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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1213, 6 March 1880, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION TUESDAY, 23kd~~MAR.CH, At 3 o'clock. WALTER PEAK STATION, , Wakatipu Lake. ' /. FOE SALE BY AUCTION. ACLBAN AND CO. •will submit to auction, at their Rooms, Dunedin, onthe above date, .. . v. .. -i THE WALTER PEAK STATION^ _ ; Comprising—. ~ _ ; ' 7 24*000 Acres or thereby,; of whicli . J 10,000 ■ acres are held on pastoral lease, expiring 31st March, 1881 13,700 held on Goldfields tenure 346 acres are held on Agricultural lease. Together with i .BGOO first-class Merino Sheep, viz. : . 5000 Wethers, <ihiefly young 3000 Ewes and Lambs 50 Rams - And . • A few head of Cattle and Horses. The improvements consist of a new stone dwelling-house of five rooms, with verandah, &c., woolehed,' 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 site of the Homeatead is one of the mo,st 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 & CO., 301 Manse-street, Dunedin.

AUD FOR' SETTLEMENT. AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND , OPEN FOR SALE IN " SOUTHLAND. Under Deferred Payments 80,015 »cres_ For Direct Purchase-. ... 35,000 acres ' Land coveied with Bush, ■ •which, when cleared, . ■ is of • superior' quality for Agriculture ... '3oo,ooo.acres The prioe of deferred payment land is 25s arid 30a 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 BeiDg 3 miles due south of the latitude of the Clutha, the average height above the 6ea 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-claes 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 land by feeding off 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. _ 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 district is further intersected by railways, which open up the gTeat valleys of Aparima, Oreti, and Mataura'Rivers ; while.a loop line from the Invercargill to Kingston Railway at Lumadem 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 187S, as compared with Canterbury, are as follow : O el • <5 0 a e —. <s o .*1 Wtjl r*t o ©j eo r- o ■«< M (M co eo eo rt ■ M W t-. OO (D O c» co eo ei o A • •2 9 53 S o a °,5 O CO M rf# i-H* r+f r+f 0? Jx Hi 49 if » 1)1 CO O CM CO CO B1 C* O L . £ S*s g S * °fs (N CO CO CO CO CQ f-i CO O CO O* <N <N <N CO CO CO <0 N O0 N Jh« N N N CO CO 00 00 00 00 The subjoined tables give, the average temperature at Invercargill, Dunedin, and Christchurbh, the commercial ceitres the districts. ,It may be remarked tha't Invercargill being situated close .to Foveaux Straits is.exposedto more ramfal! and sud&en changes than the interior of the district, only seven miles due north, where the, climate is both Hriflr and warmer, tut along the whole seaboard 'the land is extremely fertile, and much prized lor 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 re-' quirements ■of the land. , This year the thermometer at Invercargill has averaged higher than,any part of the Middle .Island,and most parts of'tlie North Island>.while there has been very ,ci>hsiclera.bly less rainfall 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 WASHES PAPER, at this office. ; QSBORNE HARVESTER & BINDER. The above celebrated machine is NOW ON SALE By the undersigned. Descriptive pamphlet ■m on application. . FRANK DUNLOP,, Agent. 642 H ARVESTER KING REAPER. AND BINDER,' , : i 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 Agentt.