INCENDIARISM

Maliciously Setting Fire to Three Stacks of Wheat.

£100 Reward.

WHEREAS between 6 p.m. on the 6th, and 8 a.m. on the 7th instant, three stacks of wheat, containing about 1,000 to 2,000 bushels, situate at Waiareka, in the Oamaru district, the property of Messrs. Gifford and Clowes, were destroyed by fire: And whereas it is believed that the said fire was wilfully caused:

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.

£100 Reward.

WHEREAS between 6 p.m. on the 6th, and 8 a.m. on the 7th instant, three stacks of wheat, containing about 1,000 to 2,000 bushels, situate at Waiareka, in the Oamaru district, the property of Messrs. Gifford and Clowes, were destroyed by fire: And whereas it is believed that the said fire was wilfully caused:

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,
13th May, 1874.

INCENDIARISM.

Maliciously Setting Fire to a Stack of Wheat.

£100 Reward.

WHEREAS about 7 o’clock on the morning of the 7th instant, a stack of wheat, situate at Bluff Plain, at the mouth of the Otepopo River, the property of Messrs. Deihl and Darrack, value £60, was discovered on fire, by which the stack was destroyed: 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,
29th May, 1874.

INCENDIARISM.

Maliciously Setting Fire to Two Stacks of Oats.

£100 Reward.

WHEREAS about 8.30 o’clock on the night of the 7th instant, two stacks of oats, situate at the Swineburn, in the Mount Ida District, the property of Joseph Preston, value £300, were discovered on fire, by which they were destroyed; and whereas at an inquest held on the 11th inst., at the Swineburn, by A. H. Stratford, Esq., R.M. and Coroner, to inquire as to the origin of the said fire, the Jury returned the following verdict:

“That some person or persons did on the night of the 7th instant wilfully and maliciously set the said stacks of oats on fire.”

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,
28th May, 1874.

NOTICE.

FREE NOMINATED IMMIGRATION.

(Extract from Order in Council, 15th October, 1873.)

REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF IMMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND, ON THE NOMINATION OF IMMIGRANTS BY PERSONS RESIDENT THEREIN.

1. Any person resident in the Colony, desirous of nominating relatives or friends in Europe for passages to New Zealand, may do so by applying to an Immigration Officer, in the form at foot, copies of which can be obtained at all Immigration and Post Offices.

   The persons nominated, if approved by the Immigration Officer and the officers of the Home Agency, will receive free passages to the Colony.

2. Every adult emigrant will be required, before embarkation, to pay, unless specially remitted by the Agent-General, 20s. (and children in proportion), for bedding, blankets, and mess utensils.

3. The cost of conveyance to the port (unless the Agent-General agrees to pay it), and to the residence of their friends after their arrival in the Colony, must be defrayed by the emigrants themselves.

4. All the ships employed in this service will be denur to the provisions of the Passenger Act.

5. It is to be distinctly understood, that notwithstanding the applications are forwarded to the Agent-General by the Immigration Officers, the Agent-General in London may refuse passages where the intending emigrants are in ill-health, or in any way unfit to emigrate, according to his judgment.

6. The Regulations, issued upon 21st April, 1873, for the payment of bonuses to the nominators upon the arrival of the nominated immigrants, are hereby rescinded; and no certificates for the payment of such bonuses will be given after the date hereof.

To the IMMIGRATION OFFICER, 187_

I have the honor to state that, in my opinion, the persons named below would not be unwilling to emigrate to New Zealand, and would be desirable colonists. I have, therefore, to advise that such persons should be communicated with, and invited to emigrate to the Colony.

I have, &c.