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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1255, 26 April 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE T AND FOR SETTLEMENT. AREA OF AGKICOTTURA!. LAND OPEN FOB. 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 lsnd is from -0 miles nTth 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 mouth, Invercargili 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 influences is capable of growing not merely excellent wheat, but" first-class oats and barley, and is. peculiarly adapted for raiding turuips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the farmer to ktep his land in perfect heart by a rotation of cropping; manure his land byfecdingoff his green crops with sheep and cattle, and ke 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. _ Forpsts of large extent are scattered over it, providing timbers for building and fencing, and coal (lignite and the best brown coals) for fuel everj where obtainable. The district is further intersected by railways, whiph open up the great valleys of Aparima, Oreti, and Mataura Rivors; while a loop line from the Invercargili to Kingston Railway at Lumsdem runs through the Waimea Plains and joins the Invercargili to Dunedin 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 of it; and timiifr, 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 year* 1873 to 187S, a? compared with Canterbury, are a3 follow : . IS CO t— "X r* F* t*"» CC CO 00 GO GO 'J ho subjoined tables give the average temperature as Invercargili, Dunedin. and Christchurch, the commercial centres of thu districts. It may be remarked that Invercargili beincsituatedclose to Foveaux Straits i 3 exposed to more ra'nfalJ and sudden char ges than the interior or ihe district, only seven miles due north, where the climate is both drier and warmer, tut alcng 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-round agriculture the supply of rain by no means exceeds the requirements of the land. This year the thermometer at Invercargili ha 3 averaged higher thsn any psrt of t?;e Middle Island, and most parts o: the N.-rth Island, while there has bsen very co:.-s:dcn>.uly lts3 rainfall than in any part of the Colony. AVSTJAOF. TEMPEP.ATUF.F. * No observations taken in Southland during IST3 to IS7G. WALTER IT. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lards 334 Board, Southland. BUSINESS NOTIOES ODGE 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 S. H£ADL A N D, A. JGROCER, IRONMONGER, AND GENERAL MERCHANT,

Has on Solo (both Wholesale and liotail), Groceries of all kin da Wines and Spirits Flour Oatmeal China Cut and Pressed Glassware Earthenware Ironrnougc-rT &c., Jfcc. Parties ahent to FURNISH have a Large atock of Firei-class Gccds to choose from, a th LOWEST PUIC-E. GUNS, GUilPOYr'BEii. SHOT, ANi"; AMMUNITION GENERALLY, Always in stock. A. J. S. HEADLAND (licensed nndor the Arms Act), Opposite the Court-house, THAMES- ST EE T, OiiTAKU. 37 H E OAMAIiU MAIL. PRICE—ONE PENNY. CIRCCLATED } XTENS.VELY IS THE 2ocnti.s of Waitaki, Waimatc, it Waikoaaiti Ag nta in all the Township?. 'he Miil a larger cir u!ation than any f apjr in OcaLO published ouiti 1c of Dentin. VTEW ZEALAND MUSIC ALBUM, No. 2. New Dance Mnsin. B. W. Hayes, Eusicscllcr, Itchcn-etreet.l