FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1863, AT TWO O'CLOCK. SPLENNDID STATION PROPERTY RARE INVESTMENT. TO AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND CAPITALISTS, STOCK OWNERS, AND OTHERS, BHNMORE SHEEP STATION "tXT-RIGHT, ROBERTSON and CO. Tl have been instructed by Messrs. M'Murdo and Hodgkinson, ! to SELL by AUCTION, in the Long Room of tho COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DUNEDIN, . on FRIDAY, the 10th APRIL, 1863, at Two o'clock, their magnificent SHEEP RUN, on tho Upper Waitaki, in this Province, and ".-ell known as BENMORE STATION, Comprising:— 200,000 ACRES OF THE FINEST SHEEP COUNTRY! (capable of carrying from 80,000 to 100,000 sheep) The whole is WATER BOUNDED, as can bo seen by Map at the Office of the Auctioneers.
The Stock consists of about 16,000 SHEEP, of the following descripions, _c. — 2700 WETHERS, from 2-tooth and upwards. 7320 EWES, from 2-tooth and upwards. 4960 LAMBS. There are also from 1000 to 1200 LONGTAILED LAMBS, which havo not yet been marked. CATTLE. 30 HEAD well-bred MIXED CATTLE. WORKING BULLOCKS. 4 TEAMS of SPLENDID WORKING BULLOCKS 3 TEAMS of eight bullocks each, and one of six . With bows, yokes, and chains all complete. I HORSES. 19 HORSES, of which six are Saddle Horses* the rest are Brood Mares and Foals An excellent Entire is running with them.
THE IMPROVEMENTS Consist of — Dwelling-house Men's dwelling-house Large store Three-stalled stable Coal-houso Fowl-house Commodious woolshed, 60 x 26, with all necessary appliances Wash pool Six paddocks, containing about 15 acres, including a five-acre cultivation paddock A small paddock adjacent to the house, laid down in English grass A garden well stocked And Other enclosures adapted for the working of sheep station FREEHOLD PROPERTY. 20 Acres of Freehold Property in the Ohau Bush, Canterbury Province, distant 10 miles from the Homestead, from which no timber has as yet been cut, with an excellent road thereto. This splendid Station, admitted to be the most complete and desirable squatting property in New ! Zealand, is offered to public competition on account of the decease of Mr. M'Murdo, one of the partners. Terms and further particulars can be -jcertained on application to WRIGHT, ROBERTSON & CO., Stock Salesmen and Station Agents, Ihuxe-U-,
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Press, Volume III, Issue 132, 2 April 1863, Page 5
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