Year of Census.	1843.	1848.	1854.	1859.	1870.	1881.	1891.
Cattle	4,861	10,919	20,436	30,990	47,263	64,603	134,997
Horses	1,202	2,095	4,499	8,386	23,012	34,782	48,999
Sheep	76,191	141,123	173,568	234,815	654,054	1,221,079	2,563,866
Pigs	1,951	2,287	4,073	11,430	16,120	26,743	32,267
Goats	3,733	1,431	980	2,285	4,434	6,801	5,399