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Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 11 March 1882, Page 16

AUCTIONS. IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Rissington Estate. COMPACT PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL FREEHOLDS OF ABOUT 800 to 4000 ACRES EACH. MAKCH, 1882. i BY PUBLIC AUCTION. MR. MILLER • has received instructions from Messrs ;R. H. Rhodes and Co., of Risaington, to lay jout into convenient farms, and sell by auction In March next, about i A 0 000 ACRES of that Estate, being , *v,vvv the portion neareß t to Napier, 1 care being taken that all existing buildings, fences, and improvements thereon be made available, and that each block be well watered and of easy access, and taking advantage of natural features and boundaries, to include low lands and downs so as to give each individual property every advantage ' to the purchaser. • ! The fencing is all thoroughly substantial^ 'and there are over 3000 acres ploughed on various parts of the portion ho be sold, All has been sown with the exception of a few smaller blocks, which will be ready for sowing this season. The Rissington homestead block has many valuable improvements, cultivation paddocks, &c, a capital country seat, besides containing Mount M'Neill, one of the best grazing hill* in Hawke's Bay. Mount Cameron is equally well known, being another block. The Ard k3se Downs are all fit for the plough. Gentle Annie and Smithfield, Downs blockß contain also a large extent of lands ploughed and laid down in grass, but it is not within the limit of an advertisement to describe each of the blocks that will be sold The "cutting up" of this estate will be of immense advantage to this distriot, the present owners having consented to this course, as a step toward realising on the whole of < this S' agnificent property, rendered necessary 'by c death of one of, the partners. ' ' ; Although Rising ton Estate ia so well known lo3u 'vit is not but 'of placebo state that.it commences about,lß, mjlea wesMrom Napier. The landß,i though' varied in' featuxe, are rich and on < limestone formation, # abundantly watered by springs and ever«running streams. The whole freehold comprises about, 74,000 acres, on , which, though ( large sums.have Wen - expended instru#i.ons' t are to put suoh- a ,-very '.moderate resejrve on the. portions offered . (which Include the longest unproved lands) as must ensure sale; There; are about 1000 cattle and 90,000 sheep add lambs now on the eßtate.'the 'greater pdrtion of which Jwill be'soW 4 ier thelai^d i^ale, an^wiU, enable , buyers to stock' readily.,! Of the wool Messrs 'Balme and Co., brokers, London, report .unde 'date 6th' September,' 1881 :— *■' We >are - glad to be' able r to Bpeak^'in, terms 1 / of /unqualified' braise" '' v ' '' '' ' ! ' " l . '' \' A' Burvey of' tne lands 'to, obtain'; $ie of each block will be, made and p^aßs^issuedfias Boon as this work is oompleted; h■ pi m<i i> , t A district branch railway line hat ifor some time been contemplated fr6in 'the.' trunk line near Pakowhai to Woodthorp'eya distance 'of ' about 15 mileg. ' Woodthorpe is -opposite the eastern extremity of the-eatate 1 ; from thence to ipukititrißush, there is ,ft,gpoc^ road layoff, '£4PO ( lately yqted to, complete thf^ route to the IGovernment reserve, containing a, large, supply of the fineet, timber in the' colon^totata, pineß'j'ifcb.,', ,,,',' , ,. X " ,', . , " ', ( i' ' ','i t' '/ •' ■iTB^MB:' , ' ''• ' ' i Ten per cent deposit. ' , , i Fifteen per cent, in one month. ! T wenty -five per cent, ia two (years, at per cent, per annum; j Balance may ' remain for seven years at 6 per cent, per annum. , \' v ' , , ',',,' ! — — I ' ■! I I 1 I Albo, ; PATOKA FOR SALE. it; rvrvA ACRES or thereabout, being ' i^jvy v the p^oka Block, the, northern' , ' portion of the Rissington Estate, about : 10,800 acres in grass, about '4000 acres having been sown this past season, and taken welL This property is divided into ten paddocks. There is a new house, wool-shed for. 20 shearers, yards, &c. This is one of the finest properties in Hawke's Bay, 12 miles from Rißsington by main road. This block is open for private offer, with 12 000 sheepand 500-cattle. Easy terms. , For further particulars apply to Messrs MILES & CO., Christctiurch ; Or'to, M. R,, MILLER, ' Stock and Station Agent, Auctioneer, ' - 1$ • Napier. '.~ r FRIDAY, 24th MARCH, i. At 2 o'clock: ' ■ I " ' 'TALUARLE, FARM * ' N 1 INCH-OmTHA. MACLEAN 'Sc CO. have received instructions . from Mr M aloolin Muir to sell by auction, at their Rooms. Manse street, on Friday, 24th instant, at 2 o'clock, .ii j That valuable farm, containing 225 aores of first-cUss agricultural land, comprising sections 4. 5, 6, 7, and half of 8, block I," Inchqlutha dis. trict. The above farm is situated at the bottom of the Inchclutha, and immediately opposite fr,be' new mouth of the Molyneux River, is perfectly ■ dry, and firßt-dass wheat-growing land. The' improvements consist of dwelling-houses, stable, &c, aud is rfng-fenced. '< For terms (which are liberal) and all further particulars apply to ' MACLEAN & CO., llm Auctiouooro. WKlidrawnl IVoin Sale* npHE 2500 Ewes advorti«ed to be sold by ftnctlon s\t OHnfcnu, middle o! IVfr.rr'i, hwa beou sold privately. JIACLESAN & CO C ,