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Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2931, 14 February 1884, Page 3

o. Hall and Moason. s, . , ": SOUTHLAND LAND. s! TT ATINO s ° ld the Southland Land 33 .1 M.. previously advertised = WE NOW HAVE SEVERAL OTHER BLOCKS FOR SALE, TOGETHER ABOUT n 5000 ACRES, r [- ON MUCH THE SAME TERMS, AND ADJOINING THAT ALREADY SOLD. = In Farms of 150 Acres and Upwards. THE LAND Consists of LOW ROLLING DOWNS, all Ploughable, with Permanent Streams m the * Valleys, and is eituated from five and a half n .'o ten miles from threo or four Railway Stations on the Main Lino from Dunedin to Invercargill, so that Produce or Sheep for Freezing can bo sent to either Market. 0 pares. £4 TO £6 PER ACRE. TERMS. Tho WHOLE of the PURCHASE MONEY may remain UNPAID (if required), for Five Tears. INTEREST WiE be CHARGED at an EXCEEDINGLY ; LOW RATE, and if required, an arrangement can be modo for NO INTEREST TO BE PAID THK FIRST YEAR. LIGNITE, making a First-class FUEL, is found almost everywhere, and as a Good BUSH (Reserved by Government), is within . a mile of most of the Land (a License to . Cut can be obtained for £1 a year), FENC--1 ING MATERIAL IS VERY CHEAP, as also is BUILDING TIMBER. Wo havo Sold and been instrumental m ' Selling duriDg the last year, over 12,000 Acres, 3000 of which have been Purchased by bona fide Fanners from this District, who 1 aro settled on the Land, and to -whom intending Purchasers can apply for information. Among the settlers on the Land are the following -well-known farmers from this district : — • Mr Jabez Allot, of Kingsdown and afterwards Temuka. Mr Thos. Duffell, of Temuka. Mr Wm. Clarke, of Cannington. Mr W. Moorhead, of Bell and Moorhead, Otaio ; Besides a number of others. Within a short distanco are Mr John Irvine, of Temnlto,and Mr James Mcllwraith, of Home Bush. In this district Mr W. Westerby, farmer, Laudsborough's road ; aud Messrs O'Connor and Prindiville, Seadown, can give overy information, from having been on the land. Tho following List, compiled from Government Statistics, shows the comparative yield of Grain during tho last four years m Conterbury and m the County of Southland. The latter only comprises a portion of tho old Provincial District of Southland, and does not include tho Jacob's River District, tho averages for which during tho same period are — WTIBAT. OATS. BAELET. 29.8 35^5 33.0 per acre. IiOCALIIV. WIIKAT. | OATS. BRLV. Arei Aver- , Aver- Aver- . Area - ago. Area - ago. ago. . J £80. ' Southland County 5,337 25.0 36.254 32.3 25.7 Canterbury ..133,781 23.0 153,742 37.7 30.3 1831. Southland Couuty 11,790 30.7 32,011 39.7 34.6 Canterbury ..208,581 23.5 89,280 26.9 25.5 1882. Southland County 17,006 25.1 32,518 35.G 20.0 Canterbury .. 237.013 21.S 112,370 24.8 19.11 1883. Southland County 23,958 21.7 47,700 37.1 33.9 Canterbury .. 2t9,1C3 25.5 138,4871 29.9 26.2 It will be observed that the area under wheat lias increased from 5337 acres m 1880, to 23,958 m 1883, a clear proof that wheat will grow well ; for farmera would not sow it year after year unless it paid them. Wo ask Farmers and others, especially Small Farmeni and Contractors with Farming Plant, to consider the following facts : — That o veyy few years ago land m tho Timaru District was worth only £2 an acre, while now it would average nearer £10. That what has mado it increase m value is settlement. That on the small holdings thoy have here all they can mako is a bare living, and that m ten years' time they will bo so many years older, but no better off than they aro now. That thoy should consider whether, m the interests of their families and their old ago, thoy would not bo wiso to sell their small high-priced farms here, which cannot incroaso much moro m value, and purchase larger ones m Southland, off which they not only can make a better living, but which must increase m value as settlement progresses, and leave them rich and independent by that meansi alone, nnd THE TERMS , On which we are offering tho Land Puts it withiii the reach of everyone. HALL & MEASON, TIMARU. O LET— ' \ A Four-roomed HOUSE, with Stable ancl two acres of Land, at Woollcombo's Gully. I Apply 2-14 8365 HALL & MEASON. C.F.C. Association. ] {CANTERBURY FARMERS' COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. , CHEESE From the Temuka Dairy Factory 13 NOW ON SALE AT CAIN'S TERRACE WAREHOUSE. JAMES WATKINS, 1-14 7983 Manager. FRIENDS AT HOME. milE "TIMARU HERALD MONTHLY SUMMARY, Containing all the principal Nowe of the Month of Colonial interost, Posted to any Address for FIVE SHILLINGS PER YEAS. Those Persons who aro m tho habit of sending Newspapers to tho Old Country may SAVE THEMSELVES MUCH TROUBLE and always secure its despatoh m time for the English Moil, by leaving their instructions at tlii* office. I