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Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 18, 5 November 1874, Page 3

Mr. Stevenson, manager of the Henley Estate, aieri, still continues actively enga/t d in the improvement of this fine pro perry. It exteods to 5.500. acrep freehold and 600 teres leasehold Of this 2700 acres .re eo*n down with a mixture Pf the Kept, and most suitable grasses, and pth«r 1500 .acres will be sown down this season. Tbeie is also a nprseryupoti the ground, in which is being reared, quins, ; and Aratrican timbers for ! pla- ting out in bt-Its, -crescents, and squares throughout the estate. This, wilt afford a shelter, for the stock, in the, meantime^ and:: upon arrival |,at . maturity . . Will eive^hap^some return far timber, In consequence; pf . pad, ; weather h- grass, as. elcewheie, ' is , about a month' later ! -ihanV usuali but witb J good wei-thef it> will in the course of a few weeks be magnificent./ IP' ' deed, so luxuriant isj,the grass upon the estate during the summer months,; tbst it; :is almost: impossible itp jeatfJt down Last. year 800 tat : cattle , were sent off, the estate to, the. Dunedin market, besides '0000 fat aipd 4000 store . sheep. It is, expected this' year there y.wi^beV'.att&ed' $o6 , ;b< ; #3^f > i cattle arid gs^po'shtepii ;( Ah embknkmeri* ; ( '8 how* being^rected'rouniil the ehiWestateV It Will 1 by eight : jniU sy -in lengthy and ; of; [• which nearly the half W« already ;beep ac-it: c^mplishedviiThe-embankmeutiis 14. feet A wde at thjg i haae, labpu1 abput 4,feet in pefehft,-jan'4- --\. npoh -the.gputer iside, will $s '/sown with ». brpom ( , J w ,^ o^.r«tc,., i;bW ail dan^erfroni ; - flooding Will,/be avoided, atf^'e embank v > ment Will be higher than the highest-known nopd*bi(ih i; baß^ver Occurred ihtbedisv [>- trict. There is still a large area of swamp ■ \ toiberfhJ«kn^.in tbAi^ri, and^hceuc-? L cess which, ha? .attended the .■pucratiph^ \ : upon */ to'fbllo^m'e^m.^a iirmk'their^dV' ;r^MMioMt«b%^6cnJi^^^ *iJ.c.ai> .: . Si? r. 'K-'iTT-ijiT ot'coi/'.i ri - ■'*£' »f, ..,,.,.,,.'- .» ,' ; ii::;:. j i irjv.i:gia Jff cluing iatn-ih V&sz\t>Zi