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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 712, 22 July 1878, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTION. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1878. At 2 o'clock. GREAT UNRESERVED LAND SALE. 2373 ACRES SPLENDID LAND ON FARMS OF 70 TO 200 ACRES EACH. 400 Acres Ploughed and ready for Sowing. a/T'LANDRESS, HEPBURN, AND CO. -L have received instructions to sell by auction, at their Rooms. Manse-street, Dunedin, on Wednesday, August 14. at 2 o'clock— CRICHTON PARK DOWNS, Reiug the original selection of Professor Black, carefully chosen by him for its richness of soil, in the Waikaka and Waipahee Districts. Crichton Park is situated in the very midst of the finest grain and root-growing district in Otago, ami free from swamp At the same time it is watered by running streams and springs. The streams command excellent sites for flour mills. The soil is composed of rich chocolate loam of great depth. The natural grass is white silvery tussock;-. The whole of the property has a norther'- a-'ei;'. r.'ch undulating downs, warm, .-. .veil sheltered iur stock, and every section ploughable. Those who have visited the Property declare it to be tlu; richest soil to be found in the whole district It is surrounded by a most substantial >ii:g-f,i;ce of ditch and wire, 12 miles, 8 vi which is sown with wise. Special notice is drawn to sections IS and part hi 15 ploughed, part of lo and 14 in turnips, in block VI., Waikaka, consisting of say 400 acres, which has been well manured by sheep, and is now in fine cropping order. In subdividing the property, ■ •are has been taken to reserve good roads to each farm one chain wide, and where required culverts erected. Looking at recent Government land sales where land brought from £S to £l7 per acre, and the rapid advance in the price of land in the northern portions of Otago. and the comparatively little attention that has yet been given to the southern part uf the Province, these circumstances, coupled with the remarkable fertility of the soil and the advantageous situation of CRICHTON PARK DOWNS, all combine to make this property one of the choicest and most desirable in which farmers can select, or investors speculate. The property now offered to the public has the advantage of the Southern Trunk Line passing through it, with the Pukurua station within half a mile, and Otaria ten chains ; it lies within 8 miles of Gore, and 4 from within half a mile, and Otaria ten chains ; it lies within 8 miles of Gore, and 4 from Waipahei: station, i h:,>. giving great facilities for emmamiiny the Duutdin, Invercargill, and Bin If ma: Rets. Intending purchasers are warmly invited to inspect the laud. Mr. Charles Gardner (late tenant of the pr perty, residing at the Pukurua Railway Station) will show parties over, and a!l"ord th°m every information. Terms will be exceedingly liberal, viz. : One-fourth cash, the balance in equal halfyearly acceptances extending over four years, with interest at the rate of S per cent, per annum. Plans and further information can be obtained from the Auctioneers, Messrs. M'LANDRESS, HKPi'.URN, &CO., Manse-street, Dunedin. JfoTE.—The Town of Otaria, adjoining the Railway Station, is now being surveyed iuto cjuarter-acro sections, and will be ottered for sale by public auction at same time as Crichton Park. Plans in preparation. 211 PUBLIC NOTICES THE LAND ACT, IS 77. | PUBLIC NOTICE, IS HERi.BY GIVEN, in pur_l_\ suance of tlr- provisions of Section 28 of the Land Act, 1577, that application is intended to be made to the Waste Linds Board for the Provincial District of OHgo, on behalf of o„e WaL.ER B. CAIRNS, of Wharekuri, Otago, w purchase the iaiul hereunder de.-ciibVd, to wit: - All ai:« who' '-hat oai.ve' ■•- land oemg pari:- ''/ a, Lt-a><- a.\ 2 ,r;d Run No. 2.", both m District, County Wait.-.ki, and containing together l.'la lr 4(ip ; bounded on the iast by the hank of Wharekuri Creek, along which it extends Southwards from main road t-58 lin'-a; thence jn a Westerly direction 10%' links; thence in a Northerly direction 1800 links to main road, and thence along S.S of main road to starting point-17"9"0 links, or theivhy —as the said parcel of land is d ideated on a plan thereof, to be longed with application. ForW. B. Cairns— DENNIbUN AND GRANT, Agents. Oamaru. Bth July, IS7B. 126

THE LAND ACT, 18 77. PUBLIC NOTICE. fTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, in pur_l\ suauce of thf provisions of Section 28 of the Land Act. iS7 7 , that application is intended to !>•. mmlf en the Waste Lands Board for th<i District of Otago. on behalf of one \V. O. MUXRO. of < itematata, Otago, to purchase the land herein.dor described, to wit : Ail and whole that parcel of land, part o' Ruu Ko. 2)3, Otcmatata District, County Waitaki, aud containing 20 Acres or therebj'; bounded on the South by Main Road, along which it extends 1290 5 links ; on the East by a line at augles to southern boundary, extending V<.rihw;ird.--123G'-links ; on the North by bank or Waitaki along whieli it extends 1434 o links; aud on the West by a line parallel to Eastern boundary, 1544'3 links to startiig point—as the s.-iid pave 1 of la: d is delineated on a plan diereoi to be lodged with application. For '.V. ii. Muxi'.oAgents. Oaniaru, Sth July, 1878. 127