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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 120, 3 June 1876, Page 3

GAZETTE NOTICE. FOOTPATHS TO BE PROCLAIMED. Superintendent’s Office, - . ■ New Plymouth, 20th May, 1876. IN exercise of the authority given by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Taranaki, intituled, “ The Municipal Police Ordinance, 1872,” I, Frederic Alonzo Carrington, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki, do hereby give notice and declare that the undermentioned Footpaths shall henceforth be deemed and taken to be Public Footpaths within the meaning of an Ordinance of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, and of the Legislative Council thereof, intituled, “An Ordinance to provide for the protection of Footpaths in the Colony of New Zealand,” and shall be protected inglyFootpaths in the Town of Hawera. The Footpaths are 14 feet wide, and start on the south side of the main road, at the north-west corner of section Nr. 11; then in a straight line, 15 chains long, to the north-east corner of section No. 14, and then in a southerly direction from the last-mentioned point in a straight line, 6 chains long, to the south side of the Bank of New South Wales. Town of Carlyle. The Footpaths on the north side of Leicester-street, from Taranaki Road to Devon-street, of the width of ten teet. FRED. A. CARRINGTON, Superintendent.

“ STAMP ACT 1875.’ Transfers of Shares. 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 as they may require to be impressed, accompanied by the usual requisition and receipt from the Bank 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 where express provision is made to the contrary, all duties arc 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 orsociety whatever in Now Zealand shall be registered, recorded, or entered in the books of such corporatoin. company, or society unless such transfer is duly stamped. “103. 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 aay person executes a pale-hotc 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 shallin no case 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 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 and he shall not thereafter be qualified to act as a broker, or to have a fresh license issued to him. “ 104. No sharebroker, auctioneer, commission agent, of 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 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 £2O and does' not exceed £SO ... 0 2 6 For every additional £SO, or part of £SO 0 2 § CHARLES C. BOWEN. Head Office Stan.p Department, 7th October 1875*