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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1204, 25 February 1880, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION jj. AND; FOR SETTLEMENT. AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OiKN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. 80,015 acres 35,000 acres Under Deferred Payments ..For Direct Purchase .Land coveied •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 38 miles to the northward of .the Clutha River at its mouth, Invercargill being 3 miles due south of the latitude of the Ciutna, 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 growing not merely excellent wheat, but first-class oats and barley, and is peculiarly adapted for raising turnips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the farmer to keep his land in perfect heart by a rotation of cropping; manure his landbyfeedingoff his green crops with sheep and cattle, and keep him independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. All over the district there is firstclass limestone cropping out to fertilise the land when it may require it. Forests _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 distriot is further intersected by railways, which open up the great valleys of Apariiaa, Oreti, and Mataura Bivers; while a loop line from the Invercargill to Kingston Railway at Lumsdem runs , through the Waimea Plains and joins the Invercargill 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 distributed all over the country at a minimum cost. The average yield of cereals per acre, taken from the statistics of the Colony for the years 1873 to 1878, as compared with The subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargill, Dunedin, and Christchurch, the commercial centres of the districts. It maybe remarked that Invercargillbeingsituatedclose toFoveaux Straits is exposed to more rainfall and sudden changes than the interior of the district, only seven miles due north, where the climate is both drier and warmer, tut aloDg the whole seaboard the land is extremely fertile, and much prized for grass and root crops. 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 the Middle Island, and most parts of the ; North Island, while there has been very considerably less rain fall than in any part of the Colony. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. * No observations taken in Southland during 1873 to 1876. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland, FOR SALE AND TO LET FOR SALE—A small quantity of WASTE PAPER, at this office. F R E. AN IMPROVED FARM, containing 80 Acres of Excellent Agricultural Land, situated at Papakaio. 417 GEORGE SUMPTER. F O R E. SECTION 14, BLOCK 18, Oamaru Town (freehold), with four-roomed Wooden HOUSE, &c. Price low ; term.3 very easy. 406 GEORGE SUMPTER. F O R S E. A New Five-roomed HOUSE and full SECTION in Greta-street; the house possesses every convenience, and the ground is in a high state of cultivation. Also, a New Four-roomed HOUSE and Full SECTION, in Trent-street. Terms easy Apply to 378 WM, SPAIN. FOR SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED. SEEDS. jqEW SEASONS TURNIP Mammoth Purple Top Green Top Yellow Aberdeen Purple Top do. Yellow Tankered Devonshire Grey Stone White Stone Stubble Skirving Swede Also to arrive— Osborne's Harvester and Binder. ROBERT WILKIN & CO;, Christchurch. kSBORNE HARVESTER & BINDER. The above celebrated machine is NOW ON SALE By the undersigned. Descriptive pamphlet on application. FRANK DUNLOP, 642 Agent. H ARVESTER KING REAPER AND BINDER, Fitted with new Rack Improvement, For season 1880. Lightest, Simplest, and Best Machine yet introduced. Cuts a six-foot swath. Only one wire used. Hand Binding Table given in. HASSELL, SON AND CO., 995 r : r Agent?.; LOST, FOUND, ETC 9 -| AS REWARD.—LOST—BUNCH of I ' * KEYS, two large, two small, tied on piece of string.—Finder apply Office of this paper. 299