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Otago Police Gazette, Volume II, Issue 8, 11 April 1864, Page 43

1. Police Gazette. —'Communications for this Gazette should be addressed to the “ Commissioner of Police, Dunedin,” prepaid; they must he 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 Gazette, and to suggest from time to time such alterations in the addresses and in the mode of transmission as may be considered necessary.

2. —Warrants. — Whenever it is desired that my individual whose name is given, shall he apprehended, it should be stated in the advertisement for the Gazette whether or not a warrant has been issued for the apprehension of the offender. When a warrant has not been issued in the first instance any subsequent report announcing the issue of a warrant should repeat the offender's description. 3. Names. It 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 whenever possible and written in full to prevent mistakes. 4. Stray Cattle. No advertisements of lost horses or cattle will he published in this Gazette unless they he Government property , but notices of horses and cattle believed to he stolen will be inserted gratuitously.

5. Property Described. ln forwarding the brands of stolen horses and cattle it should he stated of what kind of letters the brand consist, whether of Roman capitals , or in writing, Sec., and the xact position of the brands should be given, and be imitated as nearly as possible. In giving descriptions of ivatches , it should be stated whether they are open-faced, hunting, double-cased, or half hunting, —the term “doublecased' being reserved for those watches whose outer case is removed in order to wind; “ halfhunting ” implying a very small glass in the metal cover of the dial. 6. Rewards. No notice of reward offered by any private party or parlies will, for the

future, be inserted in the Police Gazette* unless there be forwarded to the Commissioner of Police the guarantee of some responsible person that the reward shall be payable according to law, on the arrestor conviction of the offender, and not merely for the recovery of property. 7. Previous Police Gazette References.—lt is requested that on the arrest of any offender Gazetted, or on information being obtained for which a reward has been publicly offered or respecting notices published in this Gazette, officers in charge of Police, or others concerned, will be good enough to forward intimation thereof to this office, quoting the date and page of the Gazette in which such notice has appeared.