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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1266, 28 April 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE FOR .SETTLEMENT.. AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. Under Deferred Payments 80,015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Land coveted with Bnsh, which, when cleared, is of superior quality for Agriculture ... 300,000 acres The price of deferred payment land is 25s and 30a 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 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 qualify of the soil is equal to any in the Australasian Colonies, and from climatic influences is capable of growingnot 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 orops with sheep and cattle, and keep him independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. AH 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 Lumsr dem runs through the Waimea Plains and joins 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 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 9 minimum cost. The average yield of cereals per acre, taken from the statistics of the Colony for the years 1873 to 1878, as compared with Canterbury, are as follow : W ■!? a to t- oa. r-» |> t"** r-» CO CO CO CO CO GO

The subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargdl, Dnnedin, and Chriatchnrch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargili being situated close to Foveaux Straits is exposed to more rainfall and sndden changes than the interior of the district, only seven miles dne north, where the climate is both drier and warmer, tot along the whole seaboard the land is extremely fertile, and much prized for grass and root crop 3. The experience of the last few years leads to the conviction that for all-round agricnltnre the supply of rain by no means exceeds the requirements of the land. Thi3 year the thermometer at Invercargill has averaged higher than any pirt of the Middle Island, and most parts of the Ncrth Island, while there has been very considerably less rainfall in any part of the Colony. AVERAGE TESTPERAXXTRE. * No observations taken in Southland during 1873 to 1576. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of "Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland. BUSINESS NOTICES JJ 0D G E AND JONES SADDLE & HARNESS MAKERS, Importers and Manufacturers of Saddles, Side Saddles, Whips, Spurs, Buggy and Carriage Harness, Cart Harness, and Collara 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 Cut and Pressed Glassware Earthenware Ironmongery &C., &o. Parties about to FURNISH have a Large stock of First-class Goods to choose from, a th LOWEST PRICE. GUSTS, GUNPOWDER, SHOT, AND AMMUNITION GENERALLY, Always in stock. A. J. S. HEADLAND (licensed under the Arms Act), Opposite the Court-house, THAMES-ST EET, OAiiAKtr. 37 T HE OAMAEU MAIL. PRICE-ONE PENNY. CIRCULATED 1-XTENSIVELY rs TUB Conn tits of Waitaki, Waimate, & Waikoaaiti Agents in all the Townships. The M&3 has a larger circulation than any paper in Otago pnblishcd outtide of Donedin. " \TEW ZEALAND MUSIC ALBUM, No. 2. New Dance Mturin. B. W. Hates, Musicseller, Itchen-street.l