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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 49, 17 June 1876, Page 3

AUCTION -WEDNESDAY, 2lat JUNE, AT A. H. MAUDES STOKES OAMAHU, At 1.30 p,m. TO CAPITALISTS, FARMERS, ETC. GREAT SALE OF FREEHOLD PROPERTY NEAR OAMARU. It. M A U D E hits rwueivetj instructions from Messrs Gillies

and Street to sell by public attction, at above time and place, the whole of their MAGNIFICENT ESTATE AT A W A M 0 K 0, Consisting of 4,440 ACRES of the Finest Agricnlttiral Land in New Zealand, subinto about 70 Sections, ' n S ' 2C from 40 to 150 This S ufcndid Jfrojfcrty of the earnest OTQpi/ and is Limestone Terraced lying the Awamoko Iliver and the C* ppeyVV aiareka. It is abrmdantty supplied -with water from the Awanioktv Itiver, the Awakotira and Bobbin Creeks, besides numerous springs. The character of the soil and the lay of the ground renders this property peculiarly exempt from the bad etlevts oi cither very dry or very wet seasons. The Crops hitherto grown on this land speak for themselves as to the quality of the soil; and it may safely be affirmed that nowhere in the Oamarn district have larger yields been obtained, or a better quality of grain produced.

Thsr fmlk of the land is in its virgin state, and from having been for many years heavily depastured, is covered with a thick sward of of grass. About 1,500 acres have been ttnder crop, the; larger portion of which is now in English grass, for the most' part only one crop of grain having been taken from this land, and in no case more than two. The facilities* for the transport of grain and produce mast not be forgotten, as on one side of the property the Awamoko Railway runs within two an<i,a-hali" miles, and on the other side the Waiareka Railway is within one and a-half miles, no portion of the Estate being more than three miles from a railway. The Cartage to either railway I*3 very easy, and the New Road passed by the Waiareka Read Board, which will be commenced at once, will give an easy access to all that part of the property lying towards the "Waiareka Valley, bringing this side of the_ Estate within one and a-half miles of the Waiareka Railway. The money to make the above road has already been handed over "to the Board by Messrs. Gillies and Street.

* - A superior COAL MINE 13 the property, supplying the ncighb6m£ood with tuef for household and steam purposes, and ■will be sold as one lot. The whole property is substantially Fenced, also some of the subdivisions. The Terms will be deferred Payments, tinn anally liberal : One-qnarter cash ; balance can remain at interest, at the low rate of 7 per cent. Buyers who may prefer it can make arrangements beforehand as to giving security, instead of the payment of the first instalment. Every facility will be given to buyers at the Sate in the way of allowing them to take up contignons sections to those knocked down to them, so as to enable every one to suit himself as far ar possible as to the size of the farm he may wish to purchase. riana and full particnlars, also printed copies of the conditions of sale, may be obtained from MESSRS. GILLIES i: STREET, | ANI» WRIGHT, .STEPHENSON, & CO., Dnnedin ; or A. H. MAUDE, Auctioneer, Oamarn. TENDER HERBERT STATION. WAITAKI AND MOERAKI RAILWAY. for the ass Station and oot Loac latfo lat[monaster's ~ 60 x 30 'riviea and ot' One ' form Hotts One Onts Urinals_ _ i'laiy and specifications imly be seen ai Fubli# Works Office, and at the office of thi undersigned, Oamarn. Hie lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. JAMES DUNBAR, pro JNO. BROGDEN AND SONS. Contractors* offices, 9th June, 1876. 316