SCHEDULES OF STAMP DUTIES.

Southland Times, Issue 576, 10 October 1866, Page 2

SCHEDULES OF STAMP DUTIES.

Schedule I. Containing the duties on deeds and other instruments relating to transactions between Uving persons : — Agreement or minute under hand only, where the matter shaU be £ s. d. for £10 or upwards 0 10 Bills of exchange, not on demand, and not exceeding £50 ... 0 10 For every £50, or fraction or part of £50 after 0" 1 C** In sets of two, for every biU of each set not exceeding £50 ... 0 0 6 In set 3of three, for every biU of each set not exceeding £50 ... 0 0 4 Fo// every £50, or fractional part of £50 after 0 0 4 Exemptions : — All debentures and Treasury BUls issued by the Government, and aU drafts or orders on demand, for which the duty is Id. Promissory Notes, except on demand not exceeding £25 00 6 Every £25 after ... 0 0 6 BUls of Lading 0 10 Receipt by Master, Mate, or Agent of vessel 0 0 6 Conveyance of Property, where the purchase money does not exceed £50 0 5 0 £50 to £100 010 0 Every £100, or fractional part of £100 after 0 10 0 Exemptions : — Crown Grants and Registration certificates. Deed or other instrument of any kind whatever, not otherwise charged in this schedule 0 10 0 Exemptions : — lnstruments of apprenticeship and clerkship ; mortgages ; preferable Uen3, - Wool and OU Securities Act, 1858 j' Customs bonds ; administration bonds; and bonds on appointment of Bailiffs. Draft, order or cheque to bearer ... 0 0 1 Lease, where the yearly rent shall not exceed £50 * 0 2 6 £50to£100 0 2 6 Every £100 or fractional part of ,"'...-.... £lfJo after 0 2 6 . Policyjof Insurance on ship or merchandise, covered by a time poUcy . - - -foj. any 'period not exceeding " - three months " .*..'- ... - ... 0 2 6 y.^.. All'^Ue^niarinepoUcies — fbr every . ; sum of £100, and every fractional _^__f^ipj)_JL.Jll.~.^l'_J^'_ljp__i 0 Promissory Noteß payable to bearer, 'on demandf issued^by Bank or ~ Banking Company, the rate of forercrylElbo^ of Werage annual amount m circulatiohL .7^ 77 2" 0 0 Receipt for £2 and upwards 0 0 1 Transfer of run of*"station, the. value i>i-. j ,^£ which -does not' exceed £100- Lq. 0 . i.i.. Eve**y.£lQo cOx.f?acfeional_.'patt-jDif ■■■-.- — L £looafter ... _ .... .... 010 0 Transfer "of sbj^V*wHenl_i. purchase ' "*'-•-* x -^Tinoney-downofcexce^-^ i •- --- -^_t-;g >q yAJ ± A •Li7-<-7L : '-7.L; -

Every £50, or fractional part of £50 after ... „, ... ... 0 S 8 Sohedtoh 11. Containing Duties on Probates of WiUs and Letters of Administration. Probate of wiU and letters of administration with a will annexed 1 per cent. Letters of admiaistration without a wfll annexed li per cent. Sohedttle 111. Containing the Duties on Legacies and successions to personal estates under any testamentary disposition or under intestacy. All legacies or residues of the value of £20 and upwards devolving to a child or descendant of a child or parent, or Uneal ancestor of the deceased ... 1 per cent. To a brother or sister, or descendant of a brother or sister of deceased ... ... ... 3 per cent. To an uncle or aunt or descendant of an uncle or aunt of deceased ... ... ... ... 5 per cent. To a grand-uncle or grand-aunt or descendant of a grand-uncle or grand-aunt of deceased ... 6 per cent. To any person in any other degree of coUateral consanguinity to the deceased or to a stranger... 10 per cent. Exemptions — Legacies or residues to husband or wife of deceased. Schedule IV. Duties on successions to real or personal estate. The duties under this schedule are exactly in the same proportion as in Schedule IH.