IMPOUNDED

on the 23rd day of October, 1874, by
John Fitzgerald—

One brown mare, branded JH joined, near shoulder.
Owner unknown, for trespassing on his crop, for which four shillings is claimed; and in default of being released, the above mare will be sold at the Public Pound at Lawrence, on Friday, the 20th day of November, 1874, at twelve o’clock noon.

PETER ROBERTSON,
Poundkeeper of the Lawrence Pound.

ABSTRACTS from previous Gazette of Impounding Notices

Friday, 20th November, at noon,
A colt will be sold at Oamaru Pound.
6 cows, 2 calves, 2 bullocks, and a steer will be sold at Otakia Pound.

A steer will be sold at Sholover Pound.

Friday, 13th November, at noon,
A cow, a steer, and a calf, will be sold at Wakiwi Pound.

MURDER

Body of a Child found in the scrub on the Dunedin Town Belt.

£50 REWARD.

WHEREAS about Noon on Tuesday, the 3rd instant, the body of a newly-born and fully developed female child, supposed to have lived about twenty-four hours, was found in the scrub on the Town Belt, near the Cattle Market, at the head of Maclaggan street, Dunedin, wrapped up in a piece of old calico, hemmed, and somewhat resembling a pocket handkerchief, and covered with a portion of a copy of the Otago Guardian newspaper of the 30th of October, 1874: And whereas at an inquest held on the 6th instant, by T. M. Hocken, Esquire, Coroner, on the body of the said child, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown:

Notice is hereby given that a reward of Fifty Pounds will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago for such information as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who caused the death of the said child.

T. K. WELDON,
Commissioner of Police,
Police Office, Dunedin,
7th November, 1874.

(From New Zealand Gazette of 22nd October, 1874.)

Places and Times appointed for Vaccination

Province of Otago

Hampden:—Dr. Smith’s Surgery at Hampden. First Wednesday in each month, at 12 noon; second Saturday in each month, between the hours of 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Otepopo:—School-house, Otepopo. First Saturday in January, April, July, and October, in each year, at 12 noon; second Saturday in January, April, July, and October in each year, at 12 noon.

Arrowtown:—Royal Oak Hotel, Arrowtown. First Thursday in each month, between 12 noon and 2 p.m.; second Thursday in each month between 12 noon and 2 p.m.

Public Vaccinators appointed

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1874.

IT is hereby notified for public information, that, under the provisions of “The Public Health Act, 1872,” His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be Public Vaccinators to perform gratuitous vaccination in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and any Regulations made or to be made thereunder, for the districts mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and set opposite their names.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Province of Otago.

Lawrence Mathieson, Esq.—Hampden.
Charles Edward Smith, Esq.—Oamaru and Otepopo.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Henry Aldborough Stratford, Esq., to be Registrar of Marriages and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and also Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Arrow, as the same is defined in Proclamation of the 8th day of May, 1873, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 28, of the 9th day of May, 1873.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Registrars and Returning Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1874.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Henry Wigram Robinson, Esq., to be Registration and Returning Officer for the Electoral District of Mount Ida, for the election of Members of the House of Representatives, vice H. A. Stafford, Esq., resigned.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant appointing a Polling Place.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

To ALL whom these PRESENTS shall come,
GREETING:

Now therefore, I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the following place to be a Polling Place for the District of Mount Ida, for the election of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, namely:

The School House, Blackstone Hill.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, a Member of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Warrant appointing an additional Polling Place.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

To ALL whom these PRESENTS shall come,
GREETING:

Now know ye that I, Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, the Governor of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby appoint the following place to be an additional Polling Place for the Electoral District hereinafter specified, for the election of Members of the House of Representatives, namely:

For the District of Mount Ida:
The School House, Blackstone Hill.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael.