August 20—
Sandymount Subdivision...George Boyles
William Dick
David Aitchison

August 21—
Broad Bay Subdivision...William Larnach
Robert Dick
George Green

CHARLES SMITH,
Returning Officer.

Dunedin, August 26, 1872.

KAKANUI DISTRICT ROAD BOARD.

THE undermentioned persons have been duly elected under the “Otago Roads Ordinance, 1871,” and the “Otago Roads Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1872,” as members of the Kakanui District Road Board for the several subdivisions following :—

Subdivision of Incholme...Nugent Chas. Wade
C. de V. Teschemaker
James Gemmell

Subdivision of Lambourne...James Wheatley
Joseph Wilson Farrar
Andrew Mowat

Subdivision of Lambton...John C. Gilchrist
Frederick Collis
Peter Orr

Subdivision of Awamoa...Andrew Aikenhead
James Stuart Holmes
Mathew Holmes

Subdivision of Totara...Robert Macauley
John M’Lennon
William Moody

F. W. PARKER,
Returning Officer.

21st August, 1872.

Invercargill, 19th August, 1872.

SIR,—I have the honor to inform you that the elections of members for the three subdivisions of the Invercargill Roads District have been held by me and resulted as follows, viz. :

Subdivision. Member returned.
Waikopai... John Hare
Robert Gilmour
Edward Drury Butts

Appleby... Peter Dalrymple
James Angus
James Brown

Campbelltown... James Waddell
James Smith
George Edward Tucker

In no instance was a poll demanded.

I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
F. NUTTER,
Returning Officer.

The Provincial Secretary,
Dunedin.

Ravensbourne, West Taieri, August 24th, 1872.

SIR,—I have the honor to report that the undermentioned gentlemen have, in terms of the Otago Roads Ordinance 1871 and Amendment Ordinance 1872, been duly elected for the Districts and Subdivisions set opposite their names:—

NORTH TAIERI DISTRICT:
North Plains Subdivision...Charles Waters
Allan Boyd
Robert Gibson

Wingatui Subdivision... William Cooper
Alexander Stevenson
John Andrew

I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
Returning Officer.

His Honor the Deputy Superintendent,
Dunedin.

FIRST MEETING OF THE ROAD BOARDS.

THE following section of the “Otago Roads Ordinance 1871” is published for the information of newly-elected Road Boards:—

“34. The Board of every district constituted or proclaimed under the provisions of this Ordinance shall hold their first meeting on the third Wednesday after the first election or appointment of members of the Board or as soon after such respective periods as conveniently may be at the hour of twelve o’clock at noon and shall proceed to put this Ordinance into execution.”

The members of each Board shall themselves fix the place of meeting.

W. A. TOLMIE,
Deputy Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 12th August, 1872.

INCENDIARISM.

Maliciously Setting Fire to a House.
£50 Reward.

WHEREAS on the morning of Wednesday, the 24th ultimo, a fire broke out in the unoccupied house of Arthur John Bamford, at Mornington, value £500, by which the same was totally destroyed : And whereas there is no doubt but that the fire was maliciously caused by some evil-disposed person or persons : Notice is hereby given, that a reward of Fifty Pounds will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago for such information as will lead to the conviction of the person or persons by whom the fire was originated.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.

5th August, 1872.

BONUS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WOOL-PACK AND SACK MANUFACTORY IN OTAGO.

THE Provincial Government being desirous of encouraging the manufacture of Wool-packs and Sacks, is prepared to receive offers from parties willing to embark in the enterprise, and is further prepared to pay a bonus of £1000 as under :—

On the erection of buildings and machinery to the value of at least £2000—£500.

On the production of Sacks or Wool-packs to a value of not less than £500—£250.

On the production of a further quantity of Sacks or Wool-packs to the value of not less than £1000—£250.

The cloth in each case to be produced by machinery permanently established in the Province, and to be manufactured either wholly or to a large extent from Phormium Tenax, or other indigenous plants, or from other material grown in the Province.

Offers will be received at the Provincial Government Offices, Dunedin, until the 10th of October, 1872, and should state the estimated cost and productive power of the machinery proposed to be erected, the date on which the same will be in operation, and that the parties are prepared to be bound in the sum of £1000 to