POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 4, 16 February 1874, Page 23

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Published by direction of His Honor the Superintendent.

All Public Notifications which appear l in this Gazette, with any Official, Signature are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate and are to be obeyed accordingly. ' ' • ,

By His Honor’s Command, ; EDWARD JOLLIE, I , , . .Provincial Secretary

1. Communications. All official communications from any district or station,in connection with this department, whether by telegraph or otherwise , should, be forwarded direct ' to the Commissioner of Police, Christ- ■ church. . > :

2. Police .Gazette*. Communications f j this * Gazette should be addressed to the Commissioner OF Police, prepaid ; they must be of Police interest,'or no notice will be taken of ■ them. Officers in charge of stations are re.quested to report to the Commissioner, of. Police ■ every instance of the non-delivery :jof , the i Gazette, ; and to . suggest from time ■■ to [ time such i alterations \in the addresses _ and in the ; mode of transmission as' may be \ considered necessary.

3. Warrants. — Whenever it is desired that 'any individual, ivhose name is given, shall be apprehended, it should be stated in the advertisement for the Gazette whether or not a warrant ' has j been issued for. the apprehension of the Offender. "■ When a warrant has not been issued in the first‘ instance, any subsequent repot t announcing the issue •of a. warrant should refer to it in the Police Gazette ol>

A. Names —lt \is , particularly requested that in all Informations the names of persons and places may be spelt correctly, and written legibly, the Christian name being given with the Surname - and written in full, to prevent . mistakes. ! 1

5 Stray Cattle. — No advertisement of 1 lost horses or cattle'will be published in this Gazette, unless they be Government property , j but notices of horses or. cattle believed to be \ stolen will be inserted gratuitously.

6. Property Described. — The t brands of horses and cattle should be ’ imitated as nearly as ' possible, and their ’ exact position given. In ' 1 describing watches, it % should be stated ivhether they are open-faced, hunting, doublecased, or half-hunting,the term ■ “ doublecased being reserved for those watches ivhose outer case is removed in order to wind; “ half-hunting ” implying a very small glass in the middle of the dial. • '

7. Rewards. —No rewards must be accepted by 1 ’ the Members) of ' the Force without the sanction of the Commissioner of Police. When such claims are made a full report of the circumstances must accompany the appli'cation! They will ] not ,be . allowed except in cases where , meritorious. actions showing unusual ability take place, or when they have been sanctioned by Legislative enactment.

8. Previous References. is requested ' that in all reports respecting cases already gazetted, Officers ,in , charge off Police, or others concerned, will be good enough to quote the date and page of the Police Gazette in which the 'previous notice has ' appeared, and, in reporting arrests, to state by whom effected. Supplementary reports of cases already reported, but not ; gazetted, should- contain such information as will clearly identify , the case.

' 9. Telegrams. —ln telegrams, the use of figures must 'be; avoided, and words, at, full 'length substituted. In.forwarding the brands of horses , and cattle j per telegraph, it ,should be .stated of what hind. of letters the brands consist, whether of Homan capitals or in writing, Sfc

Yol. XII., No. 4.