Otago Provincial Gazette – 1868 – No. 551

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✨ Confiscated Property Auction



OTAGO CONSTABULARY FORCE.

CONFISCATED, Unclaimed, and Miscellaneous Property to be sold by auction at 12 o’clock noon on Friday the 3rd July, 1868, at the Police Dépôt, Dunedin :-

LOT. NO. IN MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTY BOOK. CASH. PROPERTY. REMARKS.
£ s. d. SUNDRIES.
1 377 ... A pocket book, and sundry papers Found off High-st. Dunedin, by Mr. Mercer, and unclaimed
2 390 ... One scarf or muffler Found by police in Mount-st., Port Chalmers, and unclaimed
3 395 ... One locket Found by police, corner of Rattray and Princes-streets, Dunedin, and unclaimed
4 398 ... One pair of spectacles, and case Found by police in Arthur-st., Dunedin, and unclaimed
5 401 0 14 0 ... Found by Mr. Murison at the Octagon, Dunedin, and unclaimed
6 402 ... A pin, (for lady’s hat) Found by police in Police Dépôt yard, and unclaimed
7 411 ... One parasol Found by police at corner of High and Grant streets, and unclaimed
8 418 ... A meerschaum pipe Found by police in Princes-st., Dunedin, and unclaimed
9 422 ... One hammer Found by police in Dunedin, and unclaimed
10 427 ... One Crimean shirt Found by police on prisoner Lynch, and unclaimed
11 453 ... One safe key, (Chubb’s) Found by police in Munse st., Dunedin, and unclaimed
12 456 ... One hat and feather Found by police in Stafford-st., Dunedin, and unclaimed
13 461 ... One Chinese mat and jumper ...
14 464 0 10 0 One pair watertight boots, piece of leather belt, piece of a vest, clay pipe, and pocket knife Found with human remains at Waitahuna
15 467 ... Two decanters, (one broken) Confiscated by the Resident Magistrate, Dunedin
16 468 ... One brooch Found by police in Princes-st., Dunedin, and unclaimed
17 481 ... Carpet bag, chamois bag, containing gold and sundries Found on the Reclaimed Ground, and unclaimed
18 486 ... One ladies watch guard Found by Captain Thomson, at Port Chalmers, and unclaimed
19 ... ... Two cows, branded* Found by police, straying, at Tuapeka, and unclaimed

*1st. A yellow and white cow, aged, cock horns, branded FG (G reversed) off rump, with calf at foot, about two months old.

2nd. Red cow, three years old, nobby horns, branded AB off rump, 66 or GG near shoulder, with calf at foot about eight months old.



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⚖️ Auction of Confiscated and Unclaimed Property

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Auction, Confiscated Property, Unclaimed Property, Dunedin
  • Mercer (Mr), Found pocket book and sundry papers
  • Murison (Mr), Found 0 14 0
  • Thomson (Captain), Found ladies watch guard