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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2549, 8 March 1877, Page 4

General Notices " STAMP ACT, 1875." TRANSFEKS OF SFAEEs! 1 T i« hereby notified, that, after the lst'o JL January 1876, the use of Improved Stamps uponTra-sfersof Shares is compulsory/'bufc transfers of shares may be stamped at a Stamp Office by the Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner within or c month after execut;on without a ft-.e. . Managers and Secretaries of Companies Sharebrokerp, and o'hers isterested, are w' commended to forwaid, -without delay, such forms of transfer ns they may require' to be impref scfl, accompanied by the usual requisiuon and receipt from the Sank of NewZea. land for amount thereof, less the authorized discount. Information may be obtained at any Stamp The provisions of tho Act 'relating hereto are as follow :— " 47. (1.) Except where express provision isma.'e to the contrary, all duties are to be deLotcd by impressed stamps only." ' :> " 102. JTo transfer of any share or share* of or in the stock or funds of any cotporation, company, or Boeiety 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 tracer of any share ;r shares shall be valid, effer at law or in equity, unless the name of tb> puif 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 «ale»note, transfer,. contract-note, or other instrument of sale or transfer!'in any manner, or for any purpose whatsoerer, xta* less the name of the purchaser Hb inserted therein at the time or. before the execution thereof, he shall forfeit a sum of not kss th»n £20 or more than £100; and, if any such instrument is so made or signed, it shall be I wholly and absolutely yoid and inoperatirr. | and shall in no case be made arailable'by the insertion of a name or any other particulars 1 afterwards; and the person BBlling,6r'tran«>; ferring such share shall nob be divested of bif interest therein, but shall remain liable thereon as if he had never sold or disposed oi the same. And if such person is a licensed eharebroker, bis license shall, on any coavici tion .under (bis section, be absolutely forfeited, and he shall not thereafter be qualified to act as a broker, or to hare a fresh lionise issued to him. "104. No sharebroker, auctioneer, corn* mission 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 snle or transfer is filled up vita all ueceseary particulars to make it a com* plete icstrument, and is duly stamped. SCHEDULE. TBANSFBB except by way of mortgage— -^1 | (2.) Upon the sale of any share or share! in tho Btook 'and funds of any corporation"} company, or society whatever in New-'£e»> land:, - ..,..- Where the purchase or censidereiita money,— • - , ' £ s. d; Does not exceed £20 0 1 .0 Exceeds £20, and does not exceed £50 „..! 0 f. 6 . For every additional £50)' or ' part of £50 ... ..... 0 2 6 w ~~ „ Chasms 0. Bowm. : Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 27th October, 1875. ' 1359 , ' - NEW ZEALAND TELEGEAPHS. DEGrISTRATION OF ABBREVIATED XV 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 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 addreesrs 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 Circuß. Addresses may;also be registered at any Government Telegraph Office in England or Scotland upon paymert ef One Guinea to the Postmasier-Oeneral, London.,,, By order of the Honourable tke Telegraph* Commissioner -r C. LEMOK, < 1 General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph Head Office,- - - Wellington, 2nd March, 1876. . 2040 THE EVENING STAR (THAMES) (ths oldest xtemko *Afn ix ths mo tikes or avcelakd) TS PUBLISHED DAILY, at EOljy O'CLOCK: and contains.the. Very Latest News up to the hour of going to prest< The Stab can be obtained from the Publishing Office, Albert-street, Grthamstown, PBICE ONE PENNY, of delivered or Sixpbwob pib Wjiik. Advertisers liberally dealt with. Terms on application at the Office. ' AGENCHSLondon, Gordon & Gotoh „ F. AIGJBB Melbourne, Gobdon & Gotch - i Sydney, „ ' Auckland, E. C. Cabb, .Queen street Shortland, J. H. Jbffxbsoit • . „ J. Noddeb „ Moboah's Fancy Basaar „ A. McClatchet Grahamstown, J. Cabtib „ Bubba Tararu Eoad—Ellis Pott Offid' Store. Mackaytown—J. Tbbhal. Paeroa—A. Babchabd. Karaka Creek—P. Otto " „ J. Bubks Karaka Ebad—Lttplow & Co« Mary street —F. Mason Eolleston street—... Tubbbu .Richmond street—J. Saukokbs Sealey street-—J. Walton Tararu—-H. Johns HOPCEAFT, MoCULLOUGH, & Co., j| Pbopbietobs,

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