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New Zealand Mail, Issue 849, 8 June 1888, Page 14

LAND. LAND. LAND* & SIXTH SALE OF THE LANDS OF THE WELLINGTON & MANAWATU KAIL WAY COMPANY (Ltd.) Important to the bona fide Furmer who desires to improve his position, or to put his sons on land that will mean a competence to them. IN THE EXCHANGE LAND AND MERCANTILE AUCTION ROOMS. Manners-street, Wellington. *- ON FRIDAY, 29th JUNE, ISBS, At 1 o’clock p.m. T KENNEDY MACDONALD & CO. . ■ are favored with instructions from the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (Limited), to sell by public auction, as above— A MAGNIFICENT BLOCK OF ABOUT 4000 AORES OE GRAND AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL LAND, Situate adjacent to the towDßhip of Paraparaumu, on the railway line, and distant 32 miles from the city of Wellington, and being portions of the blocks numbered XIII. of the Kaitawa, I. of the Akatarawa, and 11. of the Paikakariki survey dis. tricts, and subdivided into thirty, eight sections, ranging in area from forty acres to one .hundred and thirty aere3 each. It is now needless to expatiate on the character of the Railway Company’s lands. The practical work of clearing and bringing into cultivation large areas of land pur. chased at the former sales has revealed the fact that the soil is of extraordinary richness. Many of the first purchasers, tempted by large profits, have sold out and are now re. gretting having done so. A week or two since £l4'per acre was refused for a section that had been purchased for £3 per acre, the improvements upon it being merely the personal labor of two purchasers in felling and burning the bush. Iu submitting an offer the other day to one of the buyers of a section purchased a year ago, and which offer meant an advance of 100 per cent, on his purchase, and in addition payment for his improvements, he replied, “ lam not prepared to sell. I bought the section for a home, and I know of no place in the Colony which presents greater attractions or is more calculated to. bring a man to anchor for his life. I thank you for your offer, but no inducement will tempt me to sell such land as I have got.” This is the spirit of the true settler, and nothing has given us more satisfaction than the knowledge that every man who has invested a pound in the Railway Company’s land can receive his money back, should he desire it, with a handsome profit in addition.

To those residents in other parts of the Colony who may be unacquainted with the* wonderful richness and advantages of that portion of the West Coast of the North Island in whioh the land for sale is situate, it is necessary to state that the climate ia superior to that of any other part o,f the Colony, the Tararua Ranges sheltering and protecting it from the co.ld southerly winds prevailing elsewhere in winter ; th,e grape, the ojive, and many semi-tropical ripening in the. open air. AH old settlers are agreed that similar land will carry, when cleared and laid down with English grass, some six sheep t.o the acre the whole year through, while it is well known that, in consequence of the richness of the pasture, no necessity exists for preparing winter feed. A,s -a stock-pro,ducing district it has also the amazing advantage of being able to fatten and keep stock ripe for killing for ten months in the year, Do the practical stockbreeder thiß important faot needs no comment. The aim of the Company being to sell their lands to bona fide occupiers, and so create traffic, for their line, high prices are not looked for; the Company, as a railway proprietary, recognising that a large and energetic body of settlers occupying highclass land, purchased at a low price, will b© of more permanent value to them and to the community than if they sold a limited area at high rates. The land now for sale consists of two splendid .valleys with the Lil's surrounding them, the valleys ranging in width from half a mile to a mile each. The timber is mainly riinu, and their growth is an evidence of the grand character of the soil and climate. No better opportunity for enterprising aawmillers could be found than the purchase of a number of the sections in this block. It is safe to assert that no red nine of siz© and quality could bo procured from auy laud in the district now open for sale. The roads are being laid off throughout the block, aud byidletraoks have been cut, which latter will enable visiters to examine the land without diffionlty. Tho starting point of the roads will be from the Paraparaumu Railway Station, and arrangements are now being made to lay off a main county road into the block from the Wainui Railway Station.

The TERMS OF SALE ARE STILL FIXED on a basis which will, we feel sure, be appreciate ! by all who desire to see the lands of the country speedily settled. They are as follows : OST DEPOSIT AT THE AUCTION SALE, 10 PER CENT. . The BALANCE of 90 per cent, to REMAIN ON MORTGAGE FOR SEVEN YEARS, bearing interest at the unprecedentedly Ion? rate of FIVE PER CENT, per annutn. The Company have a rr£ mged to is@ue special Return Tickets at reduced prices heWellington and Paraparaumu and Longburn and Paraparaumu. Lithographic plans the property and further particulars at the office of this paper or from T. KENNEDY MACDONALD & CO., ' Auctioneers, Wellington.