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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1270, 3 May 1880, Page 4

FOR SAtE AND F OET SETTLEMENT. AREA OP AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE-IN " southland. : ; Under Deferred Payments SO,OJ 5 acres For Direct Purchase ... ' 35,000 acres Land coveied•with Bush, which, when cleared, is of niperior 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 month of the Taieri River, and is all from 2 to 38 miles to the northward of the Clntha River at its month,' 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 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 farnjer tp keep his land in perfect heart by a rotation pf prppping; manure his landbyfeedingoff his green fsropa with sheep and cattle, and kep himindependent of a bad market for any particular cereal. All over the district there is firstclass limestone cropping out to fertilise the land when ft may require it. . Forests of large extent are scattered over it, providing timbers for building and fencing, and epal (lignite and the best brown coirfs) for fuel everywhere obtainable. The district is further intersected by railways, which open up the great valleys of Ap&rima, breti, and Mataura Bivers; while a lopp line frpm the Invercargill to Kingston Railway dem runs through tjie Waimea Plains and joins the Invercargill to Dunedjn main line at Gore, and a line through tbe 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 a minimum cost.. The average yield pE cereals per acre, taken from the statistics of the Cglony for the years 1873 to 1878* as compared with Canterbury, are as follow : The. subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargill, Dunedin, and Christchurch, the comnierpial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargill being situated close toFoveaux 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 tho 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 Invercargill has averaged higher than any part of the . Middle Island, and most parts of the North Island, while there has been very considerably less rainfall than in any part of the Colony.

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. Southland. Dunedin. Christchurch * No observations taken in Southland during 1873 to 1876. WALTER H. PEARSON", Chief Commissioner of "Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland. BUSINESS NQTiOSS JJ 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. 859 J. HEADLAND, GROCER, IRONMONGER, AND GENERAL MERCHANT, Has on Sale (both Wholesale and Retail), Groceries of all kind* Wines and Spirits Moor Oatmeal China Cat and Pressed Glassware Earthenware Ironmongery &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. J. S. HEADLAND (Lioenaed under the Anna Act), Opposite the Court-house, THAMES. ST EET, Oamaru. 37 T HE OAM A R U MAIL. PRICE—ONE PENNY. CIRCULATED EXTENSIVELY IK THE , Countiis of Waitaki, Waimate, & Waikouaiti Agents in all the Townships. The Mail ha 3 a'larger circulation than any paper in. Ofcag'o published outside of Dunedin. " VJ-EW ZEALAND MUSIC ALBUM, No. .131 2. New Dance Mubwv B. W. Hayes, Mosicseller, Itchon-ntreet.l