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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1279, 13 May 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE T AND FOR SETTLEMENT. AREA OF AOKICU TUKAL LAND OPKN FOR SALE IJS SOUTHLAND. Under Deferred Payments 80,015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Land covei ed with Bnsh, -which, when cleared, is of superior quality for Agriculture ... 300,000 acres The price of deferred payment land is 25s and 308 an acre. The land is from 20 miles north to Iff 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 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- fjrst-clsss oats and barley, and is peculiarly a4apted for raising turnips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the fanner to keep his- land in perfect heart by a rotation of cropping; manure his land by feeding off his green crops with sheep and cattle, and ke-p him indepeadent of a bad market for any particular cereal, Ail over the district there is firstclass limestone cropping opt to fertilise the land when it may require it. Forests _of large extent are scattered over it, providing timbers for building and fencing, and coal (lignite and the beat brown- coals) for fuel everywhere obtainable. The district is iurthef interacted by railways, which open up the great valleys of ApaWma, Oret-i, and Mataura Rivers ; while a loop line from the Invercargill to Kingston Sailwav afc Luipsdepi runs through the Waimea Plains and joins the Invercargill to Dunedin mam line at Gore, and a.line through the 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 of cereals per acre, taken from the statistics of the Colony for the years 1873 to 1878, a? compared with Canterbury, are as follow : The subjoined tables give the average temperatnie at Invercargill, Dunedin, and Christchnrch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargill being situated close to Foveaux Straits is exposed to more rainfall and sudden chai-ges than ths interior of the district, only seven miles due north, where the glimate is both drier and warmer, tut aloDg the whple 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 hiv-her thai? any part of the Middle Island, and most parts of the Iv. rfch Jsjand, "while there has been very considerably less rainfall than in any part of the Colony. AVitlii-GE TEMPERATURE. * No observations taken in Southland during 1573 to 1576. WALTER K. PF.ARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland,

BUSINESS NOTiOeS ODGE AND JONfIS 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 otlier 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 Wlnea and Spirits Flour Cat meal China Cut and Pressed Glassware Earthenware Ironmongery &c., &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. A. J. S. HEADLAND {Licensed under the Anns Act), Opposite the Court-house, THAMES-ST EE T, 0 Aii Alter. 37 rp HE OAMARU MAIL. PRICE—ONE PENNY. CIRCULATED !• XTENS.VELY IN THE Countu s of Waitaki, Waimate, & Waikouaiti Ag-.-nts in all the Township 3. The Mail has a larger circulation than any paper in Otago published outside of Dunedin. "VTEW ZEALAND MUSIC ALBUM, No. _LI 2. New Dance Musin. B. W. Hayes, Musicseller, Itchen-street.l