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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1311, 19 June 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE FOR SETTLEMENT. ARE!A 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 prise r.f deferred payment land is 25a and 30s an acre. The land is from 20 miles north to 16 miles south of the latitude of tha mouth of the Taieri River, and is all from 2 to 38 miles to the northward of the Clutha River at its mouth, Invarcargill 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 grosses, thereby enabling the farmer to keep his land in perfect heart by a rotation of cropping; manure his land by feeding off his green crops with Bheep and cattle, and ke p him;independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. AH over tbc 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 cpal (lignite and the best brown coals) fop fuel everywhere obtainable. The district is further intersected by railways, which open up the great valleys of Aparima, Oreti, and Mataura Rivers ; while a loop line from the Invercsrgill to Kingston Railway at Lum3dem runs through the Waimea Plains and joins the Invercargifl to Dnnedin main line at Gore, and a line through the Fojrest 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 of cereals per acre, taken fron the statistics of the Colony for the yeari 1873 to IS7B, as compared with Canterbury, are as follow M ■# 13 O at i'* I"- r- i—* oo co oo oo oo oo The subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargill, Dunedin, and Chriatcburch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargillbeingsituatedclose to Foveaux Straits is exposed to more rainfall and sudden cli an ges than the interior of the district, only seven

miles aue nortD, wnere me ciimaue is ooic drier and warmer, tut along the whole seaboard the land is extremely fertile, and mucl: prized for grass and root crops. The experi ence of the last few years leads to the convictian that for all-round agriculture the supply of rajn by no means exceeds the re quirements of the Jand. This year th< thermometer at Invereargjll fjaa averaged higher than any part of the Middle Island, and moat part's of the Ntrth Island, whilf there has been very considerably less rain fall than in any part of the Colony. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. * No observations taken in Southland during 1873 to 1576. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of "Waste Land: 334 Board, -Southland. BUSINESS NOTICES THE QAMARU MAIL, PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, Has now a GUARANTEED CIRCULATION OF 1400 COPIES DAILY. Being read throughout the whole of the Counties of Waitaki, Waimate, and Waikouaiti, it is unquestionably the BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM in North Otago. Farmers wishing to dispose of Stock, ifec, should bear this fact in mind. SELLERS OF STOCK AND FARM PROPERTIES Should take the fullest advantage of the publicity which its columns afTord BY ADVERTISING THEIR SALES IN THE MAIL.