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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1215, 9 March 1880, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION TUESDAY, 23bd MARCH. ..-. At 3 o'clock. WALTER PEAK STATION", WakeiiipvL Lake. VOU SALE 8Y AUCTION. I A.C L E A N . . A N D ■will submit, to auction, at their Rooms, Manse-street, 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 held on Goldfields tenure 346 acres are held on Agricultural lease. Together with BCOO first-class Merino Sheep, viz. : 5000 Wetbers, chiefly young 3000 Ewes and Lamba 50 Ram 3 . . And . A few head of Catble 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 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 Manse-street, Dunedin.

AND FOR SETTLEMENT. AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. Under Deferred Payments 80;015 acres r For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Land coveied with Bush, which, when clearedj i is of Buperior quality , , for Agriculture ... 300,000 acres r The price of deferred payment land is 25s , and 30s an acre. l The land is from 20 miles north to 16 miles sonth 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 Clutha, 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-class oats and barley, and is peculiarly adapted for raising turnips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the farmer to keep his land in manure his landbyfeedingoff his green crops with sheep and cattle, and ketp him inde- - pendent of a bad market for any particular ; cereal. All over the district there is- firstl class limestone cropping out to fertilise the I land when it may require it. Forests of 3 large extent are scattered over it, providing i 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 np the great valleys of Aparima, Oreti, and Mataura Rivers ; while a loop line from the 3 Invercargill to Kingston Railway at Lumsl dem runs through the Waimea Plains and I joins the Invercargill to Dunedin main line at Gore, and a line through the Forest Hill r District will be constructed shortly. Thus carriage of produce to the seaboard or market is easy and cheap from any part of it j : and timber, lime, and coal, can be distributed all over the country at a minimum , cost. The average yield ol cereals per acre, r taken from the statistics of the Colony for ! the years 1873 to IS7B, as compared with Canterbury, are as follow : 2 cn <n n « n pa <n cc eo cn S •* <o •* oo OJ r--2 <N <M CO CC <M (N CN CN CO CO CO CO kw -w •"W >"-> CO <M The snbjomed tables give the average temperature at Invercargill, Dunedin, and Chrißtchurch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargillbeingsituated close to Foveaux 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 foot 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 parb of the Middle 'lsland/ and most parts of the North Island, while there has. been very considerably less rainfull than in any part of the Colony. AVERAGE TESrPERATUKE, iSouthland. Dunedin. k/hristchurch 1868... 48.7 50 52 1569... 50.9 50.8 52.7 1570... 49.9; 50 52.6 : 1871... 50.0 50.3 .: .52 . 1872* 49.6 51.4 53.6 . 1877.., 50.4 50.3 52.3. * 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 OR SALE—A small quantity of WASTE PAPER, at this office. SBORNE HARVESTER & BINDEK. The above celebrated machine is NOW ON SALE ' By the undersigned. Descriptive pamphlet on application. FRANK DUNLOP, 642 Agent. ' "ARVESTER KING REAPER AND BINDER, Fitted with new Rack Improvement, For season. 1880. Lightest, Simplest, and Best Machine yet introduced; Gutsla six-foot swath. Only jone wire'usecf. '-<1 Hand Binding Table given in. HASBELL, SON AND CO.,