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Dunstan Times, Issue 252, 22 February 1867, Page 4

EXTRACTED FROM SCHEDULE TO "STAMP DUTIES AOT/ISGS." ■Containing the Duties on Deeda and other IaBtruments relating to transactions between living persona. .Aar-SEMENT or any minute or memotan- •& d, dum of an agreement nnder hand ' only whore the matter thereof shall be of the value of L.20 or upwards, whether the same shall only be evidence of a contract or obligatory on th 9 parties from its being a written instrument, together with every schedule, receipt, or other matter put or indorsed thereon, or annexed thereto 1 0 ■Provided always that where divers letter 3 shall be offered in evidence to prove any agreement between the parties who shall have written such letters, it 3ha!l be sufficient if any of such letters will be stamped with a duty of two shillings and sixpence. iJJau of Exchange— Inland Bill of Exchange, Draft, or Order, lor the payment to the bearer or to order at any .otherwise than on deciding L.50, ... ... ... T 0 Ditto, not exceeding-L. 100, ... ... 2 0 And where the-same shall exceed L. 100 then for oven; L.60, asd also for any fractional pare'of L.50 ... ...10 Foreign Bill of Exchange, drawn in, but payable out of, the Colony of New .Zealand— If drawn singly, or otherwise than in a set of two or more)—the same duty bs on an Inland Bill of the same amount and tenor) If drawn in sets of two, then for every Bill of each set where the sum payable shall not exceed L.50, ... ... 0 6 And where it shall exceed L.53 and not exceed L. 100, ... ... ... 1 0 And where the same shall exceed L. 100, then for every L.50, and also any fractional part of L.50, ... ... 0 6 If drawn in sets of threa or more, for ever}' Bill of each set, where the sum payable thereby shall not exceed LSO 0 4 And where it Khali exceed L.50 and not exceed L. 100, ... ... 0 8 And where the same shall exceed L. 100, then for every L.50 and also any fractional part of L.50, ... * ... 0 4 Exemptions from the foregoing duties on Bills of Exchange.—All Debentures and Treasury Bills issued by the Government of New Zealand. All Drafts or Orders for the payment of any sum of money to the bearer on demand drawn upon any Banker, perso'i, or company, are exempt from the foregoing duties, but are subject to the dui.y of a penny charged upon Drafts and Orders. Bills of Exchange drawn out of the Colony, but endorsed or negotiated within the Colony,'the same duties as on a Bill of Exchange drawn within tie Colony and payable within the Colony—(The name duty as on an In- | laud Bill of the same amount tnl tenor.) Promissory Note, for the payment in any other manner than to the bearer . on demand of any sum of money not exceeding L.25, ... ... 0 G Exceeding L.25, not exceeding L.50 ... ) 0 Promissory Note, for the payment, either to the bearar, on demand, of any sum of money exceeding L.50, anil not exceeding L. 100, ... ... 2 oi "Where the sum shall exceed L.IOO, then for every L.50, and fractional part of L.50, ... ... ... l o Exemptions from the foregoing duties on Promissory Notes, but not from cny other duty to which the same may be liable—All Promissory Notes for the payment of money on demand ■ issued by any Bank or Banking Company in Jiew Zealand, authorised to ■issue such notes and making such returns and paying such compositions * ai in this Act respectively mentioned. All Bills, Drafts or Orders, or Promissory Notes for tho payment by any Bank or Banking Company of any sumof money thoughnotmadepayabla to the bearer or to order, and whether delivered to the payee or not, and all writings or documents entitling 3ny person to the payment by any Bank or Banking Company of any sum of money, whether the person to whom payment is to be made shall be named or designated therein or not, or whether tho same shall be delivered to him or not, shall respectively be deemed to be Bills, Drafts, or Orders for tin payment of money ch irgeabla with Stamp Dutv, as if the same had been made payable to boare: or to order. of any kind or description whatsoever upon the sale of any property in respaet of the principal or only writing whereby tho propcrty no'.d shall be conveyed to or vested in the purchaser or any other person or persons by his direct-ion (except transfers expressly provided for by this Act)-

Where the purchase or consideration money therein or thereupon expressed shall not exceod L. 50, ... 5 0 And where the same shall exceed LSO and not exceed L. 100, ... .. 10 0 And ■where the same shall exceed L. 100, then for every L. 50, and any fractional part of L.50, ... ... 5 0 "Deed or instalment of any kind whatever not otherwise charged in this Schedule, 10 0 Exemptions from the preceding duties op deeds or instruments not otherwise urged in this Schedule—apprentices and Clerkships— All instruments relating to the services of apprentices, clerks, or servants. Mortgage—Ml bonds and mortgages, whether affecting real or personal estate, hills of sale by way of mortgage, and all transfers, agreements, releases,' re-conveyances, and discharges thereand Oil Securities Act, 1858." All Customs' Bonds. AH Administration Bond?. All Binds on Appointment of Special Bailiffs. i or Order, including cheques or orders en bankers for"the payment of any mm if money to a payee or to bearer, or to order either On demand or otherwise not otherwise charged, ... ifnt for ,i Lfare, or anv "»"«' "ocunient for the tendaney or occupancy of any lands renmentu, diraments, without any eon-