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- t7 fJGp* ‘A STAMP ACT, 1075. Bn, ns of L.wu no and IB; cfifth in UKU TIIKUKOF, tT is "hereby notified, that, after the Ist X of January next, the use of Impressed Stamps on Bills of Lading is compulsory. Such documents must, after that date, he 'written upon paper previously impressed at the Head oft ice, and eannot he stamped after the exeent'mn thereof. It Is requested, therefore, (hat Merchants. Shipping Agents, and others concerned, will, without delay, forward to tliis office such forms as they may require to he impressed, accompanied hy (he usual requisition and receipt of the Bank of New Zealand for the amount , ess the authorized discount. information may he obtained at any Stamp < Mlice. The provisions of the Act bearing on this point are as follow: of any vessel, and is not to be stamped after the execution thereof. (2.) Every person who makes or executes any Bill of Lading not duly stamped shall forfeit a sum not exceeding £50.” SCii Pi) C BE. Bii.r. of Lading for any goods, merchandise, or effects to be carried to any place he von 1 1 the boundaries o! tin* colony : For every such Bill of Lading or coov thereof, Is. CHARLES C. BOWEX. Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 20th October, 1575. “ STAMP ACT 1»75.” Tkansfkiss of Sharks. IT is hereby notified, that after the Ist of January next, the use o! Impressed Stamps upon r i funsters of Shares is compulsory, hut. transfers oi siiares may lie stamped :it a Stamp Oft ice hy the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner within one mouth alter execution wßhout a tine. Manager* and Secretaries of Companies, Sharebrokers, am! others interested, are recommended to forward, without delay, such forms of transfer as they linn' require to he impressed, accompanied, hy the usual requisition amt receipt from the Bank ol New Zealand for amount thereof, less the authorized discount. information may he obtained at any Stamp Office. The provisions of the Act relating hereto arc as follows; —- “17, (1.) Kxcept where express provision is made to the contrary, all duties are to he denoted by impressed stamps only.” “lU‘2. No transfer of any share or shares of or in the stock or funds of any coi-[ior;itio'i ; ! p.-opv or society whatever itl New Zealand shall be registered, i recorded, or entered in the books of such j corporatoim company, or society unless I such transfer is duly stamped. j “ ]O;L Xo instrument of sale or j transfer of any share or shares shall be ; valid, either at law or in equity, unless j the name of the purchaser or transferee j is inserted therein at the time of or ! before the execution of the instrument of sale or transfer ; and, if any person executes a sale-note transfer, in any manner or for any purpose whatsoever, unless the name of the purchaser is Inserted therein at the time or before the exeeuf ion thereof, lie shall forfeit a sum of not loss than £2O or more than£ 100 ; mid, if any such instrument is so made or signed, it shall he wholly and absolutely void mid inoperative, and shall in no ease be made available by the in- | Section of a name or any other particulars j afterwards ; and. the person selling' or j transferring such share shall not be j divested of bis interest therein, but-shall remain liable thereon as if he had never j sold or disposed of the same. And if such person is a licensed sharebroker, his license shall, on any conviction under this section, be absolutely forfeited and he shall not thereafter bo qualified to act as a broker, or to have a fresh license issued to hum “ 104. No sharebroker, auctioneer, commission agent, or any other person shall be entitled to any brokerage, commission, or any other fee or reward in respect of the sale or transfer of any such share, unless the instrument of sale or transfer is filled up with all necessary particulars to make it a complete instrument and is duly stamped. .SCHEDULE Tuansfku except hy way of mortgage- j (2) Upon the sale of any share or | shares in the stock and funds ot any cor- I poration, company, or society whatever ■ in New Zealand : j Head Office, Stamp Department, j Wellington, 27th October, 1875. 1