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Otago Witness, Issue 1418, 25 January 1879, Page 14

AUCTIONS. POSTPONEMENT OF SALE. AGRICULTURAL FARMS, Akatore District. OWING to the non completion of the Plans of this Estate, the SALE is POSTPONED to SATURDAY, Bbh March. Plans on application to MACLEAN BROTHERS. SATURDAY, Ist FEBRUARY, 1879. At 12 o'clock. DESIRABLE FARM, Saddle Hill District. MACLEAN BROTHERS, instructed by Messrs K. and D. Kennedy, will sell by auction, at Watson's Rooms, Dunedin, on the above date, That desirable farm in Saddle Hill district, adjoining the property of Wm. Jaffray, Esq , and Consisting of — I Q Q acreß really good agricultural land, being part of section 57, block VIIL, Dunedia and East Taieri district. All fenced, subdivided, and improved, and having erected thereon all necessary farm buildings. This valuable Farm is very desirably situated within a shorfc distance of the terminus of the Green leland District Railway, and eight miles from the centre of the City ; hence most suitable for a dairy farmer. Tbe farm is held under lease for an unexpired term of three years at a rental of £45 per annum, with right to the lessee to purchase at any time during the term at £800. MACLEAN BROTHERS. PAREORA LAND. A FEW Choice Sections are still unsold. For particulars as to price, &c, apply to WRIGHT, STEPHENSON, & CO. And MACLEAN BROS. SATURDAY, Bth FEBRUARY. At 1 o'clock. At Clinton. VALUABLE FREEHOLD SECTIONS In the Township of Clinton. HENRY DRIVER has recpived instructions from F. Roberts, Esq., to offer auction, on Saturday, Bth February, at 1 o'clock, at Clinton, Forty-one Sections in the Township of Clinton, beingSections 4, block II ; 7to 13, block VI; 1 to 12, and 17 to 22, block IX ; 5 to 11, and 13 to 20, block I, containing one- quarter of an acre each. These Sections are situated in the main tuoroughfare and in the central portion of the township. By the opening of the Southern Trunk Railway from Balclutha, all landed property in the district will receive a large accession in value, in which these Sections cannot fail to participate, and they are bow being sold only because the proprietor, Mr Roberts, has left the neighbourhood. Terms exceptionally liberal. For further information apply to the N.Z.L. andM.A. CO., Bond street. FRIDAY, 7th FEBRUARY 1879. At 2.30 o'clock. At Watson's Hotel, High street. To Capitalists, Speculators, , Farmers, and others. Important sale of 15,000 ACRES FREEHOLD and 16,000 ACRES LEASEHOLD. on the well-known BENMORE ESTATE, Southland. Divided into convenient sized Farms of 200 to 2000 acres. HENRY DRIVER has received instructions from Messrs J. and T. Maben to offer for sale at Watsons' Hotel on Friday, February 7th, 1879, at 2.30 o'clock, The extensive and valuable Property known as BENMOIIE ESTATE, Comprising about 15,000 acres, laid off into farms of areas ranging from 200 to 2000 acres each. Benmore is situated on the main line of railway from Invercargill to Kingston, about 32 milts from tho former place. The line skirts the property, and there is a railway station within half a mile of the homestead. The land consists mostly of excellent agricultural soil, suitable for the growth of any description of grain and other crops, andean, with the exception of a small portion, be all ploughed. Good roads intersect the estate, and with railway communication close by the position is rendered an admirable one for the dispatch of produce to market. Benmore i 3 surrounded by valuable properties, all being rapidly brought into a high state of cultivation, and since the productive nature of the soil in the district has become so well-known, the demand for land in the locality is constantly increasing, with a corresponding advance in value. The leasehold, consisting of about 16,000 acres, having four years to run, at the Government rent, will be divided similarly to the freehold, each purchaser obtaining a piece of country of about same extent. _ The leasehold will be given in, and a3 it is oil commanded by the freehold blocks, the buyots of these will bo placid in tho advan tageou3 position of retaining occupation hereafter almost on their own terms. With tho objeob o£ encouraging ftmti.ll ;