551 LIVE STOCK. The first statistical return of Live Stock in the colony was made in irss. under Phillip's instructions, for the purpose of ascertaining the exact number of stock in the colony on the 1st May, 1788. The result was as follows : — An Account of Live Stock in the Settlement, May iBt, 1788 To whom belonging. X 1 i 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 2 " 2 2 Iram 12 ewes 1 Iboar 1980WB •• •• Governor •• 1 8 •• 2 8 wethen lewe llamb •• 10 8 6 8 17 22 1 1 1 7 5 6 4 9 of detachment 12 10 17 2 6{ 9 8 56 26 Rtnir 11 5 7 1 1 •• .H.» 6 86 62 Other iBdiTidaals.. Total .. 1 8 8 2 6 29 19 49 25 6 18 29 85 122 87 Since the Ist of May, three sheep dead, and the oowb and hulls lost. Andw. Miller, Commissary. The increase which has taken place in the live stock of the in isss. colony during the past century may be seen in the following table :— 1788. Horses Head of Cattle Sheep Swine Babbits 7 390,609 7 1,676,487 29 46,966,162 74 264,111 6 Innumerable. The total number of Live Stock in the di£ferent colonies at the end of the in all the year 1887 is returned as follows : — colonies. Colony. Horses. Cattle. Sheep. Pigs. New South Wales... Victoria 390,602 315,000 170,000 305,865 42,196 29.528 187,382 1,675.487 1,333.873 440,000 4,473,716 97,079 147,092 895,461 46,965,152 10,623,985 7,254,000 12,926,158 1,989,978 1,647,242 16,677,445 264,111 243,461 179,000 73,663 27,120 62,408 369,991 South Australia Qnfw^nsfand West Australia Tasmania Nflw Z^fftland Total 1,440,573 8,962,708 97,983,960 1,209,764 2 o Digitized by Google
