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NEW ZEALAND. 



In New Zealand the method of breeding is in general the 

 same as in Australia, but the industry has reached a higher 

 stage than in the latter country. The number of horses in 

 1898-99 was 258,649, having increased by 5,412 since 1897-98. 

 The breeding stallions in service in 1898-99 were as follows: 

 Thoroughbreds, 509; hunters and hackneys, 134; trotters, 

 237; light draft stallions, 409; pack horses, 780; ponies, 169; 

 asses, 26. The total number of mares used for breeding pur- 

 poses in the same year was 17,835. No government aid is 

 afforded to the horse-breeding industrj\ Draft horses cost 

 $18 to $30 each, saddle horses and coach horses, $7 to $25 each. 

 In 1898 there were exported 3,210 horses, of which 2,639 went 

 to New South Wales and 116 to Bengal. 



