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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1245, 14 April 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE FOR SETTLEMENT. AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. UnderDef erred Payments 80,015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Land coveted 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 milesto the northward of the Clatha River at its mouth, Invercargill being 3 miles doe south of the latitude of the Clutha, the average height above the sea level being 250 feet. The average qua'ity of the soil is equal to any in t"»c 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 Jaad by feeding off his green crops with sheep and cattle, and ke.p him independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. A'f over the district there is first-class-limestone cropping out to fertilise the land when it may require it. _ 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 distnot is further interacted by railways, which open up the great valleys of Aparima, Ojreti, and Matanra Rivers; while a loop line from the Invercargill to Kingston Railway at Lum3tiem runs through the Waimea Plains and joics the Invercargill to Dunedin main line at Gore, and a line through the Forest Hill District will be constructed shortly. Thus carriage of produce to ihe seaboard or market is easy and 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 the statistics of the Colony for the year* 1873 to IS7B, a? compared with Canterbury, are as follow : t— r» t— r— - oo oo 00 00 oo to

The subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargill, Danedin, and Cbnjtchnrch, the commercial centres of the district?. It may be remarked that Invercargill being situated 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, but 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-ronnd 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 part of the Middle Island, and most parts of the Nrrth Island, while there has been very considerably les3 rainfall than in any part of the Colony. AVP.RAOB TEMPERATtTRE. * No observations taken in Southland during 1573 to 187 G. WALTER H. PEARSON", Chief Commissioner of Wastc Lands 334 Board, Southland. BUSiNESS NOTIOE3 0D G E AND JONES SADDLE & 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. 559 J. S. H E A D L A N D, * GROCER, IRONMONGER, AND GENERAL MERCHANT, Has on Salo (both Wholesale and Retail), Groceries of all kinds Wines sad Spirits Flour Oatmeal China Cut and Pressed Glassware Earthenware Ironmongery &C., &c. Parties about to FURNISH have a Large stock of First-class Goods to choose from, 4 LOWEST PRICE.

GUNS, GUNPOWDER, SHOT, AND AMMUNITION GENERALLY, A. 0. S. HEADLAND (Licensed under the Anna Act), Opposite the Conrt-honse, THAMES-ST EET, I HE OAMAHU MAIL. PRICE—ONE PENNY. CIRCULATED 1 XTENSiYELY Counli. s of Waitaki, "Waimate, & W aikoaaiti Ag- ills in all the Towcsbipv The Miil haj a larger circulation than any papjr in Otago published oaUiie of Dnnedin. Alwaj-s in stock. OA4IABC. 37 IS THE "VfEW ZEALAND MUSIC ALBUM, No. il 2. New Dance Music. B, W. Hayes, Muaicaeller, Itchen-aireet.l