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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 716, 26 July 1878, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1878. At 2 o'clock. 2373 ACRES SPLENDID LAND ON FARMS OF 70 TO 200 ACRES EACH. 400 Acres Ploughed and ready for M 'LANDRESS, HEPBURN, AND CO. have received instructions to sell by auction, at their Rooms. Manse-street, Dunedin, on Wednesday, August 14-, at 2 o'clock— CRICHTON PAKK liO\VN;>, Being the original selection of Professor Black, carefully chosen by him for its richness of soil, in the Waikaka and Waipahee Districts. Crichton Park is situated in the very midst of the finest grain and root-growing district in Otago, and free from swamp. At the same time it is watered by running 1 streams and springs. The streams command excellent sites for flour mills. The noil is composed of rich chocolate loam of great depth. The natural grass is white silvery tussock-. The whole of the property has a norilu-i l ' a--''-cV, r>ch undulating downs, wail, :, ..,. •■ til *helt. led lor Block, ami every ploughaljle. Those who have visited the Property declare it to be the. richest soil to be found in the whole c!i tricfc It is surrounded by a most substantial ring-fence- of ditch and wire, 12 miles, 8 of which is sown wkli part of 15 ploughed, part of lo and 14 in turnips, in block VI., Waikaka, consisting of say 400 acres, which has been well manured by sheep, and is now in fine cropping order. In subdividing the property, care has been taken to reserve good roads to each farm one chain wide, and where required culverts erected. Lo"i.iiiir at leccnt, Government land = ■■'■-* v.-h-rc laud brought from £S to £l7 uer ncf--.-.ud the rapid advance in the price of land ;n the northern portions of Otago. and the con' psratively little attention that has jvt been given to the southern part of th;> •-" these circuniSla;ices, eoiipUcl :\'iV: < ■:■■ rpmarkable fertility of the soil and th ■ ..dv.uitaaeous situation of CKiCHTON PARK DOWNS, all combine to make this property one of the choicest and most desirable in which farmer.'? can select, or investors speculate. The property now off.-redto the public hns the advautage of the Southern Trunk Line passing through it, with the Pukurua station within half a mile, and Otaria ten chains ; it lie 3 within S miles of Gore, and 4 from Waipahee stations, thus giving great facilities for commaudiug the Dunedin, Invercar"ill, and Bluff maiketa. Intending purchasers are warmly invited to inspect the land. Mr. Charles Oa.dnt-r (late tenant of the property, residinir a-- .he Pukurua Railway Station,! will show partus over, and afford thorn evr—, information. Terms wi' be txecedingh iuiavJi, vi/.: One-foiU'Li: cash, the balance :-i equal hu.Uyearly acceptances extending i.v<r lour years, with interest at the rate of S per cent, per annum. Plans and further information can be obtained from the Auctioneers, Messrs. M'LANDRESS, HKPBURN, & CO., Manse-street, Dunedin. Note.—The Town of. Otaria, adjoining the Railway fetation, is now being surveyed into quarter-acre sections, and will be offered for sal" by public auction at same time as Crichton Park. Plans in preparation. 2il PUBLIC_NOTICES I THE LAND ACT, 18 77. PUBLIC NOTICE. 'OTirT r-:. lE-' "!-;x in piv , ±S suan.:., ..; .h ;-----.i--a,—f :--c?toj. of r.he. f.aai A'-t, 1877, rha-t apphea: :..»:-• yintended to lie iiiade to the v \ aste La:<d-. •ua.d It the Provincial District of Otago, v-i 1.-hnif of one WADi'EK Pi. C-VIENS, of Wrr-'-i-ckuri, to purchase the land :ieic juaer dr- to wit: All and whole that parte! of land being parts Coal De»se No. 2 and Linn N--23, both in x«ro\v District, Coun.y Waitaki, ano. containing together lo'a lr 4'6p ; bounded on the East by the bank of Wharekuri Creek, along which it extends Southwards from main road HSB links; thence in a Westerly direction 109« links ; thence in a Northerly direction 1800 links to main road, and thence along S. S. of main road to starting point"-17"9'0 links, or thereby—as the said parcel of land is delineated, on a plan thereof, to be lodged \. itb application. I TVW B. ••^■.sjy.£iii. ■■:■ grant. \ Agero.j Oamaru,_Bth V/f> THE LAND ACT, IS7', PUBLIC NOTICE . NOTICE IS HEKi..-: Gi'vEN. ■■■■ >-.,■ cuai-.ce of the provisions oi' '■ ..ion 2b of the Land Act. 1577, that application i: intended to be made to the -Waste Lands Board for the Provincial District of Otago, on behalf of one W. C. MI'NRO, of Otematata, Otago, to purchase the land hereunder described, to wit : AH and whole that pa cx\ of laud, part of Run No. 2-3, Oteinatata District, County Waitaki. and containing 20 Acres or thereby ; bounded on the South bv Main Road, along which it extends"l 399 5 links ; on the East by a line at right angles to southern • boundary, extending Northwards 1236 links ; on the North by bank of Waitaki liiver, along whieh it extends I*34"S links ; and on the We»t by a line parallel to Eastern boundary, 18443 links to starting point—as the sr.id pared of la> d is delineated on a plan thereof to be lodged with application. For W. G. Munko— DENMSON AND GRANT, Agents. < Oamaru, Sth July, IS7«. 127