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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1863, AT TWO O'CLOCK. SPLENNDID STATION PROPERTY RARE INVESTMENT. TO AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND CAPITALISTS, STOCK OWNERS, AND OTHERS, BENMORE SHEEP STATION WEIGHT, ROBERTSON and CO. have been instructed by Messrs. Bl'Mcbdo and Hodgkinson, to SELL by AUCTION, in tho Long Room of tlio COMMERCIAL lIOTEL, DUNEDIN, on FRIDAY, tho 10th APRIL, 1863, at Two o'clock, their magnificent SHEEP RUN, on tho Upper Waitaki, in this Province, and well known ac BENMORE STATION, Comprising:—. 260,000 A GEES OF THE FINEST SHEEP COUNTRY! (capable of carding from 80*000 to 100,000 sheep) Tho whole Jβ WATER BOUNDED, ac can bo seen by Map at tho Office of tho Auctioneers. Tho Stock consists of about 16,000. SHEEP, of tho following descripions,&c.— 2700' WETHEBSi from 2-tooth and upwordf 7320 EWES, from 2-tooth and upwards, 4860 LAMBS. Then) arc also, from 1000 to 1200 LONGTAILED LAMBS» which have not jot been marked. CATTLJE. 30 HEAD, well-bred MIXED CATTLE. WORKING BULLOCKS. 4 TEAMS of SPLENDID WORKING BULLOCKS 8 TEAMS of eight bullocks each, and one of six With bows, yokes, and chains all complete. 1 H O R S E S. 19 HORSES, of which six are Saddle Horses, tho rest. aro Brood Marcs and Foals An excellent Entiro is running with them. THE IMPROVEMENTS Consist of— Dwelling-houso Men's dwelling-house Jjorgo store Tluree : stalled stable Coal-house Fowl-house Commodious wpolshcd, CO x 26, with all necessary appliances Wash pool Six paddocks* containing about 15 acres, including a five-acre cultivation paddock A email paddock adjacent to tho houso, hud . down in English grass A. garden well stocked And Other enclosures adapted for tho working of sheep station FREEHOLD PROPERTY. 20 Acres of Freehold Properly in the Ohnu Bush, Canterbury Province, distant 10 miles from the Homestead, from which no timber has ns yet been cut, with an excellent rood thereto. This splendid Station, admitted to bo tho most complete and desirable squatting property in New Zealand, is offered to public competition on account of the decease of Mr. M'Murdo, ono of the partners. Tjjrms and further particulars can be ascertained on application to WEIGHT, ROBERTSON & CO., Stock Salesmen and Station Agents, ■Ak Duoodin.

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Press, Volume III, Issue 130, 31 March 1863, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Press, Volume III, Issue 130, 31 March 1863, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Press, Volume III, Issue 130, 31 March 1863, Page 4

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