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Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 257, 5 September 1867, Page 4

' st"r ike an d son, (Successors to ButemenJ; Brothers.) B R E -W E R'S, ' BOTTLERS OF ENGLISH PORTER, AND MANUFACTURERS, QF CRATED, WATERS, SYRUPS, AND CORDIALS. G-RESSOjST STREET, GREYMQUTH, HAVE ALWAYS ON SALE— ' " - ' .• - '• Ginger wilie Cloves . " Orange bjtters Ginger brandy Lemon syru]3 Stoughton do Raspberry Marischino Tonjic do Pepperinent Curagoa Malt vinegar Up-country Storekeepers and Hotelkeepers can haye any ,of the above packed in case on the shortest notice.

STAMP DUTIES ACT. The' following fs the new Stamp Puti.es Act passed in the General Assembly of New Zealand last session, and which ,came injbo force on the Ist i* l^ : — SCHEDULE I. . Containing the Duties on Deeds and other Instruments relating to Transactions between Living Persons.. £ s. d Agreement or any minute or mef mprandum of' any agreement under hand only, where the matter thereof shall be of the value of L2O or upwards ; whether the same shall only be [ evidence of a contract or obliga- [ tory on the parties from its being a written instrument, together with every" schedule receipt or other matter put or endorsed thereon or annexed thereto 0 J ,0 Provided always, that where diverg letters shallbe 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 shall be stamped with, a duty of two shillings and sixpence. Bills of Exchange— ' Inland Bill of Exchange Draft or Order for the payment to the bearer or to order at any time otherwise than on demand of any sum of money not exceeding LSO ... 010 Ditto, not exceeding LIOO ...0 2 0 And where the sum shall exceed LIOO, then for every LSO, and also for fractional part of LSO 0 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 (a ) If drawn in sets of two, then for every bill of each set where the Bum payable shall not exceed LSO "" ... 0 0 6 And where it shall exceed LSO and not exceed LIOO „,0 1 0 And where ike same shall exceed LIOO, then for every LSO or any fractional part of LSO 0 0 6 If drawn in sets of three or more for every bill of each set where the sum' payable thereby shall not exceed LSO ... 0 0 4 And where it shall exceed LSO and not exceed LIOO ... 0 0 8 And where the same shall exceed Ll 00, then for every LSO and also any fractional part of LSO C 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 cfrow 11 upon any banker, person, or company, are exempt f rpm the foregoing duties but are subject to the duty of Id charged ijpon drafts or|orders. Bill 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 the colony, and payable within the colony (b) Promissory Note, for the payment in any other manner than to the bearer, 011 demand, of any sum of money not exceeding L 25 0 0 6 Exceeding L 25, not exceeding LSO 0 10 Promissory Note, for the payment either to the bearer, on demand, or in any other manner than to the bearer, on demand, of any sum of money exceeding LSO and not exceeding Ll oo ...0 2 0 Where the sum shall exceed LIOO then for every LSO, and fractional part of LSO ... Q 1 0 Exemptions from the foregoing duties on prpmisory notes, but not from any other duty to which the same may be liable. All promissory notes, for the payment of nioney on demand, issued by any Bank or Banking Company in New Zealand authorised to issue such notes, and making such returns, and. paying such compositions as is in this Act respectively mentioned. All bills, drafts, or ordeis, or pro- " missory notes for- the payment by "any Bank or Banking Company of any sum of money, though not made payable to the bearer or to order, and whether delivered to 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 be named or designated therein or not, or whether the shall be delivered to him or not, shall respectively be deemed to be bills, drafts,- or ordersfor the payment of money chargeable with Stamp Duty, as if the same had been made payable to bearer or to order. Bill or Lading, or receipt in lieu thereof from master, mate, or agent of any vessel, for any goods, merchandise, or effects to-be carried to any place beyond the boundaries of the colony— for every such bill of lading, or receipt, or copy thereof .; 1,0 (a) The same duty as on an Inland Bill of the same amount and tenor. . (b) The same duty as on an Inland Bill of i'the same amount and tenor.