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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 514, 22 December 1877, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION SATURDAY, 29th DECEMBER. At Commercial Yards At 12 o'clock. SPRING CART AND BUGGIES. Ijl LEM IN G &. HEDLEY -"- have received instructions from Mr. David Henderson, to sell by public auction, at the above time and place—--1 Heavy Spring-Cart 1 Single Buggy, almost new 1 Station Waggonette. The Auctioneers would draw specia attention to the above Lots. They are new, or good as new, and of first-rate workmanship. They will be sold without reserve. Terms at sale. FLEMING AND HEDLEY. 431 Auctioneers. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. IMPORTANT SALE BY AUCTION (Without Reserve) Of that really FIRST-CLASS AGRICULTURAL LAND, Known as the Estate of B 11 0 0 K L A N D S,

Together with the Improvements, consisting of a substantially-built Two-Storey Stone Dwelling-house, Stone Barn, Large Stable, &c. The Estate will be sub-divided into Farms varying from 100 ACRES to 10 ACEES. -jyr ACLEAN BROTHERS -L»-L have been instructed by William Hepburn, Esq., to submit to public competition, at the Rooms of Messrs. M'Landress, Hepburn, and Co., Manse-street, Dunedin, on an early day in January, of which due notice will be given, the whole of his magnificent ESTATE OP BEOOKLA3STDS, Situated in Pleasant Valley, between Waiknnaiti and Palmerston.

The Goodwood Station of the Great Northern Trunk Railway ia fixed near the centre of the property, bringing every part within two hours' travel of Dunedin. The lands of Brooklands are mostly composed of alluvial deposit flats of the richest description, carrying always the heaviest crop in the district, and equally adapted for wheat or potato crops. The rising ground being principally of limestone formation, with a great depth of splendid soil, is admirably suited for wheat cropping, whilst the whole is unsurpassed in New Zealand for growing English grasses, and its stock-carrying capabilities are unequalled. The property is now being surveyed into suitable lots, varying from 108 acres to 10 acres, with a few smaller allotments close to the Railway Station and roads leading thereto, suitable for business sites. About 70 acres of well-preserved Bush is being sub-divided into lots, so that every purchaser can secure his own timber, and be i independent of the Government Bush The property is sub-divided into paddocks by full-grown hawthorn hedges (of which there are several miles), and is well supplied with water by Pleasant River and other streams. There is also on the property a valuable quarry of splendid freestone. The buyers will have the option at the time of sale of taking the growing crops at valuation, and if not so disposed of, they will be afterwards sold by auction on the ground. Terms : One-fourth cash, the balance extending over a term of years, and bearing interest at the rate of S per oent. per Plans in course of preparation, to be had at the Booms of the Auctioneers, on the property, and at all the hotels and stores in the district.

Mr. Andrew Hepburn, who is now resident on the property, will be preijared to show any intending buyers over the Estate. For particulars, apply to MACLEAN BROTHERS & CO., Or M'LANDEESS, HEPBURN, & CO. ROAD BOARD NOTICES OTEPOPO ROAD DISTRICT. TENDERS will be received by the undersigned till Noon of FRIDAY, 28th Inst., for Contract SS—FORMATION of Portion of ROAD leading to Kakanui Harbour. Plan and specification can be seen at the Sclioolhouse. The Board does not undertake to accept the lowest or any tender. ALEXANDER PIRIE, Clerk to Board. Otepopo, December 14, 1877. 394 OTEPOPO ROAD DISTRICT. TVrOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ROBERT FORBES has been appointed RANGEK iu the above District, with instructions to Impound all Horses and Cattle straying on the District Roads. ALEXANDER PIRIE, Clerk to Board. Otepopo, December 17, 1577. 416