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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3000, 26 September 1878, Page 4

" STAMP ACT, 1875." •; TEANSFEES OF SHAKES. IT is hereby notified, that, after the Ist of 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 execu« tion without a fine. Managers and Secretaries of Companies, Sharebrokers, and others interested, an recommended to forward, without delay, such forms of transfer as 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 may 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 Uew 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 saie or transfer ot 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 exec £ tion of the instru, ment of sale or transfer ; and, if* any person executes a 'Bale-note, transfer, contract-note, or other instrument of sale or transfer, in any, manner, or for any purpose whatsoever, oow lees the name of the purchaser is inserted therein at the time or before the execution thereof, he shall forfeit a sum of not less than £20 or more than £100 j 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 particular! afterwards; and the person selling or trans* ferring such share shall not be divested of his' interest, therein, but shall remain liable thereon as if he had never sold or disposed or the same. And if such person is a licensed eharebroker, his license shall, on any ooavic- , tion under this section, be absolutely for-, feited, 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, com-, mission agent, or any other person shall be entitled- to any brokerage, commission,' or any other ff c or reward in respect of the sale or transfer of any such share, unless the in-, strumeßt of sale or transfer is filled up with' all necessary particulars to make it a OOm* plete instrument, and is duly stamped. SCHEDULE. Teansfbh 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 : Where the purchase or consideration' money,— £ s. d» .' Does not exceed £20 .010 Exceeds £20, and does not exceed £50 0 2 , For everj additional £50, or part of £50 0 8 6 Chablbb Q/toomat. , Head Office, Stamp Department, ,• .* Wellington, 27th October, 1875. THE EVENING. StfAR x ' (THAMES) • (the oldest xybvixq pauw nr in no VIWOH 09 AUCKLAND) T S PUBLISHED DAILY at FOUB O'CLOCK and contains the Very Lates News up to the hour of going to prill AGENCIES— London, Gobdon & Gotch . „ F. Algae Melbourne, Gobdon & Gotoh Sydney, „ Auckland—S. BsooKiNa, Insurance Buildings ' Shortland, J. H. Jeffbbsow „ J. Noddeb „ Mobgan's Fancy Bazaar Grahamstown, j. Cabtbb ."• „ E. Bubba Tarafu Eead—Elms Post Office Store. Paeroa—J. M. Eobsox Karaka Creek—F. Otto : „ J. Bubkb ' Karaka Eoad—Ludlow _ Co, . Mary street—F. Mason Eolleston street—... Tubbbll .Richmond street—J. Saukdbbb] Sealev street—J. Walton