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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1199, 19 February 1880, Page 3

U,ES BY AUCTION. Si-. « '*¥, }lm MARCH. At3o ""ATIQN, WALTER PEAK bWakatipu Lake. fob. sale by auction. Maclean and co. ■will submit to auction, at their Rooms, Manae-atreet, Dunedin, on the above date, THE WALTER PEAK STATION, Comprising—--24,000 Acres or thereby, of which 10,000 acres are held on pastoral lease, expiring 31st March, 1881 13,700 acres are held on Goldfields tenure 346 acres are held on Agricultural lease. Together with 8000 first-claas Merino Sheep, viz. : 5000 Wethers, chiefly young 3000 Ewes and Lambs 50 Rams And A few head of Cattle and Horses. The improvements consist of a new stone dwelling-house of five rooms, with verandah, &c., woolshed, drafting yards, men's huts, shearing paddocks, large fruit and vegetable garden, &c. The sheep are in excellent order, and are a particularly good flock, being chiefly bred from rams imported from "V ictoria; and the site of the Homestead is one of the most beautiful and easily accessible in the Lake District. Terms : One-third cash ; balance at one and two years. For further particulars apply to DALGETY k CO., Bond-street; Or to MACLEAN k CO., 301 Manse-street, Dunedin. AND FOR SETTLEMENT. AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. Under Deferred Payments 80,015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Laud coveied with Bush, which, when cleared, is of superior quality for Agriculture ... 300,000 acres The price of deferred payment land is 25s and 30s an acre. The land is from 20 miles north to 16 miles south of the latitude of the mouth of the Taieri River, and is all from 2 to 38 miles to the northward of the Clutha River at its mouth, Invercargill being 3 miles due south of the latitude of the C*utha, the average height above the sea level being 250 feet. The average quality of the soil is equal to any in the Australasian Colonies, and from climatic influences is capable of growing not merely excellent wheat, but first-class oats and barley, and is peculiarly adapted for raising turnips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the farmer to keep his land in perfect heart by a rotation of cropping; minnrfl his landbyfeedingoff hisgreen crops with sheep and cattle, and ke .p him independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. Ail over the district there is firstclass limestone cropping out to fertilise the land when it may lequire it. of large extent are scattered over it, providing timbers for building and fencing, and coal (lignite and the best brown coals) for fuel everywhere obtainable. The district is further intersected by railways, which open up the great valleys of Aparima, Oreti, and Mataura .Rivers ; while a loop line from the Invercargill to Kingston Railway at Lumsdem runs through the Waimea Plains and joins the Invercargill to Dunedin main line at Gore, and a line through the Forest Hill District will be constructed shortly. Thus carriage of produce to the seaboard or market is easy and cheap from any part ot it ; and timber, lime, and coal, can 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 yeari 1873 to 1878, ai oompared with Canterbury, are aa follow : The subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargill, Dunedin, and Christchurch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargill being situated close to Foveaux Straits is exposed to more rainfall and sudden changes than the interior of the district, only seven miles due north, where the climate is both drier and warmer, tnt along the,whole seaboard the land is extremely fertile, and much prized for grass ajid root crops. The experience of the last few years leads to the conviction that for all-round agriculture the supply of rain by no means exceeds the requirements of the land. This year the thermometer at Invercargill has averaged higher than any part of the Middle Island, and most parts of the North Island, while there has been very considerably less rainfall than in any part of the Colony. AVERAGE TXHPERATITRE. * No observations taken in Southland during 1873 to 1876. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland. FOR SALE AND TO LET jpi OR SALE. SECTION 14, BLOCK 18, Oamatu Town(fraehold), with three-roomed Wooden HOUSE, &c. Price low; terms very easy. 3E5 GEORGE SUMPTER. rpHE undersigned has received instructions from Mr. D. Henderson to sell his allotments in RICHMOND TOWNSHIP. Apply to 358 GEORGE SUMPTER. jABGB ; . BOOM 'TO LET, in Union