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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2595, 2 May 1877, Page 4

General Notices ; —•■•yv - "- • "STAMP ACT, 1875." TRANSFERS OF SHABES. IT is hereby notified, that, after the Ist o. January 1876, the useof Impressed Siiftipi upon Transfers of Shares ia compulsory, but transfers'of shares may be stamped at a Stamp Office by the Commissioner or .a Deputy. Commissioner within one month after execu t:on without a fine. : Managers and Secretaries of Companies, Sharebrokers, and o'hers interested, are recommended to forward, without delay, such forms of transfer at they ma^ require to be impressed, accompanied by the usual requisition and receipt from the Bant of New Zealand for amount thereof, less the authorized discount. i Information may be obtained at any Stamn Office. . , The provisions of the Act relating .hereto are as fofiow :— " 47. (1.) Except where express provision is made to tho contrary, all duties ure to be denoted by impressed Btsmpß only." " 102, So transfer of any sharo or shares of or in the stock or funds of any eotporation, company, or society whatever in New Zealand shall be registered, recorded, or entered in the books of such corporation, company, or society, unless euch transfer is duly stamped. "103. No instrument of sale or transfefe^f any share or shares shall be valid, eith'Srafc 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 ; and, if any person executes a «ale«note, transfer,: cdntract-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 Bum of not less 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 case bo made available by the insertion of a name or any other particular! afterwards; and the person selling or transferring Buch share shall not bo divested of his, interest therein, but shall remain liable thereon as if he had never sold or disposed ox •the same. And if 'such person is a licensed sharebroker, his license shall, on any conviction under this s-ection, be absolutely forfeited, and. he shall not thereafter be qualified to Bet 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 t e or reward in respect of the sale or transfer of any such share, unless the instrument of sale or transfer is filled up with all neeesßary particulars to make' it a complete instrument, and is duly stamped. SCHEDULE. Tba»s*eb 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: • „.j -„.' Where the purchase or consideration money,— . - , t . -. £ ■■. d. Does not exceed £20... , ; ... 0 1 0 Exceeds £20, and does sot-ex-ceed £50 0 26 For every additional £50, or part of £50 ... .... 0 2 6 xt j«* « Chasms 0. Bownr. Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 27th October, 1876; 1359 ' ■ NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAPHS. D EGISTRATION OF ABBREVIATED 1 ±\ 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 be charged for registration. Persons registering will require to communicate the Cypher or Arbitrary Address to their s Correspondents. The Telegraph Companies ! register names and addresses of telegraph correspondents free I'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 STAR (THAMBS) . . (THE OLDEST EVEKOrO FARBK XX THB PBOVIKOB 07 AUCKLAND) TS PUBLISHED DAILY at FOUB O'CLOCK and contains the Yety Latest News np to the hour of going to prejjf j The • Stab can be obtained from ; the Publishing Office, Albert-street, Grahamstown, PRICE ONE PENNY, or delivered or Sixpence pjx Wjuek. Advertisers liberally dealt with. Termi on application at the Office. AGENCIES— . . London, Gobdon &' Gtoich Am F. Al<jeb "/^- ---„ Geo. Stbeet Melbourne, Gobijon & Gotoh Sydney, „ ,-. Auckland, E. C. Cabb, Queen street Shortland, J. H. Jeffjbsojt „ J. Nqddeb „ Mobgan's Fancy Bajtaar „ A. McCiatchey Grahamstown, J. Casteb . „ Bubba Tararu Koad—Ellis Port Offio Store. . Mackaytown—J. Yeebax. Paeroa—J. M. Eobson Xar&ka Creek—F. Otto „ J. Bubns „ Xaraka Road—Lctdlow '& Co t Mary street —F. Mason Eolleston street—... TujHustL liichmond street—J. Saundbbs Sealey street—J. 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