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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1250, 20 April 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE ' AND FOR SETTLEMENT. AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE IN " SOUTHLAND. UuderDeferred Payments 80,015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Land coveied with Bnsb, which, when cleared, is ot 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 Tateri River, and is all Jrom 2 to 38 mi'esto 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 inflnences is capable of growing not merely excellent wheat, but first-class oats and barley, and is peculiarly adapted for raiding turnips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the farmer lo keep bis land in jKjrfect 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. 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 distriot is further intersected by railways, which open up the great valleys of Aparima, Oreti, and Mataura Rivers { while a loop line from the Invercargill to Kingston Railway at Lums•lem run 3 through the Waimea Plains and joins the Invercargill to Danedin 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 j and timber, lime, and coal, can be distribntsd all over the country at a minimum cost. The average yield of cereals per acre, taken fron the statistics of the Co'.ony.for the year* 1573 to IS7S, a3 compared with Canterbury, are as follow : The subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargill, Dunedin, and Christchurch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargill beingsituated 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 root crops. The experience of the la3t 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 r.fc Invercargill has average! higher than any part of tie Middle Island, and moat parts of the Ncrth Island, while there ha 3 been very considerably less rainfill than in any part of the Colony.

average temperature. i South land.|. Dnnedin. IChristcharch 9 No observations taken in Southland during 1573 to 1S70". WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland. BUSINESS NOTICE 3 O D 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. 859 J. S. HEADLAND, GROCER, IRONMONGER, AND GENERAL MERCHANT, Has on Sale (both Wholesale and Retail}, Groceries of all ainda WLacs and Spirits Floor Oatmeal China Cut and Pressed Glassware Earth en war? Ironmongery &.C., &c. Parties afcoufc to FURNISH have a Large stock of First-das 3 Goods to choose from, th ' LOWEST PRICE. GUNS, GUITPOWDEB, SHOT, AND AMMUNITION GENERALLY, Always in stock. 0. S. HEADLAND (Licensed nnder the Arms Act), Opposite tiio G'ourt-houae, THAHES-ST EE T, C>JWARI7. 37 qpHE OA MAR U MAIL. PRICE—ONE PENNY. CIRCULATED i XTENSLVELY IS THE Counti.s of Waitaki, Waimatc, & Waikouaiti Agents in all the Township?. The Mail has a larger circulation than any paper in Otago published outside of Dunedin. "VTEW ZEALAND MUSIC ALBUM, No. JJI 2. New Dance Mnsin, B. W, Hayes, Miuicseller, Itchea-etwfcl