FOR READY REFERENCE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 May 1916, Page 4

FOR READY REFERENCE.

STAMP DUTIES. Agreement of Sleniorandun. of Agreement, Iβ 3d with letters, etc., attached, 3s. Appraisement oi Valuation where the amount does not exceed £20, Is.; .x----ccod £20, does not exceed £50, 2e (id, exceed £100, and does not exceed £21C 10s, £V.<H) and does not exceed £oOC Los, exceeds £500 20a. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £500 but not £1000, 20s; exceeds £1000, 35a. I'.n'e. not exceeding £25 6d, exceeds and not exceeding £50 Iβ, every additional £50 or part of £50 Iβ. 10s. Bills oi Exchange. Oon demand 2>l; otherwise than on demand, if running singly, for any amount not exceeding t'oO, Iβ; every additional £50 or part •it £50, Is.; if drawn in a set, such auiu upou each bill of the set as to up the same duty ae it a single Lill wore drawn tor the amount. Conveyance—Conveyance on eale: lor every £50 or part oi £50 of tne amount of the consideration for eale 7s 6d. , Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred U> or vested in any person tor u nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, tor e*ery £50 or part of £50 of the amount or value ot the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under "The Property Assessment 4.0t, 1885,' , i/r any Act amending the »ame at Liiu da to when such instrument takes eifect, 10a. l'roinissory Notes.—Payment on demaud 2d. Payable otherwise than ou demand: Far every sum not exceec ing £25, Qd,; exceeding £25 and t exceeding £50, la.; every additional £50 or part of £50, Iβ. Duplicate or counterpart of any instrument chargeable with duty, where auch duty does not amount to is, the same duties aa the original inetror men t; in any other case 3e. Land Transfers.—(Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or Agreement to L*aee, without any consideration by way of preaiium : Where rent does not exceed £50 3j! for every additional £60 or part of £50 Be. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £100. Soldiers , estates are exempt from all duty up to £5000 in respect to every succession by lineal descendant or ftuceator.