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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1285, 20 May 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE AND FOR SETTLEMENT. A-RTCA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. Under Deferred Payments 80,015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Land coveied with Bush, 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,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 oE 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 firat-class oats and barley, and is peculiarly adapted for raising turnips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the fanner t#> fceep his land in perfect heart by a rotation, pf propping; manure his land by feeding ofF his green crops with sheep and cattle, and keep 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. Forests 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, Oyeti, and Mataura Rivers; while a loop line from the Invercargijl to Kingston Railway at Lumsdem runs through the Waimea Plains and joins the Invercargill po Dunedin main line at Gore, and a line thrpugh thja Fopest Hill District will be constructed shortly. Thus carriage of produce to the seaboard or marbet 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 tbe statistics of the Colony for the ypap3 1873 to 1878, as 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 Invercargillbeingsituatedclose 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 aloDg 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 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. AVEKAGE TEMPERATUTtE. * No observations taken in Southland during 1873 to 1576. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland. BUSINESS NOTICES ODGE AND JONES "SADDLE & HARNESS MAKERS, Importers and Manufacturers of Saddles, Side Saddles, Whips, Spurs, Buggy and Carriage Harness, Cart Harness, and Collais of every description, and all other Horse Appointments. N.B.—Colonial Saddles made to order to any pattern. 859 S. HEADLAND, A. * GROCER, IRONMONGER, AND GENERAL MERCHANT, FTa« on Sale (both Wholesale and Retail), Groceries of all kinds Wines and Spiriiß Flour Oatmeal China Cat and Pressed Glassware Earthenware Ironmongery &c., &c» Parties about to FURNISH have a Large stock of First-claBS Goods to choose from, a th LOWEST PRICE. GUNS, GUNPOWDER, SHOT, AND AMMUNITION GENERALLY, Always in stock. S. A, J. S. HEADLAND (Licensed under the Arms Act), Opposite the Court-house, THAMES-ST EET, OAMARU. 37 T HE OAMARU MAIL. PRICE—ONE PENNY. CIRCULATED EXTENSIVELY IN THE Countits of Waitaki, Waimate, & Waikouaiti Agents in all the Townships. The Mail has a larger circulation than any paper in Otago published outside of Dunedin. NEW ZEALAND MUSIC ALBUM, No. 2. New Dance Musio, B; W< Hatbs, Musicseller, Itchen-streeW