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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 15 July 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE r AND FOB SETTLEMENT. area 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, The price of deferred payment land is-os and 30s an acre. The land is from 20 miles north to 16 miles south of the latitude of themcuthofthe Trueri River, and is all from 2 to 38 miles to the northward of the Clutha River atits mouth, Invercargill being 3 miles due south of the latitude of the Clutha, the average heioht above the sea level being 200 feet. The average quality of the soil is equal to any in the Australasian Colonies, and from climatic inflnences ia capable of growing not merely excellent wheat, bnt first-class pats and barley, and is peculiarly adapted for raising turnips and artificial grasses, thereby nnqhlinrr the farmer to beep his land in perfect heart fay a rotation of cropping; inanure hialand by feeding off his green crops with sheep and cattle, and fre p him independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. AH over the district there js 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) 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 Invercargill to Kingston Railway at Lnmsdem 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 aDy part of itj and timber, lime, apd coal, can be distributed. all over the country n minimum cost. The average yield of cereals per acre, taken from the statistics of the Colony for the year* 1873 to 1878, at compared with Canterbury, are as follow : 00 00 CO 00 00 CO The subjoined tables give the average temperature at InvercargOl, Dunedin, and Christchnrch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargillbeingsituafcedologe toFoveaux Straits is exposed to more rainfallsnds fjdden changes than the interior of the district, only seven miles due north, where the climate ia both drier and warmer, but 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 fchap any part of the Middle Island, and most parts of the North Island, while there has been very considerably les3 rainfall than in any part of the Calflny, AVERAGE TEMPEKATORE, (Southland. Dunedin. Christchnrch 15G5...1 1869,.. IS7O ... 1871 ...| IS72* | 1577 45.7 50.9 4P..9 50.0 49.6 50.4 50 50. S 50 50.3 old 50.3 52 52.7 52.6 52 53.6 52.3 334 No observations taken in Southland during 1573 to 1576. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands Board, Southland. BUSINESS NOTICES THE QAM AR U 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. Farmere wishing to dispose of Stock, &c, should bear this fact in mind. SELLERS OF STOCK AND FARM PROPERTIES Should take the fullest advantage of the publicity which its columns afford BY ADVERTISING THEIR SALES IN THE MATT..