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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2501, 11 January 1877, Page 4

General Notices "STAMP ACT, 1875." , TRANSFEKS OF SHARES. 1T is hereby notified, that, after the let o A January 1876, 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 « Deputy Commissioner within one month after execution without a fine. Managers and Secretaries of Companies, Sharebrekers, and others interested, are recommended to forward, without delay, such forms of transfer as ther may require to be impressed, accompanied by the usual requisi- • tion and receipt irom the Bank of New Zea- • land for amount thereof, less the authorized discount. Information mny bo obtained at any Stamu Office. r The provisions of the Act relating hereto are as follow :— "47. (1.) Except where express provision is mane 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 coiporation, 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. " 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 i» 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, contract-note, or other instrument of sale or transfer, in any manner, or for any purpose whatsoever, un» less the name of the purchaser is inserted therein at the time or before the execution thereof, he shall forfeit a sum of not l«ss th»n £20 or more than £100; and, if any iuch instrument j's 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 particular! afterwards; and the person eclliag or trans- . fcrring such share shall not be divested of hit , interest therein, but shall remain liable -thereon as if he had never gold or disposed ot the same. And if such person is a liceased sharobroker, his license shall, on any conviction under Ihi» section, b« absolutely forfeited, and be shall not thereafter fee qualified to act as a broker, or to hare a fresh license, issued to him. " 104. No sharebroker, auctioneer, com« mission !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 in* strument of sale or transfer is filled up witk all necessary particulars to make it a com* ' plete instrument, and is duly stamped. SCHEDULE. Tbansfeb 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: .. - . ' i Where the purchase or consideration money,-— ;. ' . £ I. d. Does not exceed £20 0, 1 0 Exceeds £20, and does not exceed £50 ... 0 2 6 ■, For every additional £50, or part of £50 ... ... 0 2 6, ""t-" ' ' • ■ Chabmß'-C,. Bowkt. . . Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 27th October, 1876. 1359 NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAPHS* - r DECHSTRATION OF ABBREVIATED ±\ ADDRESSES. — With the .view; of saving as much as possible the cost of the. transmission of Telegrams to New Zealand from other countries, a register will be kept at every Telegraph Station in New Zealand • for the Registration of Arbitrary or Cypher' ' Addresses in the shape of one or more words. I No fee will be charged for registration. Persons registering will require to communicate the Cypher or Arbitrary Address to their Correspondents. The Telegraph Companies ■ : register names and addresses of telegraph cor-' ■ respondents free of charge, at all; their. •. Stations, and in London at 74, Old Broad ' streetj 8, Leadenhall street; and 42, Fins- • ' bury Circus. Addresses may also be regis- .. , tered at any Government Telegraph Office in England or Scotland upon payment ef One , • Guinea to the Postmaster-General, London. By order of the Honourable the Telegraph Commissioner 0. Lemon, . General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph Head Office, - Wellington, 2nd Maroh, 1876. 2040 THE EVENING STAR '' (THAMES) i# " . (THE OLDEST EYEMN& PAPEB IN THB JPBO- ' VINCB OF AUCKLAND) ' IS PUBLISHED DAILY at FOUB « O'CLOCK and contains the Very Latest News up to the hour of going to press, The Stab can be .obtained from the Publishing Office, Albert-street, Grahamstown, PRICE ONE PENNY, or S delivered or Sixpence pbb Wjuk. Advertisers liberally dealt with. Terms on application at the Office. • - r AGENCIESLondon, Gobdon & Gotch „ F. Algjee Melbourne, Gobdon & Gotch Sydney, „ Auckland, E. C. Cabb, Queen street Shortland, J. H. Jeffbbson „ J. Nqddeb „ Mobgan's Fancy Bazaar, „ A. McCiatchey Grahamstown, J. Cabteb / ■.' . „ Bctbba '^'. Tararu Eoad-« Ellis Bwt Offlfe Store. r .;. Mackaytowri—J. Tebbal. . Paeroa—A. Babchabd. Karaka Creek—F. Oxto „ J. BVBNS JEaraka Road—Ludlow & Co. Mary street—-F. Mason Rolleston street—... Tubbeli, Richmond street—J. Saundkbs Sealey street—J. Walton Tararu—H. Johns HOPCBAFT, McCULLOUGH & Co, Pbopbietobs,

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