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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1214, 8 March 1880, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION TUESDAY, 23rd MARCH. At 3 o'clock. WALTER PEAK STATION, Wakatipu Lake. FOR SALE BY AUCTION. A •will submit to auction, . at their Rooms, Manse-street,Dunedin, ou the above date, j 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'are held on Goldfields tenure 346 acres are held on Agricultural lease. Together with .8000 first-class Merino Sheep, viz. : 5000 Wethers, chiefly 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., 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 site 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 & CO., 301 Mause-street, Dunedin. L AND FOR SETTLEMENT, AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN 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 mile 3 north to 16 miles south of the latitude of tha mouth pf the Taieri River, and is all from 2 to 38 miles to the northward of the Clutha River at its mouth, Invercargili 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 growing not merely excellent wheat, but first-cIaFS 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, aud lie-p him independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. A:1 over the district there is firstclnss 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 Aparima, Oreti, and Mataura Rivers : while a loop line from the Invercargili to Kingston Railway at Lumsdem runs through the Waimea Plains and joins the Jnvercargiil to Dunedin mam line at Gore, and a line through t>ie Forest Hill District will be constructed shortly. Thuß carriage of produce to the seaboard or market is ea3y and cheap from any part ot it ; and timber, lime, and coal, can be distributed all over the country at a minimum cost. The average yield oE cereals per acre, taken from the statistics of the Colony for the years 1873 to 187 S, as compared with Canterbury, are as follow : ine SUi>J omeu uauica give nun temperature at Invercargili, Dunedin, and Christchurch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Inver-; cargill being situated close 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 along 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 Invercargili has averaged higher than any part of the Middle Island, and most parts of the North Island, while there has been very considerably less rainfall than in any part of the Colony. AVKEAGE TEMPERATURE.. * No observations taken in Southland during 1573 to 1576. . 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. QSBORNE HARVESTER & BINDER. The above celebrated machine ia NOW ON SALE By the undersigned. Descriptive pamphlet " on application. FRANK DUNLOP, >42 Agent. HARVESTER KING REAPER AND BINDER, Fitted with new Rack Improvement, For season ISBO. Lightest, Simplest, and Best Macliine ; yet ntroduced. Cuts a six-foot swath.'' Only >ne wire used. ■ > • Hand Biiiding Table given in. 'ii HASSELL, SON AND CO.,