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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2506, 17 January 1877, Page 4

General Notices "STAMP ACT, 1875." TRANSFERS OF SHARES. "IT is hereby notified, that, after the Ist 0 A January 1876, the use of Impressed Stampi upon Transfers of Shares is compulsory, bat 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 Sharebrekers, and olhers interested, are re' commended to forward, without delay, suoh 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 The provisions, of the Act relating hereto are as follow :— " 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 sham of or m the stock or funds of any corporation, company, or society whatever in New Zefc£»>4 shall be registered, recorded, or entered intfer" books of such corporation, company: or society, unless such transfer.is duly •tamped. "103. No instrument of sale or transfer of aiiy 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 j 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, nn* less the name of the purchaser is inserted therein at the time or before the execution thereof, he shall forfeit a sum of not lest than £20 or 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 ease 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 hia interest therein, ■ but shall remain liable thereon as if he had never sold or disposed OX the same. And if such person is • 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 lioe&se issued to him. •• 104. No sharebroker, auctioneer, bom* mission fagent 4 or any other person shall be entitled to any brokerage, commission, or* any other fee or reward in respect of the ail* or transfer of any «uch share, unless the instrument of Bale or transfer is filled up witk all necessary particulars to .make it a com* plete instrument, and is duly stamped. SCHEDULE. Tbakskb except by way of mortgage— (2.) Upon the sale of- any share or ihartb ,m the stock and funds of any corporation, company, or society whatever in ifew Zealand: Where the purchase or consideration money,— - . • * s. d. Does not exceed £20 0 10 Exceeds £20, and does not ex* ceed£so ... 0 t $ For every additional £60, or part of £60 0 2 6 ■a- ■■ J «- « . Chablbs O. Bowwr. Head Office, Stamp Department, ■- ■ . Wellington, 27th October, 1875. 1369 , - ,• ■." NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAPHS. REGISTRATION OF ABBREVIATED JLV 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 mere words. 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 correspondents free of charge, at all their Stations, and in. London at 74, Old Broad street; 8, Leadenhall street; and 42, Fins* bury Circus. Addresses may alec be registered 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

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