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Dunstan Times, Issue 255, 15 March 1867, Page 4

EXTRACTED FROM SCHEDULE TO ''STAMP DUTIES ACT, 1300." "Containing the-Duties on Deeds and ■other Instruments relating to transactions between '■ living persons. -Aobibmbst or any minute or raemoran- s. d. dum of an agreement under hand only where the matter thereof shall be •f the value of -L.20 or upwards, •whether the same shall only»be evi- ■ dence ■of a contract or obligatory on the parties from its }>eing 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 letters shall be offered in evidence to prove any agreement between the parties who shall have written such letters, it shall be sufficient, if any of such letters will be stamped with a duty of two shillings and sixpence. ■ Bills or Exchange— -. Inland Bill of Exchange,' Draft, or-'Or-der, for the payment to the bearer or to order at any otherwise than on demand of any sum of money not ex- • ceeding L.50, ... ... ...10 '■Ditto, .not exceeding LIOO, 2 0 'Arid where the same shall exceed L. 100 then for every L.50, and also for any fractional part of L.iso ... ... 1 0 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 as on an Inland Bill of the same amount and tenor) If drawn in set 3 of two, then for every Bill of each set where the sum payable Ahall not exceed L.50, ... " ... 0 6 And where it shall exceed L.50 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, ... ... o 0 ■lf drawn in sets of three or more, for every Bill of each set, where the sum payable thereby shall not exceed LSO 0 4 And where it shall exceed L.50 and not exceed L. 100, ... ... 0 5 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 cm • demand drawn ■ upon any Banker, l person, or company, are exempt from the foregoing duties, but are subject to the duty of a penny charged upon 1 >raf ts and Orders. Lills of Exchange drawn nut of the Colony, but endorsed or negotiated within the Colony, the same duties as . on a Bill of Exchange drawn within 'the Colony and payable within the Colony—(The same duty as on an Inland Bill of the same amount and tenor.) Promissory Note, for the payment in any other manner than to the bearer on demand of any sum of money not exceedingL.2s, ... ... 0 6 Exceeding L.25, not exceeding L.50 ... 1 0 Promissory Note, for the payment, cither to the bearar, on demand, of any sum of money exceeding L.50, and not exceeding L.IOO, ... ... 2 0 V.'here the sum shall exceed L. 100, then for every L.50, and fractional part of L.50, ... ... ... 1 0 Ex mrptions from the foregoing duties on Promissory Notes, but not from any other duty to which the same •way be liable—All Promissory Notes for the payment of money on demand issued by any Bank or Banking Company in New Zealand, authorised to issue such notes and making such re- . turns and paying such compositions as in this Act respectively mentioned. AH Bills, Drafts or Orders, or Promissory Notes for the payment by any Bank or Banking Company of any sum of money though not made payabla to the bearer or to order, and whether . delivered to the payee or not, arid all , writings or documents entitling any (•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 the same shall be delivered i to him or not, shall respectively tie deemed to be Bills, Drafts, or Orders for the payment of money chargeable with Stamp Duty, as if the same had been made payable to bearer or to order. * Convkvakce of any kind or description whatsoever upon the sale of any proip«rty iu respect of the principal or only writing whereby the property sold shall be conveyed to or vested iii the purchaser or any other person or persons by his direction (except transfers expressly provided for by this Act)— Where the purchase or consideration money therein or thereupon expressed shall not exceed L.50, ... 5 0 And where the same shall exceed liso 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 instrument of any kind whatever not otherwise charged in this Schedule, ... ... ]o o Exemptions from the preceding duties on deeds or instruments not otherwise . charged in this Schedule— ApprenticesandClerkships—All instruments relating to the services of apprentices, clerks, or servants. Mortgage—All bonds and mortgages, whether affecting real or personal estate, bills of sale by way of mortgage, . and all transfers, agreements, releases, reconveyances, and discharges thereof. All preferable liens under "The Wool and Oil Securities Act, 1558." All Customs' Bonds. All Administration Bonds. All Bonds on Appointment of Special Bailiffs. ' Draft or Order, including cheques or orders on. bankers for the payment of any sflm of money to. a payee naroefi rr to bearer, or cither on demand or cthcrtfise not otherwise • charged, ... 0 1