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Oamaru, the property of the New Zealand and Austral-
ian 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 per-
son 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, the pro-
perty of William M’Fadden, containing about 1,800
bushels of wheat, were destroyed by fire: And whereas
the said fire is believed to have been the work of an in-
cendiary:

Notice is hereby Given, that a reward of £100 will be
paid by the Provincial Government of Otago to any per-
son 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.

And a Free Pardon to an Accomplice.

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 per-
son 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.

And a Free Pardon to an Accomplice.

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 Darraek, 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 per-
son 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.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1874.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful
Tenders are published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

WAITAKI-MOERAKI RAILWAY,
KAKANUI AND ISLAND CREEK BRIDGES CONTRACT.

Accepted.
J. Brogden and Sons, Wellington ... 6,636 0 0
Declined.
Allan and Stumbles, Timaru ... 6,487 2 6
W. D. Murison, Dunedin ... 7,100 0 0
G. M. Baird, Dunedin ... 8,558 19 3
A. M. Campbell, Dunedin ... 10,482 0 0

Note.—Messrs Brogden and Co. having the Contract for
the line of Railway on which these Bridges are
situated, the advantage of having one Contractor for the
whole work occasioned the acceptance of their tender in
preference to that of Messrs Allan and Stumbles, al-
though slightly under Messrs Brogden’s.

(From the New Zealand Gazette of June 11th 1874.)

Increase in the Rate of Interest on Deposits in the Post
Office Savings Bank.

NOTICE is hereby given, that after the 30th day of
June instant, the interest allowed on every complete
pound deposited in the Post Office Savings Bank
will be increased from 4 to 4½ per centum per annum on
sums not exceeding £200, and from 3 to 4 per centum per
annum on sums over £200, and in the same proportion for
any shorter time: Provided that no interest shall be
allowed on sums over £500.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Colonial Treasurer.
Treasury,
Wellington, 9th June, 1874.

DUNEDIN:
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government
of Otago, by CORNS & CULLING, of Rattray-street, Printers
to the said Provincial Government for the time being.