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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2606, 16 May 1877, Page 4

General Notices «• STAMP ACT, 1875." TRANSFERS OP SHARES. IT is hereby notified, that,, after t,hc Ist o January 1876, the use of Impressed Stamps upon Trat sfers 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 exeeu t'"on without a fine. Managers aud Secretaries of Companies, Sharebrekern, and o'hers 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 Stomp Office. '' The provisions of the Act relating hereto are &b follow :— < "47, (1.) Except whsre express provision is ma to the contrary, all duties nre to be denoted by i"pressed 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, or society, unless such transfer is duly •tamped, "103. No instrument of sale or transfer of any share or shares shall be, tA 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 instrument of nale or transfer ; and, if any person executes a >ale»riote, transfer, contract-note, or other instrument of sale or transfer, in any manner, or for any purpose whatsoever, uu* less the nsme of the purchaser is inserted therein at the time or before the exeoution thereof, he shall forfeit v sum of not less tlun £20, or more than £100; andi, if any men 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 soiling or transfemng such share shall not be divested of hit interest therein, but shall, romain liable thereon us if he had never sold or disposed 01 the same. And if such person is a licensed eharebroker, his license shall,, on any conviction under this section, bo absolutely forfeited, and he shall not thereafter be qualified to act as a broker, or to have a fresh license issued to hhn. ~ " " 104. No sharebroker, auctioneer, commission agent, or any other person shall be entitled to any brokerage,* commission, or any other fre or reward in respect of the sale or transfer of any such share, unless the instrument of sale or transfer is filled up with nil necessary, particulars to make it a com* plete instrument, and is duly stamped. SCHEDULE. Tsaxstbb 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,— . ■ * s. d. Does not exceed £20 0 1 Exceeds £20, and does not ex- ; ceed£so ...0 2 8 For every additional £50, or part of £50 0.2 6 rr j«« Chabms o. Bownr. " ±Lead Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 27th October, 1875. 1359

NEW ZEALAND TELEGBAPHS, DEGISTRATION OF ABBREVIATED XV ADDRESSES. — With the view 6i saving as much as possible the coit 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 shapuof one or more words. No fee will b* 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, FinfV bury Circus. Addresses may also. be registered at any Government Telegraph Office in Euglsnd or Scotland upon payment e>f On* Guinea to the Pbstmas er>Qeneral, London. By order of the Honourable the Telegraph Commissioner • ; 0. Lsicok, General Manager. New Zealand Telegraph Head Office, - Wellington, 2nd March, 1876. 9040

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