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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2511, 23 January 1877, Page 4

General Noticfes " STAMP ACT, 1875." TRANSFERS OF SHARES. IT is hereby notified, that, after the Ist 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 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 authorized discount. Information may be obtained at any Stamp Office. ■ The provisions of the Act relating hereto are as follow :— " 47. (1.) Except where express provision is made to the contrary, all duties nre to be denoted by impressed stamps only." ... ■■ "102. No transfer of any share or Bharea 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. "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 purI chaser or transferee is inserted therein at the * time of or before the execution of the instrument of Bale or transfer ; and, if any person executes a nale.note, transfer, contract-note, or other instrument of sale or transfer, in any manner, or for any purpose whatsoever, uni less 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 ,• and, if any such instrument is so made or sighed, 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 selling or tranfe ferring such share shall not be divested of hit interest therein, but shall remain liable thereon as if he had never sold or disposed oi the same. And if such person is a liceased sharebroker, his license shall, on any conviction under this section, be absolutely forfeited, and he shall not thereafter fee qualified to set as a broker, or to have a fresh license issued to him. "104. No snarebroker, 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 witk all necessary particulars to make it a com« plete instrument, and is duly stamped. - . SCHEDULE. . Tbanshsb 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 or censideration money,—' £ ». d. Does not exceed £20 0/10 Exceeds £20, and does not exceed £50 ... ... / ... 02 0 For every additional £50, or part of £50 0 2 6 tt Jna . c Cl«Jrcra C. Bowmt. xleaa Office, Stamp Department, ,„„,, Wellington, 27th October, 1875. 1359 NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAPHS. DEGHSTRATION OF ABBREVIATED IX ADDRESSES. — With the view of Baying as much as possible the cost of the transmissioa 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. 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, Finsbury Circus. Addresses may also be registered at any Government Telegraph Office in England or Scotland upon payment ©f. One Guinea to the Postmasier-General, London, By order of the Honourable tke Telegraph Commissioner C- Lemon, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph. Head Office, Wellington, 2nd March, 1876. 2040 THE EVENING STAR (THAMES) (the oldest evening paper in the mjovince of auckland) TS 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, Gr». hamstown, PRICE ONE PENNY, or delivered or Sixpence pjjb Wjibk. Advertisers liberally dealt with. Terms on application at the Office. AGENCIES— London, Gobdon & Gotoh „ F. AIiGEB Melbourne, Gobdon & Gotch Sydney, „ Auckland, E. C. Cabb, Queen street Shortland, J. H. Jeffebson „ J. Noddeb „ Morgan's Fancy Bazaar „ A. McClatchey Grahamstown, J. Casteb „ % Bubba Tararu Road—Ellis Post Offio Store. Mackaytown—J. Veebal. Paeroa —A. Babchabd. Karaka Creek—P. Otto „ J.Bubns Karaka Road—-L^iow & Co. Mary street—F. Mason Rolleston street—... Tubbeli Richmond street—J. Saundebs Sealey street—J. Walton Tararu—H. Johns HOPCRAFT, J|oCULLOUGH & Co., Pbopbietobs,

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