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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1253, 23 April 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE FOR SETTLEMENT. AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. Under Deferred Payments 80,015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Land coveied with Bush, ■which, -when cleared, is of superior quality for Agriculture ... 300,000 acres The deferred payment land is 25s and 30s an acre. The land is from 20 milfc north to 16 miles south of the latitude afcjhe mouth of the Taicri River, and is all frfm 2 to 38 miles to the northward of the Clutha River at its mouth, Invercargill being 3 miles dne south of the latitude of the Ciutha, 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 beep his land in perfect heart by a rotation of cropping; manure his Jandbyfeedingofif his green crops with sheep and cattle, and ke-p him independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. AH over the district there is firstclass limestone cropping out to fertilise the land ■when it may require 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 Lum3dem run 3 through the Waimea Plains and joics 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 of it ; and timber, lime, and coal, can b# 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 year* 1573 to 1878, a3 compared with Canterbury, are as 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 beingsituatedclose to Foveaux Straits isexposed to more rainfall andsudden charges than the interior of the district, only seven miles due north, where the climate is both drier and warmer, tut along the whole seaboard the land is extremely fertile, and much prized for grass and root crop 3, The experience of the last few years leads to the conviction that for all-round agriculture the supply of rain by no mean 3 exceeds the requirements of the land. This year the thermometer at Invercargill ha 3 averaged higher than any part of the Middle Island, and most parts of the N- rth Island, while there has been very considerably less rainfall than in any part of the ColoDy. average temperatcre. * No observations taken in Southland during 1573 to IS7G. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands 33J Board, Southland. BUSINESS NOTICES ~|~y ODGE AND JONES SADDLE & HARNESS MAKERS, Importere and Manufacturers of Saddles, Side Saddles, Whips, Spurs, Buggy and Carriage Harness, Cart Harness, and Collars of every description, and all other Horse Appointments. N.B. —Colonial Saddles made to order to any pattern. 859 J. & HEADLAND, GROCER, IRONMONGER, AND GENERAL MERCHANT, ETaa on Sale (both Wholesale and Retail), Groceries of all kinds Wines and Spirits Flour Oatmeal China Cut and Pressed Glassware Earthenware Ironmongery &0., &o. Parties about to FURNISH have a Large stock of First-class Goods to choose from, a th LOWEST PRICE. GUNS, GUIIPOWDER, SHOT, AND

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