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MAKAREWA ROAD DISTRICT.

ORDER.

THE Makarewa District Road Board have duly notified their intention to open up a new road through Section 29, Block IX., Invercargill Hundred, in lieu of the track as originally laid off through the said section; and also of the said line dividing the said section from Section 28, and a portion of Section 27 of the said block and hundred. No objection having been lodged to the proposed alteration of road, and the owner and occupier of the ground over which the proposed road is to run having signified his assent thereto, the said Board does hereby, and by virtue of the thirty-third section of the “Highway Boards Empowering Act, 1871,” and of the “Otago Roads Ordinance, 1871,” direct that this new line shall be opened up according to plan and specification, and that it shall be in lieu of the two lines which it is herein specified it is intended to supersede.

THOS. TURNBULL,
Chairman Makarewa Road Board.

WM. RUSSELL,
Clerk to the Board.

Office of Makarewa Road Board,
Invercargill, 13th May, 1876.

£50 REWARD.

INCENDIARISM.

MALICIOUSLY SETTING FIRE TO TWO STACKS OF OATS.

WHEREAS about 9.30 o’clock on the morning of the 9th instant Two Stacks of Oats, situate at Shag Valley, near Palmerston, the property of John Jordan, were discovered on fire, by which they were destroyed: And whereas at an inquest held at Jordan’s Junction Hotel, Shag Valley, on the 19th instant, by J. W. Murdoch, Esquire, R.M. and Coroner, to inquire as to the origin of the said fire, the Jury returned the following verdict: “That the stacks were wilfully set on fire by some person or persons to the Jurors unknown.” 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 to the Police as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons by whom the said fire was caused, and in addition thereto 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 shall give such information as will lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.

Police Office, Dunedin,
26th April, 1876.

£50 REWARD.

INCENDIARISM.

MALICIOUSLY SETTING FIRE TO THREE STACKS OF OATS.

WHEREAS about 3.15 o’clock on the morning of the 17th instant Three Stacks of Oats, situate at North East Harbour, Peninsula District, the property of James and William Christie, value £300, were discovered on fire, by which they were destroyed: And whereas it is believed that the said fire was wilfully caused: Notice is hereby given that a reward of £50 will be paid to any person who shall first give such information to the Police as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons by whom the said fire was caused: And in addition thereto 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 shall lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.

Police Office, Dunedin,
27th April, 1876.

INCENDIARISM.

Maliciously Setting Fire to Corn and Corn Stacks in the Waikouaiti District.

£100 REWARD AND A FREE PARDON TO AN ACCOMPLICE.

WHEREAS the following property has been destroyed by fire in the Police District of Waikouaiti, viz.:

1. Two stacks of oats, value £50 8s., at Shag Valley, belonging to John Jordan, on the 9th ultimo.

2. One barn, containing 600 bushels of oats, 17 bushels of wheat, and sundry articles, value £160, between Mount Watkins and Flag Swamp, belonging to John Galbraith, on the 6th instant.

3. 163 bags of wheat, value £100, at Flag Swamp, belonging to Donald Sutherland, on the 7th instant.

4. Two stacks of wheat, value £200, at Pleasant Valley belonging to J. W. Murdoch, on the 7th instant.

5. One stack of straw and 125 bags of oats, value £75, at Bushy Park, belonging to A. and W. Cochrane, on the 12th instant.

6. Five stacks of wheat and one stack of oats, value £340, at the Maori Kaik, belonging to Maoris, on the 14th instant; and as the destruction of said property is attributable to incendiaries,

Notice is hereby given that a reward of £100 will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago to any person who shall first give such information to the police as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons by whom any of the said fires were caused, and in addition thereto His Excellency the Governor will be advised to grant a free pardon to an accomplice not being the person who actually caused any of the fires who will give such information as shall lead to a like result.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police.

Police Office, Dunedin,
15th May, 1876.

£2 REWARD.

STRAYED from the North East Valley one gray Mare, branded J under the near side saddle, also J on off side saddle; also one dark bay Colt, little white on off hind foot, and small blaze on face. Any person returning the same to Thomas Brown, N.E. Valley Hotel, will receive above reward.

2t.—9s. pd.

ENQUIRIES are made at this Office for Elizabeth Hesketh, who left London for Otago in ship “Chile” in July, 1867. Any person who can give information regarding her will please to communicate with me.

COLIN ALLAN,
Immigration Officer.

Immigration Office,
Dunedin, 8th May, 1876.

GAZETTE.—A Special Gazette was published on Wednesday last, immediately after the publication of the regular Gazette.