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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 326, 20 November 1875, Page 3

STAMP ACT, 1875. TRANSFER OF SHARES. IT is hereby notified, that after the Ist January next, the use of the 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 authorised 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 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 corporation, company or society unless such transfer is- duly stamped. 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, contractnote, or other instrument of sale or 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 of more than £100; and, if any such instrument is so made or signed, it shall be wholly and absolutely void and inoperative, and shall in no case be made available by the insertion of,.a name or any other particulars afterwards ; and the person selling or transfering 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 convection 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. “ 164. No sharebroker, auctioneer, commission agent, or 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 of consideration money, £ s d Does not exceed £2O 0 10 Exceeds £2O, and does not exceed £5O 0 2 6 For every additional £5O, or part of £5O 0 2 6 CHARLES C. BOWEN. Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 27th October, 1875. 773 STAMP ACT, 1875. BILLS OF LADING AND RECEIPTS IN LIEU THEREOF. TT is hereby notified, that, after the Ist 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 the usual requisition and receipt of the Bank of New Zealand for the amount, less the authorised discount. 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:” “ 62. (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 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 be carried to any place beyond the boundaries of the Colony : For every such Bill of Lading or copy thereof Is. CHARLES C. BOWEN. Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 29th October, 1875. 772 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. NOTICE. THE Partnership hitherto existing between Messrs C. J. and A. C. HARRISON and G. MATTHEWSON as Sheep Farmers at Poverty B.iy, is THIS DAY dissolved by mutual consent. All debts owing to the firm must be PAID to the Messrs HARRISON, who will likewise .pay all accounts owing by the firm. C. J. HARRISON, G. MATTHEWSON, A. C. HARRISON. Witness — W. Wabb, Poverty Bay, November 10, 1875. 768 NOTICE. OWNERS of stock running on my leasehold and freehold property in the Makauri Block are requested to remove them at once. Any stock found running on the said land after the 20th November will be impounded. 767 G. E. READ.