[From the New Zealand Gazette of July 27, 1876.]

MAYORS RE-ELECTED.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1876.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause 3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Act, 1865," the names of the following persons have been sent in to this office by the Town Clerks as having been re-elected Mayors for the places set opposite their names, viz.,—

• Louis William Busch—Naseby.
• Benjamin Naylor—Clyde.
• John Beighton—Roxburgh.
• Thomas McWilliam—Winton.

DANIEL POLLEN.

[From New Zealand Gazette of August 3, 1876.]

MAYORS ELECTED.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1876.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause 3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865," the names of the following persons have been sent in to this office by the Town Clerks as having been elected Mayors for the places set opposite their names, viz.,—

• William Jukes Steward—Oamaru.
• Charles Haynes—Palmerston.
• William John Dyer—Milton.
• Michael Fraer—Lawrence.
• Peter Mason—Balclutha.

DANIEL POLLEN.

MAYOR RE-ELECTED.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st July, 1876.

IT is hereby notified that, in conformity with clause 3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865," the name of the following person has been sent in to this office by the Town Clerks as having been re-elected Mayor for the place set opposite his name, viz.,—

• Andrew McKinnon—Port Chalmers.

DANIEL POLLEN.

NAME AND ADDRESS OF GENERAL MANAGER OF THE OTAGO RAILWAYS, REGISTERED.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1876.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that, in accordance with the provisions of "The Railways Regulations and Inspection Act, 1873," the name and address of the person mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto have been registered in the office of the Colonial Secretary, at Wellington, for the railways mentioned in the second column of the said Schedule, and set opposite such name.

Dated at Wellington, this third day of August, 1876.

DANIEL POLLEN.

SCHEDULE.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE APPOINTED.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1876.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS McWILLIAM, Esq.,
Mayor of Winton, to be a Justice of the Peace under "The Otago Municipal Corporations Empowering Act, 1865."

CHARLES C. BOWEN.

MEETING of the Education Board

A meeting of the Education Board will be held at the Government Offices, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 10th instant, at noon.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary,
Education Office,
Dunedin, 1st August, 1876.

WANTED

A Certified SCHOOLMASTER for the Bannockburn Government School. Salary £185 per annum, with residence; also an additional £10 per annum by his undertaking the charge of the Post Office and Library.—Apply, enclosing credentials, to W. Parsons Jones, Secretary School Committee, Bannockburn, on or before the 15th August, 1876.

LOST

A Fixed Deposit Receipt on the Colonial Bank of New Zealand, Oamaru. Dated 25th November, 1875, for six months, No. 2-19, for Thirty-five pounds sterling. Anyone returning same to Colonial Bank of New Zealand, Oamaru, will be rewarded.

4t—10s.

ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.

MURDER.

WHEREAS Martin Cunningham is charged, on warrant, with having, on or about the 25th of November, 1875, at Lake Ohau, murdered one Hugh Hannah: This is to notify that a reward of £100 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 said Martin Cunningham.

Description of Martin Cunningham, better known as "Martin": An Englishman, but looks not unlike a half-caste, a sailor and station hand, about 35 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, stout square build, broad round flat face, swarthy complexion, ill-looking, black or very dark brown hair, inclined to curl at ends, black whiskers, beard, and moustache, tattooed on both arms and back of hands, ship in full sail on one arm and a name underneath it, believed also to have anchor on muscle of left arm, and a small cut or scar on back of head, walks with his arms wide from body. When last seen he wore an old brown felt hat with leather strap round it, hat cut in two or three places, through which the strap was passed; dark brown or black single-breasted coat, slit about the hips; bluish tweed vest, moleskin trousers with a small blue stripe down seam, and water-tight boots.

He is believed to have arrived in Port Chalmers by the ship "Jura" twelve years ago. He has worked for some years on the West Coast road, and was generally employed on stations; knows the back country well, and has lived amongst the Natives in the North Island.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police,
Police Office, Dunedin,
December 27th, 1875.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by George Jones, of High-street, Dunedin, Printer to said Provincial Government for the time being.