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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1226, 22 March 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE AND FOR SETTLEMENT. area of agricultural land OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. Under Deferred Payments 80,015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Land coveied with Bash, 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 Clutba River at its mouth, Invercargill being 3 miles due south of the latitude of the Clntha, the average height above tho sea level being 250 feet. The average quality of the soil 13 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 a rotation of cropping; manure his landbyfeedingoff his green crops with sheep and cattle, and ke-;p 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. 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 intersected by railways, which open up the great valleys of Apariraa, Oreti, and Mataura Rivers ; while a loop line from the Invercargill to Kingston Railway at Lumsdem runs through the Waimea Plains and joins the Invercargill to Duucdin main line at Gore, and a line through the Forest Hill District will be constructed shortly. Thus carriage ot produce to the seaboard or market is easy cheap from any part ot it ; and timber, lime, and coal, can distributed all over the country at a minimum cost. The average yield of cereals per acre, taken from toe statistics of tho Colony for the years 1573 to IS7S, a3 compared with Canterbury, are as follow : CC 'i 1 O oc j*. r*» i-» !*"• SO 00 CO CO CO CO The subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargill, Dunedin, and Christc!-:urclr, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargill beingsituated close to Foveaux Straits is exposed to more rainfall and sudden char ges than the interior of the district, only seven miles dne 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 tjie conviction that for all-round agriculture the supply of rain by no means exceeds the requirements of the kcd. This year the thermometer at Invercargill has averaged higher than any part of the Middle Island, and moat parts of the Ncrth Island, while there has been very considerably less rainfall than in any part of the Colony. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. 'Southland.j Dunedin. jChristchurch * No observations taken in Southland during 1573 to 1576. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chic-f Commissioner of Waste Lands 334 Beard, Southland. BUSINESS NOTICES |J ODGE AND JOSTES SADDLE k HARNESS MAKERS, Importers and Manufacturers of Saddles, Side Saddles, Whips, Spurs, Buggy and Carriage Harness, Cart Harness, and Collars of every description, and all other Horse Appointments. N.B. —Colonial Saddles made to order to any pattern. 859 J. S. HEADLAND, GROCER, IRONMONGER, AND GENERAL MERCHANT, Has on Sale (both Wholesale and Retail), Groceries of all kinds Wines and Spirits Flour Oatmeal China Cat and Pressed Glassware Earthenware Ironmongery &c., &c. Parties about to FURNISH have a Large stock of First-class Goods to choose from, a th LOWEST PRICE. GUNS, GUNPOWDER, SHOT, AND AMMUNITION GENERALLY, Always in stock. A. J. S. HEADLAND (Licensed under the Arms Act), Opposite the Court-house, THAMES-ST EET, O AMARU. 37 HE OAMARU MAIL. PRICE—ONE PENNY. CIRCULATED fcXTENS i.YELY IN THE C'uunti sof Waitaki, Waimate, Sc Waikoaaiti Agv nt 3 in all the Towcsbip?. Die Mail ha 3 a larger circulation than any paper in Otago published out&i le of Dunedin. NEW ZEALAND MUSIC ALBUM, No. 2. New Dance Music, B. W, Haves, Musicseller, Itchcn-street.