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Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 258, 7 September 1867, Page 4

SYr IK E AND S BS, (Successors to Butement Brojbhers.) • BOTTLERS OF ENGLISH PORTER, AND MANUFACTURERS OF DERATED ' ; 'WATERS, SYRUPS, AND CORDIALS. &JtESS,ON STREET, GEEYMOUTH, aAVE ALWAYS t)N SALE— '• Ginger wine Cloves , Orange bitters Ginger brandy Lemon syrup Stoughton do ißajspberry v ■ Marischino Tonic do Peppermenjb .Curatjoa • Malt vinegar Up-couiii^lvStprekeepers and Hpt.elk.eepers can have any of the above packed in case on the sliortest iipjbicje. ' "

.§TAM^ DUTIES ACT. The following is the new Stamp P,uties Act passed in the General Assembly of New Zealand last session, and which came into force on the lsj; inst :•- SCHEDULE I. pontaining the duties on deeds ani) other Instruments relating to Transactions between Living Persons.. £ s. d Agreement or a^vy minute or vae;T moran.dum 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 pr obligatory on the parties from its being a written instrument, together with eyery schedule receipt or other matter put or endorsed thereon or annexed thereto 0 10 Providedalways, thatwhere divers letters shallbe offered in evidence to prove any agreement between -the parties who sha]l have written such letters, it shall bo sufficient if any of such letters shall be stamped with a duty of two sjiillings and sixpence. Bills op Exchange — ' ' Inlaud Bill of. Exchange Draft or Order for the payment to the bearer or to order at any time ptherwise than on demand of any sum' of money not exceeding LSO ' l " ... 0 1 0 pitto, not exceeding LIOO ...0 9 0 knd where the sum shall exceed LIOO, then for every Lso,' and l 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 sum payable shall not exceed LSO ... 0 0 6 And where it shall exceed LSO and not exceed LIOO ...0 10 And where the same shall exceed LIOO, then for every LSO or any fractional part of LSO 0 0 C If drawn in sets of three or more for every bill of each set where the sum payable thereby shall . not exceed LSO ...0 6 4 And where it shall exceed LSO and not exceed LIOO ... 0 0 8 And where the same shall exceed LIOO, then for every LSO and also any fractional part of LSO C 0 4 Exemptions from the foregoing j 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, pr company, are exempt from the for egoing duties but are subject to the duty of ldcharged upon 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, on demand, of any sum of money not exceeding L 25 0 0 6 Exceeding L 25, not exceeding LSO 0 1 0 Promissory Note, for the payment either to the bearer, on demand, or in any other manner than tp the bearer, on demau4, of any sum of money exceeding LSO and not exceeding LIOO ...0 2 0 Where the sum shall exceed LI 00 then for every Lso, and. fractional part of LSO ... 0 1 0 Exemptions from the fpregoing duties on promisory 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 Company in New Zealand authorised to issue such notes, and making such returns, and paying such composition's as is in this Act respectively mentioned. . ;, AH bills, drafts, or ordets, 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 Jo the payee or not, and all writings ; or documents entitling' any person to* ' the paymeaf^by.; any: Bank or Banking Company of any sum' of moneyj whether' the person to whom .payment is to be ' made shall be nanied or designated therein or hot, or whether the shall be delivered to him or ; - not, shall respectively be 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. Bill op Lading, or receipt in lieu thereof from master, mate, or agent of ; ariy vessel,: for any goods, merchandise, or t effects to be carried to anyplace beyond the boundaries of the colony — for every such bill of lading, pr receipt, or copy thereof 1 0 (a) The same duty as on an Inland Bill of the same amount and tenor. "(6) The same duty as on an Inland Bill of the same amount aud tenor _