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Dunstan Times, Issue 272, 12 July 1867, Page 4

B •: TRACTED FROM SCHEDULE TO "STAMP DUTIES ACT, ISCC" Containing (he Duties on Deeds and other Instruments relating to transactions between living persons. -Aoeekm-est or any minute or meraoran- s. d. dum of an agreement under hand only whore the matter thereof shall be of the value of L.20 or upwards, whether the same shall only be evi- • deuce of a contract or obligatory on the 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 letters shall be offered in evidence to ■ prove any agreement between the . parties who shall have written such -letters, it shall he sufficient if any of such letters will be stamped with a duty of two shillings and sixpence. 'Bills of Exchange—--Inland Bill of Exchange, Draft, or OrUcr, for the payment to the bearer or to order at any ©therwi3e than on demand of any sum of money not exceeding L.50, ... ... ...10 Ditto, not exceeding L. 100 2 0 And where the same shall exceed L. 100 then for every LSO, and also for any fractional part of L.50 ... ... 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 sets of two, then for every Bill of each set where the sum payable shall not exceed L.50, ... ...0 0 And where it shall exceed L.50 and not exceed L.IOO, 1 0 And where the same shall exceed L. 100, then for every L.50, and also any fractional part of L.50, ... ... 0 G ■ If 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 LSO and not exceed L. 100, ... ...OS 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, person, or company, arc exempt from the foregoing duties, but are subject to the duty of a penny charged upon Drafts arid Orders. Bills of Exchange drawn out of the Colony, btit 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 exceeding L.25, ... ...0 0 Exceeding L.25, not exceeding L.50 ... 1 0 .'Promissory Note, for the payment, either to the bearar, on demand, of any sum of money exceeding L.50, and not exceeding L.lol\ ... ... 2 0 "Where the sum shall exceed L. 100, then for every L.50, and fractional part of L.50, ... ... ... 1 0 Exemptions from the foregoing duties on Promissory Notes, but not from any 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 Com•pany in New Zealand, authorised to issue such notes and making such returns and paying such compositions as in this Act respectively mentioned. All Bills, Drafts or Orders, or Promissory Notes for the payment by any Bank or Banking Company of any sum of money though not made payal >b to the bearer or to order, and whether .deliveredto the payee or not, and 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 bo named or designated therein or not, or whether the same shall be delivered to him or not, shall respectively bo 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. 'CONVEYANCE -of any kind or description whatsoever upon the sale of any property in respect of the principal or only writing whereby the properly sold shall be conveyed to or vested in 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 LSO and not exceed LIOO, ... .. 10 0 And where the same shall exceed L.IOO, (ben fur every L.50, and any fractional part of L.50, ... ... 5 0 3>KEn or instrument of any kind whatever not otherwise charged in this Schedule, ... ... ... ... 10 0 Exemptions from the preceding duties on deeds or instruments not otherwise charged in this Schedule— ApprenticesandClcrkships —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, andall transfers, agreements, releases, re-conveyances, and dh charges thereAll preferable liens under "The Wool and Oil Secnrities Act, 1858.*' AU Administration Fonda. All Bonds on Appointment of Special Bailiffs. 'RAFT or Order, including cheques or orders on Makers for the payment of any Kim of money to a payee named or to bearer, or to order either on demand or otherwise not otherwise ■ciiargsl, ...