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Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 100, 25 March 1876, Page 4

Hums of Lading a.sd Beceifts in LIEU THEREOF. IT is hereby notified, that, after tlio ist of danuary next, the use of Impressed stamps on Tills of Hading is compulsory. Such documents must, aftrr that date. bo wriumi upon paper previously impressed at the Head uitiee, and can not be stamped after the exocut ion thereof. It is requested, therefore, that Merchants, Shipping Agents, and others concerned, will, without delay, fonvard to this office such forms as they may require to he impressed, accompanied by the usual requisition and receipt of the Hank of New Zealand for the amount, ess the authorized discount. Information may be obtained at any Stamp Office. The provisions of the Act bearing on this point are as follow: “ 47. Kxcept where express prevision is made to the contrary, all duties are to be denoted by impressed stamps only.” “ G2. (I.) A 'Hill of Lading includes also any receipt given in lieu thereof from the master, mate, owner, or agent of any vessel, and is not to be stamped after the execution thereof. (2.) if very person who makes or executes any Hill of Lading not duly stamped shall forfeit a sum not exceeding' TOO.” riC.ll ED ULE. Him, of faiding' for any goods, merchandise, or effects to be carried to any place beyond the boundaries of the colony : .For every such Hill of Hading oi' eopv thereof, Is. CHAHLLH C. BOWEN. Head Office, Stamp .Department, Wellington, 21) th October, 1675. “ .STAMP ACT 1675.” Transfers of Sharks. tT is hereby notified, that after the Ist | of .January next, the use of Impressed Stamps upon Transfers of Shares is compulsory, hut transfers of shares mav be stamped at a .Stamp Office by the Commissioner or a .Deputy Commissioner 'within one month after execution wi'hout a, fine. Managers and Secretaries of Companies, Sharebrokers, and others interested, arc recommended to forward, without delay, such forms of transfer as they may require to he impressed, accompanied by the usual requisition and receipt front the Hank 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 ; “17, (1.) Except where express provision is made to the contrary, all duties arc; to he; 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 he registered, recorded, or entered in the books of such eorporaloin. company, or society unless such transfer is duly stamped. “ 100. 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 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 than£loo ; and, if any such instrument is so made or signed, it shall be wholly and absolutely void and 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 His 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 and he shall not thereafter be qualified to act as a broker, or to have a fresh license issued to him. “ lOL No sharebroker, auctioneer, commission agent, or any other person shall be entitled to any brokerage, commission, or any oilier fee or reward in respect of the sale or transfer of any such share, unless the instrument of sale or transfer is tilled up with all necessary particulars to make it a complete instrument and is duly stamped.” SCHEDULE Transfer 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 New Zealand : Where the purchase or consideration money,— £. s. d. Does not exceed £2O 0 1 0 Exceeds £ 20 and does not exceed £SO ... 0 2 6 For every additional £SO, or part of £SO 0 2 G CIIAH HUS C. BOWEN, lie ad Office Stamp Department, WeHinnlo 7th October 1875.