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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1216, 10 March 1880, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION FRIDAY, 12th MARCH. At M'Kay's Yarns, Oamaru. / will offer ior =aie by auciii.n, ax- above time and place— ~, * 6000 4, 6, and 8-tooth Crossbred Ewes. These are Waikakahi sheep ; they are in ( splendid condition, moat of them being fitfor the butcher. They -will be sold in lots to suit purchasers. Terms liberal. CONNELL AND f ,CLOWES, 490 ;■ Auctioneers. WE ARE BUYERS HEAT ftiT S. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., OAM A RU. -,;-.... 522 • TUESDAY,, 28rd MARCH: . At WALTERPEAK STATION, Wakatipu Lake..v FOR SALE BY AUCTION. •ACLEAN A N D C O. • 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 31sfc March, 18S1

13,700 acres'are held on Goldfields tenure 346 acres are held on Agricultural Together with BCOO 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 atone dwelling-house of five rooms, with verandah, &c, woolshed, drafting yard?, 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 Manse-street, Dunedin. ' AND FOE, SETTLEMENT. OT ' AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. Under Deferred Payments SO, 015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres 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 3S miles to the northward of the Clutha River at its mouth, Invereargill being 3 miles due south of the latitude of the Ciutha, the average height above the Eea level being 250 feet. The average quality of the soil is equal to any in the Australasian Colonies, and from c'imatic influences is capable of growing not me.rply excellent wheat, but first-cla?s oatß and bru-ley, and is p'/cuUarly adapted for raising turnips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the farmer to kuep his laud in perfect heart by a rntatinu of cropping; m.inure his landbyfeediugoff bi« green crops with sheep and cattl-3. aud ko-.p him independent of a bad market for"any particular cereal. A'l 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 district is further interß' cted by railways, which open up the great valleys of Aparima, Oreti, and Mataura THvers ; while a loop line from the Invorcargill to Kingston Railway at Lumsdem runs through the Waimea Plains and joics the Jnvercargill to Dwnedin 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 ot it; and timber, lime, and coal, can be distributed all over the country, at a minimum cost. The avernge yield ot cereals per acre, taken from the statistics of the Colony for I the yeara 1873 to IS7B, aa compared with Canterbury, are as follow : The subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invereargill, Dunedin. and Christchnrch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargillbeingsituated 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 loads 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 Invereargill has averaged higher than any part of tbe Middle Island, and most parts of the Nwth Island, while there has been very considerably less rainfall than in any part of the Colony. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. lSouthland.l Dunedin. IGhristchurch * No observations taken in Southland during 1873 to 187 G. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland,