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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1313, 22 June 1880, Page 4

FOR SALE Atfi) FOR SETTLEMENT. AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND opfn fok sale in SOUTHLAND. U-derDeferred Payments 80,015 acres For Direct Purchase ... 35,000 acres Land coveied with Bnsh, 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 i 3 all from 2 to 38 miles to the northward of the Clutha River at its mouth, Invi»rcargill being 3 miles due south of the latitude of the Clutha, th« 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-cla?s oats and barley, and i> peculiarly adapted for raising turnips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the farmer to keep his land in perfect heart by a rotation of cropping; manure his land by feeding off his green crops with sheep and cattle, and ke.p him independent of a bad market for any particular cereaL All over the district there is firstclass limestone cropping out to fertilise the land when it may require it. of large extent are scattered oyer it, providing timbers for building and fencing, aud 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, Greti, and Mataora Rivers ; while a loop line from the Invcrc3Tgill to Kingston Railway at Liimsdem runs through the Waimea Plains and joias the Invercargill to Dunedin main line at Gore, and a line through thp Fojrest 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 bo distributed all over the country at a minimum cost.

The average yield of cereals per' acre, taken fron the statistics of the Colony for the year* 1873 to 1878, a3 compared with Canterbury, are as follow : n «5 o b to l" 00 CO 00 CO 00 CO Ills subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargill, Dnnedin, and Christchurch, the commercial centres of the districts. It may be remarked that " Invert cargill being situated close to Foveaux Straits 13 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, tut along the whole sea-; board the land is extremely fertile, and much prized for gras3 and root crops. The experience of the last few years leads to the con-: viction 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 moat parts of the North Island, while there has been very considerably less rainfall than in any part of the Colony. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; * No observations taken in Southland during 1873 to 1876. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of "Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland. BUSINESS NOTICES THE QAMART7 MAIL, PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, Has now a GUARANTEED CIRCULATION OF 1400 COPIES DAILY. Being read throughout the whole of the Counties of Waitaki, Waimate, and Waikouaiti, it is unquestionably the BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM in North Otago. Farmers wishing to dispose of Stock, &c, should bear this fact in mind. SELLERS OF STOCK AND FARM , PROPERTIES Should take the fullest advantage of the publicity which its columns afford BY ADVERTISING THEIR SALES. IN THE MATT,.