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INCENDIARISM.

Maliciously setting fire to a Woolshed.
£50 Reward, and a Free Pardon to an Accomplice.

WHEREAS on the night of Sunday the 6th instant, a Woolshed situate on the Ototokarama Station, the property of Mr. M’Intyre, of Merino Downs Station, value £300, containing a chaff cutting machine and a quantity of hides and skins, was destroyed by fire: And whereas the said fire is believed to have been the act of an incendiary.

Notice is hereby given that a reward of £50 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, 17th Sept., 1874.

From the New Zealand Gazette of September 17, 1874.

MAYOR ELECTED.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1874.

IT is hereby notified, that in conformity with clause 3 of “The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865,” the name of the undermentioned person has been sent in to this office by the Town Clerk as having been elected Mayor of Balclutha, viz.:

ROBERT GRIGOR, Esq.

DANIEL POLLEN.

From the New Zealand Gazette of September 17, 1874.

DEPUTY HARBOUR MASTER APPOINTED FOR PORT OF MOERAKI.

Customs Department (Marine Branch),
Wellington, 16th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

TOM FREDERICK LIDDLE

to be Deputy Harbour Master for the Port of Moeraki.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

From the New Zealand Gazette of September 24th, 1874.

OTAGO HARBOUR LOAN ORDINANCE, 1862.

Treasury, Wellington,
18th September, 1874.

IT is hereby notified, that the principal moneys secured by the Debentures issued under the Ordinance above cited, and falling due on the 1st November, 1874, will be paid on presentation of the Bonds on or after that date at the Bank of New Zealand, London; or at the Provincial Treasury, Dunedin, whichsoever was the place at which the last payment of interest on the respective Bonds was paid, viz.:

At the Bank of New Zealand, London,—
Bonds Nos. 25, 26, 183, 188—209, 234—243, 251—258, 307—310, 340—344, 407—416, 441—445, 566, 744, 745.

At the Provincial Treasury, Dunedin,—
Bonds Nos. 1—18, 30—100, 106—166, 171—180, 184—187, 210—233, 249, 250, 259—263, 265—306, 311—315, 327—338, 345—376, 389—406, 417—440, 446—500, 519—557, 578—591, 598—743, 746—750.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in the absence of Mr. Vogel).

From the New Zealand Gazette of September 24th, 1874.

MAYOR ELECTED.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1874.

IT is hereby notified, that in conformity with clause 3 of “The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865,” the name of the undermentioned person has been sent in to this Office by the Town Clerk as having been elected Mayor of Roxburgh, viz.:

JOHN BRIGHTON, Esq., J. P.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary)

From the New Zealand Gazette of September 24th, 1874.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE APPOINTED.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 17th September, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT GRIGOR, Esq.,

Mayor of Balclutha, to be a Justice of the Peace under “The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865.”

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Acting Minister of Justice.

From the New Zealand Gazette of September 24th, 1874.

IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER APPOINTED.

Immigration Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1874.

IT is hereby notified for general information, that

JOHN DRYSDALE, Esq., M.D., L.F.P.S.,

has been appointed to act as a Commissioner to inspect and report upon the state and condition of Immigrants and Immigrant ships upon their arrival at Port Chalmers.

EDWARD RICHARDSON,
(in absence of the Minister for Immigration.)

Note.—Dr. O’Donnoghue has ceased to act in the above capacity.

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