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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2505, 16 January 1877, Page 4

General Notices " STAMP ACT, 1875." TRANSFERS OF SHARES.' I T is hereby notified, that, after the Ist o A January 1876, the use of Impressed Stamps upon Traosfers of Shares is compulsory bat transfers of shares may be stamped at a Stamp Office by the Commissioner or « Deputy Commissioner withiu ouo month after exeou^ ton without a fioe. . • Managers and Secretaries of Companies ".Sharebroker*, and others interested, are recommended to forward, without delay, such forms of transfer as they may require to be impressed, accompanied by the uiuai requisilion and receipt from the Bank of New Zea* land for amount thereof, less the authorized discount. - - . Information mny be obtained at any Stamp Office. , • , f: The provisions of the Act relating hereto are as follow:—

# 47. (1.) Except wliire express provision is mafle to the contrary, all duties are to be. denoted by impressed stamps only." v " 102. No transfer of any share or share. ( of or in the stock or funds of any corporation, • company, or society whatever in New Zealand shali 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 m 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-uoto, transfer, contract-note," 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 £20 or more than £100 j and, if. any sack instrument is so made or signed, it shall be! wholly and absolutely void and inoperative,' and shall in no ease be made available by the insertion of a name or any other particular! afterwards } and the person selling or transferring such share shall not be divested of hit interest therein, but shall remain liable" thereon as if he had never sold or disposed ot the same. And, if such person is a licensed' sharebroker, his license shall, on any eoßrietion under this section,-be absolutely for-. feited, and he shall not thereafter be qualified i to act as a broker, or to have a fresh license issued to him.

" 104. No sharebroker, auctioneer, com. ' mission [agent, ot any other person shall be , entitled to any brokerage, commission, or any other fte or reward in respect of the sale?' or transfer of any such share, unless the in« . strumeßt of sale or transfer is filled up with all necessary particulars to make it a com* plete instrument, and is duly stamped. / :

SCHEDULE. Tbansfkb except by way of mortgage— ' (2.) Upon the sale of any share or sham <' m the stock and funds of any corporation, ; company, or society whatever in Ilew-Zea-land : t . , Where the purchase or consideration ; money,— " ' £ i./d.'!. 1 Does not exceed £20 Q 10 "' Exceeds^Ojanddoegnotex- .' ' ceed£so ,„■ o 2' 6' For every additional £50, or. : !' ■ part of £50 ... „., q 2 :6': ilead Office, Stamp Department, " Wellington, 27th October, 1875. i '. NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAPHS,;-'."? REGISTRATION OF ABBREVIATED IX 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. 1 No fee will be charged for registration. v Per« sons registrring will require to communicate the Cypher or Arbitrary Address to their Correspondents. The Telegraph Companies register names and addresses of telegraph correspondents free of charge,' at all, their Stations, and in London at 74, Old Broad ■ street; 8, Leadenhall street; and 42, Finsbury Circus. Addresses may also be regii> .' tered at any Government Telegraph Office in Engltnd or Scotland upon payment..*/ One - , Guinea to the Postmasier-General, London. By order of the Honourable tke Telegraph Commissioner . . • C. Lbmok, xr »•; .mi General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph Head Office, Wellington, 2nd March, 1876. 2)040

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