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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1217, 11 March 1880, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION; , TO-MORROW. FRIDAY, 12th MARCH. At M'Kay's Yards, Oamaru. . At T-oon, "10NNELL. AND ;CLOWES J will offer for sale by auction, at above time and place— • : . '■ 6000:4, 6, and 8-tooth Crosa-bred Ewes. These are Waikakahi theep ; they are iii splendid condition,: most of jthepi being ;fifr for the butcher. They will be/sold in lets to suit purchasers. Terms liberal. CORNELL AND CLOWES, 490 Auctioneers. SATURDAY, 27TH MARCH. ■ At their Stores, Tyne'-etreet, At. 2 o'clock. O.N NELL AN D. CLOWES ' have received instructions from Mr Thomas Procter, to oiler for sale by auction, at the above time and placeAbout 7 ACRES of LAND, being part of Section 1, Block 1., Oamaru District, sub-divided into 6 allotments containing from 1 acre to 1J acres each, on one of which is erected a Stone Cottage, now occupied by Mr. M. Clydesdale,- with Garden well stocked , with Eruit Trees 4n full bearing. , \ I This land adjoins the properties of - Dr. Wait and S. E. Shrimskij Esq., and is; conveniently situated within a minute's walk of the Railway Station at tlic Town Belt. The Auctioneers can confidently recommend this land to parties wishing for an investment with a view to building, for the following reasons - The land is first-rate, and admirably suited for Garden purposes; being outside the Town Boundary, purchasers will therefore be free from the crushing rates now being levied by the Town Council; its proximity •to a .Bailway Station; and lastly, the easy, terms—lo per cent, cash,; 10 per cent, three months, 20 per,cent, twelve months,.;balance in; Que, two, and three years, bearing '8 per cent, interest. Also, Part of Section 3, Block 1., Oamaru District, containing 2a. Or. lip., with substantially built 6-roomed COTTAGE thereon, now occupied by Mr. Thomas Ferens. This land fronts the Main North Road, about £ of a mile from the Town Boundary. CONNELL & CLOWES, . 549 Auctioneers. 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 covejed 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 month, Invercargill being 3 miles due south of the latitude of the CJutha, 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 p. rotation of cropping; manure his laud byfeedingofif his green crops with sheep and cattle, and ke.p him independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. Ail over the district there is firstclass limestone cropping out to fertilise the land when it may lequire it. Forests of Urge 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 great valleys of Aparinia, Oreti, and Mataura Rivers ; while a lood line from the Invercargill to Kingston. Railway at Lumsrlem runs through the Waimea Plains and jok-s Inver..2rgiU to Duuftdin main line at Gore, and a lines through one 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 yearj 1873 to 1878, a? compared with Canterbury, are as follow : xne SUUJOineu bauiaa g-ivo uuc temperature at Invercargill, Dunedin, and Christchurch, 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 only seven miles due north, where the climate is both drier and warmer, tut along the whole seaboard the laiid 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 meana 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 rainfall than in any part of the Colony. ." ' AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. No observations taken in Southland during 1573 to 1576, WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland. XT AN TED, the PUBLIC to |KNOW : W that Advertisements of l 6 Wordß or under are inserted in the Wanted Column of he Evening Mail for ONE SHILLING^