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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 83, 29 January 1876, Page 4

“ STAMP ACT, 1875.” Bills ok Lading and Rkckivts is LIEU THEREOF. IT is hereby notified, that, after the Ist of January next, the use of Impressed Stamps on Bills of Lading is compulsory. Such documents must, i after that date, be written upon paper 1 previously impressed at the Head office, and cannot be stamped after the exe- : cut ion thereof, 1 It is requested, therefore, that Merchants, Shipping Agents, and others concerned, will, without delay, forward ! to tliis office such forms ns they may require to be impressed, accompanied by the usual requisition and receipt of the Bank of New Zealand for the amount, ess the authorized diseoun t. Information may be obtained at any Stamp Office. The provisions of the Act bearing on this point are as follow: “47. Except where express provision is made to the contrary, all duties are to be denoted by impressed stamps only.” “ 02. (1.) A Bill of Lading includes also any receipt given in lieu thereof from the master, mate, owner, or agent of any vessel, and is not to he 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.” SCHEDULE. Bill of Lading for any goods, merchandise, or effects to bo carried to any place beyond the boundaries of the colony : For every such Bill of Lading or copy thereof, Is. CHARLES o. BOWEN. Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 29th October, 1875. “ ST AMB ACT 1875.” Transfers of Sharks, IT is hereby notified, that after the Ist of January next, the use of Impressed Stamps upon Transfers of Shares is compulsory, but transfers of shares may be stamped at a Stamp Office by the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner within one month after execution without a fine. Managers and Secretaries of Companies, Sharebrokers, and others interested, are recommended to forward, without delay, such forms of transfer ns they may require to be impressed, accompanied by the usual requisition and receipt from the Bunk of New Zealand for amount thereof, less the authorized discount. Information may be obtained at any Stamp Office. The provisions of the Act relating hereto are as follows : “47. (1.) Except whore express provision is made to the contrary, all duties are to be denoted by impressed stamps only.” “102. No transfer of any share or shares of or in the stock or funds of any corporation, company or society whatever in New Zealand shall be registered, recorded, or entered in the books of such corporatoin. company, or society unless such transfer is duly stamped. “ KUS. No instrument of sale or transfer of any share or shares shall be valid, either at law or in equity, unless the name of the purchaser or transferee is inserted therein at the t ;, ue 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 '"’’atsoever, unless the name of the purchaser is inserted therein at the time or before the execution thereof, he shall forfeit a sum ot'uot less than £2O or more than£loo ; and, if any such instrument is so made or signed, it shall be wholly and absolutely void ami inoperative, and shall in no ease be made available by the insertion of a name or any other particulars afterwards; and the person selling or

transferring such share shall not be divested of i.fs interest therein, but shall remain liable thereon as if he had never sold or disposed of the sumo. And if such person is a licensed sharebroker, his license shall, on any conviction under this section, be absolutely forfeited

and lie shall not thejeaft to act as a broker, or to license issued to him. 11 104. No sharebroke commission agent, or am shall be entitled to any b mission, or any other fe respect of the sale or tr such share, unless the hist or transfer is filled up v sary particulars to make instrument and is duly st SCHEDULI Transfer except by way (2) Upon the sale of shares in the stock and fui poration, company, or soc in New Zealand: Where the purchase or