	1,179	146,311

Other Breeds (Harness and Saddle).

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Stallions for Stud.	Geldings Two Years Old and Over.	Dry Mares Two Years Old and Over.	Mares with Foal at Foot or to foal this Season.	Fillies under Two Years Old.	Colts or Geldings under Two Years Old.	Other Horses and Horses unspecified.	Total.
North Auckland	100	11,375	10,616	843	449	389	625	24,397
Auckland	49	12,986	12,630	1,048	1,072	878	358	29,021
Hawke's Bay	46	10,195	10,042	1,210	1,016	908	872	24,289
Taranaki	9	6,575	6,955	233	220	164	138	14,294
Wellington	25	12,331	12,679	865	709	613	798	28,020
Nelson	22	1,905	2,179	116	92	67	90	4,471
Marlborough	11	1,392	1,723	138	120	136	19	3,539
Westland	21	788	778	57	45	24	50	1,763
Canterbury	48	8,898	9,437	720	515	460	1,047	21,125
Otago	21	5,187	5,726	412	349	283	801	12,779
Southland	8	2,966	3,703	249	217	161	131	7,435
Totals	360	74,598	76,468	5,891	4,804	4,083	4,929	171,133

Ponies under Fourteen Hands.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Stallions for Stud.	Geldings Two Years Old and Over.	Dry Mares Two Years Old and Over.	Mares with Foal at Foot or to foal this Season.	Fillies under Two Years Old.	Colts or Geldings under Two Years Old.	Other Horses and Horses unspecified.	Total.
North Auckland	10	661	845	37	52	42	137	1,784
Auckland	11	741	1,097	86	52	50	196	2,233
Hawke's Bay	17	277	360	68	25	26	41	814
Taranaki	10	422	696	40	35	20	68	1,291
Wellington	22	731	864	116	48	64	107	1,952
Nelson	1	28	46	--	4	2	10	91
Marlborough	3	28	60	17	11	11	--	130
Westland	--	8	9	--	2	--	5	24
Canterbury	26	492	596	61	58	44	116	1,393
Otago	11	223	289	24	15	27	70	659
Southland	9	94	111	11	15	10	27	277
Totals	120	3,705	4,973	460	317	296	777	10,648

Total (All Breeds).

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Stallions for Stud.	Geldings Two Years Old and Over.	Dry Mares Two Years Old and Over.	Mares with Foal at Foot or to foal this Season.	Fillies under Two Years Old.	Colts or Geldings under Two Years Old.	Other Horses and Horses unspecified.	Total.
North Auckland	206	18,910	15,836	1,135	622	529	1,043	38,281
Auckland	225	23,344	20,776	1,780	1,649	1,365	705	49,844
Hawke's Bay	187	16,005	14,221	1,739	1,331	1,183	1,063	35,729
Taranaki	66	10,541	10,509	454	371	272	239	22,452
Wellington	211	20,654	19,651	1,546	1,087	959	1,182	45,290
Nelson	46	3,651	3,717	211	159	136	153	8,073
Marlborough	41	3,272	3,189	279	247	249	26	7,303
Westland	30	1,157	1,138	90	73	42	102	2,632
Canterbury	257	29,138	27,280	2,259	1,871	1,653	1,393	63,851
Otago	141	16,182	15,711	1,321	1,056	883	1,094	36,388
Southland	63	12,617	12,429	822	732	528	225	27,416
Totals	1,473	155,471	144,457	11,636	9,198	7,799	7,225	337,259

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