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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 538, 29 June 1869, Page 4

[From the New Zealand Gazette, page 29] No. 25, 1869.] DUTIES ACT, 1866. NOTICE. The attention of Executors, Adminisr trators, Legatees, and Successors, is called to the provisions of «'The Stamp Duties Act, 1866," which require :— 1. That Executors and Administrators shall, in the case of all legacies, annuities, or residues paid by them, furnish to the Stamp Office full accounts of such payments, and shall pay the duty assessed thereon within sixty days thereafter ; and ia the case of legacies, annuities, or residues retained in trust, shall before any such retainer furnish to the Commissioners full particulars thereof, and shall pay the duty assessed thereon within fourteen days of such assessment ; and shall furnish accounts of all successions under any will or estate executed or administered by them, so soon as the successor shall become beneficially entitled thereto. 2. That Legatees receiving legacies shall give receipts in the prescribed form, which receipts must bear date on the day of signing, and must be brought to the Stamp Office to be stamped within sixty d£ys thereafter, otherwise such receipts become invalid. 3. That every Successor to real or personal estate, as soon as he, or any other person in his behalf, shall become entitled thereto in possession, or to the receipt of the income and profit thereof, shall furnish to the Commissioners full and true accounts of the property succeeded to, with the name of and their relationship to the predecessor. Cumulative penalties are imposed by the Act for neglect or delay in rendering such accounts, or paying the duty assessed. WILLLA.M FITZHERBERT. Stamp Office, Ist May. 1869. [From the New Zealand Gazette, page 279, No. 32, 1869.] Stamp Office, Wellington, 3rd June, 1869. DTAMP DUTIES ACTS, 1866-7. CAUTION. The attention of the public is called to section sixteen (16) of the Stamp Duties Act, 1866, which specifies the instruments on which the duties payable may be denoted by adhesive stamps affixed by the makers or holders. On all other instruments the stamp must be affixed at the Stamp Office; any stamp not so affixed is of no avail, and the instrument to which it is affixed is unstamped within the meaning of the Act. All instruments required to be stamped after execution, except those specified in section sixteen (16), must be presented at the Stamp Office within one month after the date of execution. Instruments not presented within one month become liable to a fine of twenty pounds (£2O) per centum upon the duty payable, which fine is increased to one hundred pounds (£100) per centum after three months from the date of execution : no fine in the latter case being less than five pounds (£5). C, T. BATKIN, Secretary for Stamp Duties. -% ONDON AGENCY. The "Grey River Argcs" and "The Weekly Argus" may be read gratuitously in London, at the News Rooms of Messrs Gordon and Gotch, 121 Holborn Hill, where advertisements and subscriptions for the same are received. JAMES BOURKE, formerly of Launceston, Tasmania — Communicate immediately with J. Keogh, office of this paper. Important. Any information concerning the above would be thankfully received.

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