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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1196, 16 February 1880, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION. M THURSDAY, lira MARCH. At 3 o'clock. WALTER PEAK STATION, Wakatipu Lake. FOR SALE BY AUCTION. ACLEAN AND CO. ■will submit to auction, at their Rooms, Manae-atreat, Dunedin, on the above date, THE WALTER PEAK STATION, Comprising—--24,000 Acres or thereby, of which 10,000 acres are held on pastoral lease, expiring 31st March, 1881 13,700 acres ate held on Goldfielda tenure 346 acres are held on Agricultural lease. Together with BGOO first-class Merino Sheep, viz. : 5000 Wethers, chiefly young 3000 Ewca and Lambs 50 Rams And A few head of Cattle and Horses. The improvements consist of a new Btone dwelling-house of five rooms, with verandah, &c., woolshed, drafting yards, men's huts, shearing paddocks, large fruit and vegetable garden, &c. The sheep are in excellent order, and are a particularly good flock, being chiefly bred from rams imported from Victoria; and the ate of the Homestead is one of the most beautiful and easily accessible in the Lake District. Terms: One-third cash; balance at one and two years. For further particulars apply to DALGETY & CO., Bond-street; Or to . MACLEAN k CO., 301 Manse-street, Dunedin. L AND FOR SETTLEMENT, at?/KA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. Under Deferred Payments 80,015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Land covei ed with Bush, which, when cleared, is of superior quality for Agriculture ... 300,000 acres The price of deferred payment land is 25s and 30s an acre. The land is from 20 miles north to 16 miles south of the latitude of the mouth of the Taieri River, and is all from 2 to 3S miles to the northward of the Clutha River at ito mouth, InvercargUl being 3 miles due south of the latitude of the Ciutha, the average height above the sea level being 250 feet. The average quality of the soil is equal to any in the Australasian Colonies, and from climatic influences is capable of growingnot merely excellent wheat, but first-claw oats and barley, and is peculiarly adapted for raising turnips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the fanner to keep his land in perfect heart hv ~ ciuppiug; his iand byfeedingoff his green crops with 3heep and cattle, and ke-.p him independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. Ail over the district there is firstclass limestone cropping out to fertilise the land when it may require it. _ of large extent are scattered over it, providing timbers for building and fencing, and coal (lignite and the best brown coals) for fuel everywhere obtainable. The distnot is further intersected by railways, which open up the great valleys of Aparima, Oreti, and Mataura Rivers ; while a loop line from the Invercargfll to Kingston Railway at Lumsdem runs through the arnica Plains and joins the Jnvercargill to Dunedin main line at Gore, and a line through the Forest Hill District will be constructed shortly. Thus carriage of produce to the seaboard or market is easy and cheap from any part of it ■ and timber, lime, and coal, can be distri bated all over the country at a minimum cost. The average yield of cereals per acre, taken from the statistics of the Co'ony for the year* 1573 to 1878, as compared with Canterbury, are as follow : me suDjoineo. »ojm (jiyo mo temperature at Invercargdl, Dunedin, and Cbrutchurch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargfll being situated close to Foveaux Straits is exposed to more rainfall and sudden changes than the interior of the district, -only seven miles due north,-where Ihe climate is both drier and warmer, tut along the whole seaboard the land is extremely fertile, and much prized for grass and root orops. The experience of the last few years leads to the conviction that for all-round agriculture the supply of rain by no means exceeds the requirements of the land. This year the thermometer at Invercargill has averaged higher than any part of tlie Middle Island, and most parts of the North Island, while there has been very considerably les3 rainfall than in any part of the Colony. AYXBAGE TEHTERATtXRB. 1873 to 1576. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland. v. B. CROWN LANDS SALE. LICENSES OF RUNS FOR TEN YEARS. BY AUCTION, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on FRIDAY, 27th FERUARY, 18S0, at noon 23a. 2H> 23c 23d 9b 0!) 10Da itsb Jitoe 430 Situation of Kan. Karow District .. Uaerewhcnua District .. Upper Wait'afci District.. Byre Peak District t&wkdon, Manuberilda. Approxi- j Upset mate j Rental. Acreage j i. a. r.j £ ?. d. 11.600 0 0: 190 0 0 12,060 0 Oi 200 0 0 10,620 0 Oj 170 0 0 3,770 0 0 140 0 0 7,500 0 0, 110 0 0 1,500 0 0 25 0 0 12,000 0 0; 750 0 0 a,OOO 0 0 825 0 0 10,200 0 01510 0 0 17,000 0 0 90 0 0 7,700 0 0 45 0 0 Note. —Ron No. 99 will bo licensed to Ist March, l&t3, only. - 7 ... .J. P. MAITLAND, Commisaioner ot CrOwaLands. -i Crown Land Office, Pnnedin. 27th January IMP. 341 A