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Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 426, 6 October 1868, Page 4

STAMP DUTIES ACT. The following is the new Stamp Duties Act passed in the General Assembly of New Zealand last session, and which came into force on the Ist Jari : - SCHEDULE J.. Containing the Duties ox £)eedh and other Instruments relating to Transactions between Living Persons. £ s. d. Agreement or any minute or memorandum pf any agreement under h^nd 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 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 1 Q Provided always, that where diverß 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 Btampe<* with a duty of two shillings and sixpence. Bills or Exchange— Irilaud 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 ... 0 1 0 Ditto, not exceeding LIOO ..' Q2 tj And where the Bum shall exceed LIOO, then for every LSO, and also fpr fractional part of LSO 0 J Q Foreign Bill' of Exchange drawn ' in but payable out of the colony of NeW Zealand— ' If dirawn gingly or otherwise than in a get' of two or^ more If a) If drawn in sets of two, then for fcy er y kiH °* en Be i wuere * ue sum payable shall not exceed LSO '■■■•■' ' ''■■'■■ '"" ... 0 0 6 And where it shall exceed LSO and not exceed LIOO ' ... 0 1 Q And where the same shall exceeij LIOO. then for" 'every LSO or any fractional part of Lsi) 0 0 6 If drawn in sets of three or more for every bill of each act 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 LIOO, then for every LSO and also any fractional part of LSO C 0 4 E^miptions 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, are exempt from the foregoing duties but are subject to the duty of Idcharge'd upon drafts or|orders. Biirof 'Exchange drawn out of the ' colonyj 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 Promissory Note, fpr the payment 1 in any othef manner than to the bearer, on demand, of any sum of money not exceeding L 25 p0 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 to the bearer, on demand, of any Bum of money exceeding L 5 and not expeedmg LIOO ... 0 2 0 Where the sum shall exceed LIOO then for every LSO, aud fractional part of LSO ...0 1 0 Exemptions from the foregoing 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 compositions as is in this Act respectively nienr tioned. A 1 bills, drafts, or ordeis, or promissory notes for the payment by any Bank or Banking Company pf 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 docu* ments 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 orders for the payment of money chargeable with Stamp Duty, as if the same had been mado 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 . hiding, or receipt, or copy thereof .10 Conveyance— Of any kind or description whatsoever, upon the sale of any property in respect of the principal or only writing, whereby the property 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 LSO 5 0 And where the same shall exceed LSO, and not exceed LIOO ... 010 0 And where the same shall exceed LIOO, then for every LSO, and any fractional part of LSO ... 0 5 0 The consideration must be truly expressed in words upon each principal deed of conveyance, and if value be given in stock or other security, its value must in like manner be Bet forth in ful. When consideration is in Government or other stock or debentures, the duty is payable on the average selling price at the time of the conwyanc. (a) The same duty as on an Inland Bill of the same amount and tenor. (6) The same duty aa on an Inland Bill of the tame amount and tenor