INCENDIARISM.

Maliciously Setting Fire to Three Stacks of Wheat and One Stack of Oats.

£100 REWARD.

And a Free Pardon to an Accomplice.

WHEREAS on the night of Monday, the 10th of March last, three Stacks of Wheat and one Stack of Oats, situate at Shag Valley, the property of Robert Steel, valued at £150, were destroyed by fire: And whereas at an inquest held at the Royal Hotel, Palmerston, on the 18th of that month, to inquire as to the origin of the said fire, the jury returned the following verdict:-- "That on the night of Monday, the 10th of March, 1873, three stacks of Wheat and one Stack of Oats, the property of Robert Steel, were maliciously set on fire by some person or persons unknown." Notice is hereby given, that a 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 shall lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.

21st May, 1873.

INCENDIARISM.

Maliciously Setting fire to a Barn, Stable, &c., containing Hay, Farm Implements, and Two Horses.

£100 REWARD and a FREE PARDON

to an Accomplice.

WHEREAS on the morning of Saturday, the 10th of May last, a weather-board building with zinc roof, 90x20 feet, used as a barn, stable, &c., containing three tons of hay, farming implements, and two horses, situate at One Tree Point, Southland District, the property of Mr Fisher, value £111, were destroyed by fire: And whereas at an inquest held at Mr Fisher's residence on the 27th of that month to inquire as to the origin of the said fire, the jury returned the following verdict:-- "That a range of buildings and other property, belonging to Mr Fisher, Settler, One Tree Point, was wilfully and maliciously set on fire on the 10th May last, by some person or persons unknown." Notice is hereby given that a 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.

21st May, 1873.

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.

20th August, 1873.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 51, Aug. 21, 1873.)

Mayors elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th 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:--

George Lumsden, Invercargill.
John Lyon M'Donald, Riverton.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Justices of the Peace appointed.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 20th August, 1873.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony:--

• Archibald Neil Campbell, Esq., of Hokanui, Otago.
• Charles Flexman, Esq., of Dunedin.
• Thomas Perkins, Esq., of Invercargill.
• Louis Thoneman, Esq., of Dunedin.

JOHN BATHGATE.

Inquiry for Missing Persons.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1873.

INQUIRIES having been made respecting a person named Peter Newman, formerly a soldier in Her Majesty's 58th Regiment, in which regiment he enlisted in 1842, and who obtained his discharge in 1861 or 1862, and afterwards served in the Military Settlers,-- any one who can give any information respecting him is requested to communicate with this office.

By command,
G. S. COOPER, Under Secretary.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, August 28, No. 52, 1873.)

Warrant appointing an additional Polling Place.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1873.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

To ALL to WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

NOW therefore I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the following place to be an additional Polling Place for the District of Tuapeka, for the Election of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, namely:

The School House, Dalhousie, Tuapeka Mouth.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

DANIEL POLLEN.