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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2544, 2 March 1877, Page 4

General Notices " STAMP ACT, 1875." TRANSFERS OF SHARES. 1 T is hereby notified, that, after the Ist o 1 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 execut;on without a..Hue. Managers and Secretaries of Companies Sharebrokerp, and o'hers interested, are recommended to forward, without delay, such forms of (runefcr a* they may require to be impressed, accompa?iied by the usual requisi* tion nnd receipt from the Bunk sf 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 wh are express provision isnwJe to the contrary, ail duties nre to be denoted by impressed stumps only." V 102. No transfer of any share or shares of or m the stock or fuudsof any coiporation, company, or society whatever in New Zealand shall be registered, recorded, or entered in the books of Buch 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, unlees the name of the purchaser or. transferee is inserted therein nt-th* - time of or before the execution of the intfjument of sale o:- transfer j 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, unV leee the name of the purchaser is inserted therein at the time or betore the execution thereof, he shall forfeit a sum of not less than £20 or more thnn £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; and the person selling or. trans* ferring such share shall not be divested of hii interest therein, but shall remain liable thereon as if he had never s*old or disposed oi the same. And if such person is a liceased sharebrokor, his license shall, on any conviction under Ibis section, be nbsolutely forfeited, and he shall not therrafter 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 fee or reward in respect of the sale or transfer of any'such-share, unless the instrument of sale or transfer is filed up with all necessary particulars to make it a corn* plete instrument, and is duly stamped. SCHEDULE. Tbansksb except by way of mortgage-^ (2.) Upon tho sale of any share or shares in the slock and funds of any corporation, company, or society whaterer in New Zealand t Where the purchase or consideration money,— „ • * . £$. A. Does not exceed £20 0 1 0 Exceeds £20, and does not exceed £50 0 2. 6 For erery additional £50, or part of £50 ... ... 0 2 6 Ckablis 0. Bowbk. Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 27th October, 1875. 1359 NEW ZEALAND TELEGKRAPHS. DEGUSTRATION OF ABBREVIATED J-\ ADDRESSHS. — 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 Bhape 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 ef One Guinea to the Postmaster-General, 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 STAB (THAMES) (the oxiDssi EYsmro papee nr thb pbo VINCE OP ATTCXLAKD) TS PUBLISHED DAILY at FOUB O'CLOCK and contains the Very Latest News up to the hour of going to jpten{ The Stab can be obtained from the Publishing Office, Albert-street, .Grahamstown, PRICE ONE PENNY, or delivered or Sixpence fix Win, Advertisers liberally dealt with. Terms on application at the Office. AGENCIES— London, Gobdoh & Gotch „ F. Aioeb Melbourne,^ Gobdon & Gotch . Sydney, „ "...."' Auckland, E. C. Cabb, Queen-street - Shortland, J. H. Jeffebsok .. . Jfc „ . J. Noddeb „ Mobgan's Fancy Bazaar „ A. McClatchey Grahamstown, J. Cakteb „ Bubba Tararu Road—Ems Port Store. Mackaytown—J. Tebbai. Paeroa—A. Baechabd. Karaka Creek—F. Otto „ J. Bubks Karaka Road—Ludiow & Co. ; • - Mary street—F. Mason . ■' - Rolleston street—... Tubbum' ■'■ Richmond streetr—J. Saundbbs Sealey street—J. Waltok > Tararu—H. 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