WANTED,

A Clerk and Collector for the Suburban Road Board. Applications to be lodged with David Andrews, on or before Monday, 6th July.

2t 3s.

DAVID ANDREWS, Chairman.

OTAGO DOCK BOARD.

BALANCE SHEET, 30th September, 1873

RECEIPTS.

1873.
Sept. 30. From Dock Dues, Oct. 1, 1872 to date ... £648 6 5
From proceeds of one debenture issued under the Otago Dock Trust Debts Act, 1872 ... 5000 0 0
From the Clerk to the Board, being amount disbursed by him for Petty Expenses ... 4 15 6

£5653 11 11

EXPENDITURE.

1873.
Oct. 1. For Working Expenses, Salaries, and Sundries, Oct. 1, 1872, to date ... £310 16 6
For Working Supplies to date ... 28 0 4
For Labour ... 193 3 9
For Coal ... 198 6 2
For Water ... 26 5 9
For Petty Expenses (including Printing and Stationery) ... 36 0 6
For Dock Construction (final payment to contractor) ... 3000 0 0
For Interest (to contractor and to Bank N.Z.) ... 354 6 7
For Advertising and Law Costs in connection with the issue of debentures ... 105 2 8
For Improvements and Plant ... 209 8 11
For Re-payment of overdraft at Bank N.Z. ... 549 3 9
Balance, cash in Bank N.Z. ... 642 7 0

£5653 1 11

Compared with vouchers and bank pass-book, and found correct.

H. LIVINGSTON,
Provincial Auditor.

Dunedin, 7th Oct. 1873.—For the Otago Dock Board,

R. B. MARTIN, Chairman.
J. S. WEBB, Secretary.

OTAGO WASTE LANDS ACT, 1872,

Section 65—Sub-section 1,
Tuapeka Schedule.

To the District Land Officer at Lawrence.—I hereby give Notice, that I intend to construct a Water Race for Agricultural purposes, commencing at a point about 300 yards from the north-east boundary of section 1, block IX, Tuapeka East, traversing sections 1 and 10, block IX, and terminating in section 49, block X, Tuapeka East.

The length of such race is half a mile, or thereabouts, and its intended course is about east to west. The mean depth and breadth of such race is about 15 inches by 14 inches, and it is capable of carrying two sluice heads of water.

JOHN BRYANT,
Bow Bells Flat.

Any person objecting to the issue of a licence to the above-named applicant must lodge his objection in writing at my office, within fourteen clear days from the date hereof; and June 24th is fixed as the day for deciding the application, if unopposed, and notifying objections, if any.

E. H. CAREW,
District Officer.

1t 13s.

SUPREME COURT.

Notice is hereby given that a Sitting of the Supreme Court, for the despatch of Criminal and Civil Business, will be held at the Supreme Court House, at Dunedin, on Monday, the sixth day of July next, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all persons bound by recognizances to appear as prosecutors, plaintiffs, defendants, or witnesses are required to give their attendance.

IMPOUNDED

On the 1st day of June, 1874, by Thos. Christie, Otakia.

One bay filly, branded J U, off shoulder, Owner unknown, for trespassing on enclosed paddocks, for which One Pound damages is claimed; and in default of being released, the above filly will be sold at the Public Pound at Otakia, on the 26th day of June, 1874, at 12 o'clock noon.

SAMUEL O'KANE,
Poundkeeper of the Otakia Pound.

Impounded on the 3rd day of June, 1874, by F. Harper, Ranger, Traquair Hundred,

1 dark red bull, unbranded
1 strawberry heifer, white face, no brand
2 red cows, unbranded
2 red bull calves, unbranded
1 red heifer unbranded

Owner unknown, for trespassing on Traquair Hundred, for which no damages are claimed; and in default of being released, the above cattle will be sold at the Public Pound at West Taieri, on Friday, the 26th day of June, 1874, at twelve o'clock noon.

MICHAEL TYNAN,
Poundkeeper of the West Taieri Pound.

ABSTRACTS from previous Gazettes of Impounding Notices:

Friday, 19th June, at noon,
A Brown Filly and a Chesnut Filly will be sold at Isla Bank Pound.
2 Cows, a Bull, and a Heifer will be sold at Papotunoa pound.

INCENDIARISM.

Maliciously Setting Fire to a Stack of Wheat.

£100 REWARD

And a Free Pardon to an Accomplice.

WHEREAS about 11 o'clock on the night of the 29th ultimo, a stack of wheat, situated at Totara, near Oamaru, the property of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, value £180, was discovered on fire and whereas the said fire is believed to have been the act of an Incendiary:

Notice is hereby given, that a reward of £100 will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago to any person who will first give such information as will lead to the arrest and 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, who will give such information as will lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police,
Police Office, Dunedin,
12th May, 1874.

INCENDIARISM.

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

£100 REWARD

And a Free Pardon to an Accomplice.

WHEREAS about 10 o'clock p.m. on the 2nd instant, three stacks of wheat and one stack of oats,