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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 117, 24 May 1876, Page 1

Business Notices. 'W o R. KIN G & SON, DRAPEBS AND CLOTHIERS, NEW PL Y M OUT H (otrOSITK Till! MASONIC HOTEL.) Persons visiting New Plymouth will find this the cheapest and BE S T ES T A BUS HME N T in the District. ILL lAM A’COURT, GENERAL BLACKSMIITI AND FARRIER. II A W E R A . Work done on the shortest notice. Agricultural and other Implements repaired. HA WE JR A BUTCHERY, HAYING arranged to RUN my MEAT CART between Hawera and Carlyle every MONDAY and THURSDAY, parties Rating orders with Mr Gibson or myself may rely upon every attention being paid to their requirements. JOHN WINKS. October 14, 1875. R. ERSKINE, HORSE REPOSITORY, LIVERY & LETTING STABLE. BUGGIES CARRIAGES, : AND ; . SAB BL B M9S. SB S AL W AYS ON HIRE At a moment's notice. AUSTRALASIAN STABLES, CARLYLE. jAM E S HAMIL T0 N, COACH AND W AGOON .BUILD KR, WHEELWRIGHT, SADDLER, &c., WANGA N U I. Orders per post attended to. “ STAMP ACT, 1875.” Bills of Lading a nd Receipts in 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, after that date, be written upon paper previously impressed at the Head office, and cannot be stamped after the execution thereof. It is requested, therefore, that Merchants, Shipping Agents, and others concerned, will, without delay, forward to this office such forms as they may require to be impressed, accompanied by , tbe usual requisition and receipt of the Bank of New Zealand for the amount, ess the authorized discount. Information may-be obtained at any Stamp Office.; ■ Tbe provisions of the Act bearing on tliis -point are as follow : “ 47. Except where express provision is made to the contrary, all duties are to bo denoted by impressed stamps only.” “ G2. (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 be .stamped after the execution thereof, (2.) Every person who makes or execiites any Bill of Lading not duly stamped shall forfeit a sum not exceeding £5(3.” SCHEDULE, Bill of Lading for any goods, merchandise, or effects to be carried to any place beyond the boundaries of the colony : Eor every such Bill of Lading or copy thereof,- Is. CHARLES C. BOWEN. Head Office, Stamp Department, j Wellington, 29th October, 1875,