reward of One Hundred Pounds will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago, to any person who shall give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the person or persons by whom the said fire was caused; and His Excellency the Governor will be advised to grant a Free Pardon to an Accomplice, not being the person who actually caused the fire, as shall give such information as will lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.

INCENDIARISM.

Maliciously Setting Fire to Two Stacks of Hay, a Barn and Chaff House.

£200 REWARD

And a Free Pardon to an Accomplice.

WHEREAS on the night of Sunday, the 4th of May instant, Two Stacks of Hay, a Barn and Chaff House, containing Hay, situate at Glenquoich Station, near Athol, Southland District, the property of Joseph Rogers, Esquire, J.P., were destroyed by fire: And whereas at an inquest held at the Athol Hotel, Athol, on the 9th instant, to inquire as to the origin of the said fire, the Jury returned the following verdict:—"That the said fire was caused by some person or persons, to the Jurors unknown, feloniously, wilfully, maliciously, with intent then and there to injure the said Joseph Rogers;" And whereas Mr Rogers has offered a reward of One Hundred Pounds for the detection of the originator of the fire: Notice is hereby given, that a reward of One Hundred Pounds (supplemental to that offered by Mr Rogers), will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago to any person who shall give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the person or persons by whom the said fire was caused; and His Excellency the Governor will be advised to grant a Free Pardon to an Accomplice, not being the person who actually caused the fire, as shall give such information as shall lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.

21st May, 1873.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 49, Aug. 7, 1873.)

EXAMINERS UNDER “THE MERCHANT SHIPS’ OFFICERS EXAMINATION ACT 1870” APPOINTED.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of August, 1873.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Merchants Ships’ Officers Examination Act 1870,” it is, among other things, enacted that, for the purposes of the examinations in the said Act mentioned, the Governor in Council may from time to time appoint and remove examiners, and award the remuneration to be paid to them: And whereas it is expedient to appoint examiners for the purposes of the said Act at the Port of Dunedin:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the authority in me vested by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, do hereby appoint

WILLIAM THOMSON, of Port Chalmers, Master Mariner, and
JOHN O’REILLY, of Dunedin, Master Mariner,

to be examiners at the Port of Dunedin for the purposes of the examinations of the said Act mentioned and provided for.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council,

MAYORS ELECTED.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th August, 1873.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with Clause 3 of “The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act 1865,” the names of the following persons have been sent into this office by the Town Clerks as having been elected Mayors for the places set opposite their names, viz:—

MICHAEL JOHN MALAGHAN—Queenstown;
HUGH McDERMID—Port Chalmers;
PETER CUNNINGHAME—Milton;
LOUIS WILLIAM BUSCH—Naseby;
EDWARD HERBERT—Lawrence;
THOMAS SLATER PRATT—West Hawksbury;
ANDREW MERCER—Dunedin.

DANIEL POLLEN.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE APPOINTED.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 31st July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM BERESFORD, Esq., Mayor of Alexandra;
BENJAMIN NAYLOR, Esq., Mayor of Clyde; and
JOHN STUBBS WAIT, Esq., Mayor of Oamaru,

to be Justices of the Peace under “The Otago Municipal Corporation Empowering Act 1865.”

JOHN BATHGATE.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Health Officers under the 62nd section of “The Public Health Act 1872:—

Port Chalmers—WILLIAM THOMSON, Esq.
G. MAURICE O’ROURKE.

MEMBER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED.

Clerk of the Writs’ Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1873.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the writ issued by him on the 20th day of June, 1873, for the election of a member to serve in the House of Representatives of New Zealand for the electoral district hereinafter specified; and by the indorsement on such writ it appears that the under-mentioned gentleman has been duly elected member for such district, viz.:—

For the District of Waikouaiti:
JOHN LILLIE GILLIES.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by MILLS, DICK and Co., of Stafford street, Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.