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.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 2nd November, 1874.

The following list of successful and unsuccessful Tenderers is published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

WAITAKI AND MOERAKI RAILWAY.

WAITAKI CONTRACT.

(From the New Zealand Gazette of Oct. 29th, 1874.)

ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.

The following Acts passed during the Session of the General Assembly, 1874, are now published, and can be procured from the Government Printer. Separate copies forwarded to any part of the Colony, post free, at the following prices:

| Act. | s. d. |
| No.15. Land Transfer Amendment | 0 6 |
| 16. Auckland Waste Lands | 1 3 |
| 17. Hawke’s Bay Waste Lands Regulations Amendment | 0 9 |
| 18. Marlborough Waste Lands Amendment | 0 6 |
| 19. Nelson Waste Lands | 1 6 |
| 20. Otago Waste Lands Administration | 0 6 |
| 21. Taranaki Waste Lands | 1 3 |
| 22. Westland Waste Lands Amendment Special Settlements Amendment | 0 6 |
| 23. Wellington | 0 6 |
| 24. New Zealand Forests | 0 6 |
| 25. Immigration and Public Works Loan | 0 6 |
| 26. Immigration and Public Works | 0 9 |
| 27. Railways | 0 6 |
| 28. Provincial Public Works Advances | 0 6 |
| 29. Otago Provincial Public Works Advances | 0 6 |
| 30. Wellington Land Payments | 0 6 |
| 31. Canterbury Water Supply | 0 9 |
| 32. Harbour Works | 0 6 |
| 33. Harbour Boards Amendment | 0 6 |
| 34. Auckland Harbour | 0 9 |
| 35. New Plymouth Harbour Board Endowment | 0 6 |
| 36. Napier Harbour Board | 0 6 |
| 37. Oamaru Harbour Board Land | 0 6 |
| 38. Wanganui River Foreshore Grant | 0 6 |
| 39. Municipal Reserves | 0 6 |
| 40. Clutha River Trust Reserves | 0 6 |
| 41. Borough of Thames Tramways | 0 6 |
| 42. Cromwell Waterworks | 0 6 |
| 43. City of Christchurch Drainage Debentures | 0 6 |
| 44. City of Dunedin Gasworks | 0 6 |
| 45. Dunedin Waterworks | 0 6 |
| 46. Invercargill Gas Loan | 0 6 |
| 47. Wellington Waterworks Loan | 0 6 |
| 48. Taranaki Iron Smelting Works Lands | 0 6 |
| 49. Hokitika Mayors | 0 6 |
| 50. Wellington Mayors | 0 6 |
| 51. Wanganui Mayors | 0 6 |
| 52. Constitution of the Westport Borough Proceedings Validation | 0 6 |
| 53. New Zealand University | 0 9 |
| 54. Otago Reserves | 0 6 |
| 55. Wellington Education Reserves Amendment | 0 6 |
| 56. Naval Training Schools | 1 3 |
| 57. Oamaru Hospital Reserves | 0 6 |
| 58. Burial-Ground Closing | 0 6 |
| 59. Gold Fields Amendment | 0 6 |
| 60. Regulation of Mines | 1 3 |
| 61. Inspection of Machinery | 1 3 |
| 62. Government Insurance and Annuities | 0 6 |
| 63. Regulation of Elections Amendment | 0 6 |
| 64. Juries Amendment | 0 6 |
| 65. Volunteer Amendment | 0 6 |
| 66. Petty Sessions Amendment | 0 6 |
| 67. New Plymouth Exchanges Completion | 1 0 |
| 68. Presbyterian Church of Otago Lands Amendment | 0 6 |
| 69. Employment of Females Amendment | 0 6 |
| 70. Canterbury Marriages | 0 6 |
| 71. Oyster Fisheries Amendment | 0 6 |
| 72. David Lewis Retiring Allowance | 0 6 |
| 73. Walsh and Others Pension Amendment | 0 6 |
| 74. Wilson Gray Pension | 0 6 |
| 75. Native Land Amendment | 0 6 |

GEORGE DIDSBURY,
Government Printer.

Wellington, 11th September, 1874.

DUNEDIN:
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Coulls & Culling, of Rattray-street, Printers to said Provincial Government for the time being.