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.^Sxiila&S :! ST AML* ACT, 1875.’ v. ’^?p 811.i.S OF LaOIXU A XI) BIXF-IPTS IX mix; thfukof. tT is Imreby notilh'd, Unit, uftiT (in' Ist J of Jiiuuiiry next, (1.0 use of !m----pnssi'il Slumps on Bills o! Lading is compulsory. Siu-li documents. must, afier that dale, be written upon paper previously impressed at tbe Head olTiee, and cannot-be stamped after the cxoenlion (hereof. it is rt'tpiesfed, llierefon', (bat Alerchants, Shipping Agents, and others concerned, will, without delay, fonvanl to this office sueh forms as tliey may require to be impressed, accompanied by the usual requisition and receipt ot the Dank of Xe\V Zealand for the amount, ess the authorized discount. Information may be obtain!-.i at any Stamp Office. The provisions of the Act bearing on this point are as follow; “ -1-7. Except where express provision is made to the contrary, all duties are to be denoted by impressed stamps only.” “ (52. (1.) A Till of Lading includes also any receipt given in lien thereof from the master, male, owner, or agent of ntiv 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.” I-iCi I EL U LE. Bum of Lading for any goods, merchandise, or effects to be carried to any place beyond the boundaries of the colony : For every sueh Bill of Lading or copy thereof, Is. CHAU LES C. BOWEX. I [cad Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 20i!i October, 1875. “ STAMP ACT 1875.” TIiAXSFKKS OF Slf-UIMS. T T is hereby notified, that after the Ist J of .January next, the use of Impressed Stamps upon Transfers of Shares is compulsory, but transfers of shares may ho stamped at a Stamp Office by the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner within one month alter execution without a tine. Managers and Secretaries of Companies, Sharebrokers, and otlnrr. interested} are recommended to forward, without delay, utieli lorn is of transfer aw they may require to ho impres.-ed. accompanied by the usual requisition and receipt from the. Bank oi Lew /Zealand lor amount tliereof, less the authorized discount. Information may he obtained at any Stamp Office. The provisions of the Act relating hereto are as follows ; “17. (J.) Except where express provision is made to the contrary, ail duties are to be denoted by impressed stamps only.” “102. Xo transfer of any share or shares of or in the stock or hinds of any corporation, company orsocicty whatever in Xcw Zealand shall bo registered, recorded, or entered in the books of such eorporatoin. company, or society unless such transfer is duly stamped. “ 103. Xo instrument of sale or transfer of any share or shares shall be valid, cither at law or in equity, unless the name of the purchaser or transferee 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 execution thereof, he shall forfeit a sum of not less than ,£2O or more tban£ 100 ; and, if any such instrument is so made or signed, it shall be wholly and absolutely void and inoperative, and shall in I no case be made available by the in- I sertiou of a name or any other particulars afterwards; and the person soiling or transferring such share shall not be divested of Ms interest therein, but shall remain liable thereon as if he had never 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 ami he shall not thereafter ho qualified to act as a broker, or to have a fresh license issued to him, “ 101. Xo sharebroker, auctioneer, commission agent, or any other person shall he 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 Tuaxsfku except by way of mortgage—(2) Upon the sale of any share or shares in the stock and funds of any corporation, company, or society whatever in Xew Zealand ; Where the purchase or consideration money,— CHARLES C. BOWEX. He acl Office Stamp Department, Weliingto 7th October 1875.