General Notices " STAMP ACT, 1875." TRANSFERS OF SHARES. IT is hereby notified, that, after the Ist o 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 n Deputy Commissioner within one month after execution without a fine. Managers and Secretaries of Companies, Sharebrekerp, and others interested, are re* commended to forward, without delay,. such forms of transfer ai they may require to be [ impressed, accompanied by the usual requisi- ! tion and receipt from the Bank of New Zea- - ; land for amount thereof, less the authorized | discount. Information rosy 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 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 corporation, company, or society whatever in New Zealand ' shall be registered, recorded, or entered'in the , books of such corporation, company, bt "p 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 is inserted therein at the time of or before the execution of the instru-» ment of sale 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, 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 less th»n £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 case be made available by the insertion of a name or any other particulars afterwards j and the pewon selling or trans- : ferring such share shall not be divested of hit interest therein, but shall remain liable thereon 1 as if he had never Bold or disposed or the same. And if such person is a liceßsed sharebroker, hiß 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 license issued to him. . "104. No sharebroker, auctioneer, commission 'agent, or any other person shall be entitled to any brokerage, commission, or ; any other f«e or reward in respect of the sale or transfer of any such share, unless the in- ~ strument of sale or transfer is filled up witli all necessary particulars to make it a com* plete instrument, and is duly stamped. SCHEDULE. Tbanbeeb 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 Mew Zea-' land: . Where the purchase or consideration money,— £ i. di 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 Chabibs 0. Bcromr. Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 27rh October, 1875. 1359 NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAPHS. OEGISTRATION OF ABBREVIATED Xi 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. No fee will bo charged for registration. Per-, sons registrring 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 street; 8, Leadenhall street; and 42, Fins- . bury Circus. Addresses may also be registered at any Government Telegraph Office in England or Scotland upon payment of One Guinea to the Postmaster-Q-eneral, London. By order of the Honourable the 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 THB PBOVIKCE OP 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, Grahamstown, PRICE ONE PENNY, or ' delivered or Sixpence pjb Wxk. Advertisers liberally dealt with. Terms on application at the Office. AGENCIES— London, Gobdon & Gotch "■ „ F. AtaEß Melbourne, Gobdon & Gotob: Sydney, „ Auckland, E. C. Cabb, Q««sn steeet Shortland, J. H. Jeffkbson „ J. Noddeb „ Morgan's Fancy Bazaar „ A. McClatchey Grahamstown, J. Caktbb „ Bubba Tararu Road—Elms Post Offio Store. Mackaytown—J. Verbal. Paeroa—A. Barchabd. Karaka Creek —F. Otto „ J. Burns Karaka Road—Luplow & Co. Mary street —F. Mason Rolleston streej—... Tttbbell Richmond street—J» Saundkbs Sealey street —J. Walton - Tararu—H. Johns HOPCBAFT, McCmxOFGJH & Co., Pbopwsiobs,
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2514, 26 January 1877, Page 4
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