POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 6, 16 March 1874, Page 37

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Published by direction of His Honor the Superintendent.

ngf 13 All Public Notifications which appear 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, 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, Christchurch.

2. Police Gazette. — Communications for this G-azette should be addressed to the Commissioner oe Police, prepaid ; they must be of Police interest, or no notice will be taken of them. Officers in charge of stations are requested to report to the Commissioner of Police every instance of the non-delivery of the G-azette, and to suggest from time to time such alterations in the addresses and in the mode of transmission as mag be considered necessary.

3. Warrants. — Whenever it is desired that any individual, whose name is given, shall be apprehended, it should be stated in the advertisement for the G-azette whether or not a warrant has been issued for the apprehension of the 0 fender. When a warrant has not been issued in the first instance, any subsequent report announcing the issue of a warrant should refer to it in the Police G-azette.

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

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

6. Property Described.— The brands of horses and cattle should be imitated as nearly as possible, and their exact position given. In describing watches, it should be stated whether they are open-faced, hunting, doublecased, or half-hunting,—the term “ doublecased” being reserved for those watches whose 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 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 application. They ivill not be alloived except in cases where meritorious actions showing unusual ability take place , or when they have been sanctioned by Legislative enactment.

8. Previous References. —lt is requested that in all reports respecting cases already gazetted, Officers in charge of Police, <r 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 per telegraph, it should be stated of what kind of letters the brands consist, whether of Roman capitals or in writing, dfc.

Vol. XII., No. 6.