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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 16 August 1880, Page 4

for sale ' E T T L E M E N T. OF AGRICULTURAL LAND &-». OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. <erred P*yijumts 80,015 acres Under Dt purchase 35,000 acres For Direct. * Boat, Land coveied cleared, ■which, when is of superior >j tr , 300,000 acres for Agriculture ->og*it land is 25s Tlic price of deferred pay*, td 30s an acre. The land is from 20 miles north to - -t tJxe iuth of the latitude of the mouth o to aieri River, and is all from 2 to 38 miles le northward of the Clutha, River a i « loath, Invercargill be'mg 3 miles due south f the latitude of the Clutha, the average eight above the sea level being 200 feet. he average quality or the soil is equal to ny in the Australasian Colonies, and from limatic influences is capable of growing not lerely excellent wheat, but oata nd barley, and is peculiarly adapted for using turnips and artificial grasses, there y nabling the farmer to keep his land in lerfect heart by a rotation of cropping; nanure his land by feeding off his green crops rith sheep and cattle, and keep himinde»endent of a bad market for any particular ereal. AH over the district there u firstlass limestone cropping out to fertilise the and when it may require it. Forests of arce extent are scattered over it, providing limbers for building and fencing, and coa lignite and the best brown coals) for fuel ■very where obtainable. The district is further intersected by railways, which open up ;he great valleys of Aparima, Oreti, ana Mataura Rivers ; while a loop line from the [nvercargill to Kingston Railway at Lunislemrnns through the Waimea Plains and joins the Invercargill to Dunedin main line it Gore, and a line through the Forest Hill District will be constructed shortly, lhus carriage of produce to the seaboard or marbet is easy and cheap from any part ot it; and timber, lime, and coal, can do 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 1573 to 1878, a3 compared with Canterbury, are as follow : ° U eS O i • fl 5 a S 55 c * O CO .*1 -W *** "JJ 1 cs cs m E* o •* w Cl w w w so C2 _2 » S-g-g £ o a 0 .2 ® rn 3 S o~ « W r+f •+* o t— OO O < ci 0 cc eo 01 O S -M 51 IN » (C CI M etrf -471 r+# r+# •S 0 ci *»• g S ci m « « « ea N H Ct B W n IP! 13 ® t* r* CO CO CO 00 CO CO r The subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargill, Dunedin, an< Chris tchurcli, the commercial centres 01 th districts. It may be remarked that Inver cargillbeingsituatedclose to Foveaux Strait is exposed to more rainfall and sudden charge than the interior of the district, only sevei miles due north, where the climate is hot] drier and warmer, tut aloDg the whole sea board the land is extremely fertile, and muc. prized for grass and root crops. The experi ecce of the last few years leads to the con victionthat for rJI-round agriculture th. supply of rein by no means exceeds the re qwrements of the land. This yesr th thermometer at Invercargill lias average, higher than any part of the Middle Island and most parts of the North Island, whil there has been very considerably less raiu fall than in any part of the Colony. average temperature. :Southland.l Dunedin. Christchurc 156345.7 50 52 15C950.9 50.8 52.7 1570...! 49.0 50 52.6 IS7I ...i 50.0 50.3 52 IS72* 49.6 51.4 53.6 1877 50.4 * No observations taken in Southland durin 1573 to 1876. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lane 334 Board, Southland. BUSINESS NOTICES THE QAMARU MAI] PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, Has now a GUARANTEED CIRCULATION 01 1400 COPIES DAILY. Being read throughout the whole of tl Counties of Waitaki, Waimate, and Ws kouaiti, it is unquestionably the BES ADVERTISING MEDIUM in Norl Otago. Farmers wishing to dispose Stock, &c, should bear this fact in mind. SELLERS fae: OF STOCK AND PROPERTIES Should take the fullest advantage of tl publicity which its columns afTord BY ADVERTISING THEIR SALES I THE MAIL.