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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 219, 20 January 1874, Page 4

SHARE TRANSFERS. NOTICE, — Whereas it has been ascertained that in numerous instances transi S ifi” ;■ ■ til' i .. •;. " . i'jll • i\ >* 1 fcrs of shares m Joint Stock Companies and Mining Companies have not been stamped at the time of fhe execution thereof, either by the qse «f paper or parchment previously stamped, or by the affixing and cancellation of an adhesive stamp in the manner by law prescribed, whereby the vendors and purchasers have become liable do a penalty of Fifty Pounds (£SO) each, and also chargeable with the payment of five times the duty, and the instrument in all such cases has become wholly void and of no effect whatsoever, either at Jaw or ih equity :, -■ And whereas it is necessary that any such neglect or contravention of the law be checked in future: Notice is hereby given to all Brokers, Mining Agents, and the public generally, that hereafter any vendor’ dr purchaser* of any share or shares as aforesaid who shall fail or neglect to affix and cancel ah adhesive stamp on the instrument of sale or transfer (where paper previously impressed has not been used), at the time of the execution thereof, shall be liable to prosecution for recovery of the penalties incurred dm terms of law ; and if any party liable to the payment of such duty as aforesaid shall give information to the Commissioner whereby such penalty and quintuple duty shall be recovered from any other party liable thereto,, the party giving the information shall not only be indemnified and discharged of his liability, but rewarded to an extent not exceeding one-half of the penalty or duty recovered; and where any other person shall give information whereby any such penalty ori quintuple duty shall,, be recovered, he shall be rewarded in like manner. By order of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties. E. BRANDON. Office of the Commissioner of Stamp Duties, Wellington, 4th December, 1873, T AND on DEFERRED PAYMENTS. Price, 2s fid per annum for ten years. 5000 acres Land open for application on deferred payments at WAIPAHEE. Notice is hereby given, that Sections 30 to 51, 54, and 65, Block VII., Waipahee, and parts of Blocks X. and XIII., same district, unsurveyed (to the west of Block VII.), will be open for sale on deferred payments on and after the 20th January next, '. .vfuil,. Applications for land situated south of the Waipahee River must be made at Dunedin ; and for that north of the Waipahee River at Invercargill; and must in each case be accompanied by a deposit of Is 3d per acre. The part surveyed is divided into sections of from 60 to 94 acres ; the unsurveyed portion may bo applied for in sections not exceeding 200 acres. Purchasers will have to pay valuation for the fencing. 2038 acres Land open for application on deferred payments near TAPANUI. Notice is hereby given, that Sections 7 to 16, Block 11., Glenkenich, are withdrawn from the position of Land open for application under Clause 38, Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872, and that they will, along with Sections 40, 41, 42, 43, 44. 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 61, 62, 63, 64, and 71, Block HI., be opened for sale on deferred payments on the 14th January next. Applications must be made at the District Land Office, Lawrence, and must be accompanied by a deposit of Is 3d per acre, being the first half-year’s occupation fee. The sections are from 70 to 140 acres each. Purchasers will have to pay valuation for the fencing. FOR SALE, at £1 PER ACRE. IMMEDIATE PAYMENT. 5260 acres agricultural Land in GLENKENICH and WAIPAHEE Districts, Run 167 a, Conical Hills, on the west bank of the Pomahaka River, near its junction with the Waipahee River, Notice is hereby given, that about 36 Rural Sections (which will be specified in the Provincial Government Gazette of 10th December, 1873,) in Blocks X. and XII., Glenkenich Dis* trict, and Block VIII., Waipahee District, will be open for application, at the Land Office, Invercargill, on and after Tuesday, the 20th of January next, at the upset price of £1 per acre. Deposit, 2s an acre. TUESDAY, 10th FEBRUARY, ■ " ' at noon. 4007 acres agricultural Land in GLENKENICH District, Run 168, near Tapanui, FOR SALE BY AUCTION. Notice is hereby given, that about 55 Rural Sections in Block 111., Glenkenich, from 10 to 100 acres each, will be sold by auction, at the District Land Office, Lawrence, on Tuesday, the 10th day of February next, at the upset price of £1 per acre. Terms: 10 per cent, cash; balance in a month. J. T. THOMSON, Chief Commissioner.