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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3052, 26 November 1878, Page 4

" STAMP ACT, 1876." TRANSFERS OF SHARES. 1T is hereby notified, that, after the Ist ot J. 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 Oommissiener or a Deputy Commissioner within one month after execution without a fine. ' Managers and Secretaries of Companies. ■* Sharebrokers, and others interested, are re- ' commended 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 authorised discount. . Information may be obtained at any Stamp 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. TSo 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 I books of such corporation, company, or: | society, unless such transfer is duly stamped. , " 103; No instrument of sal* or transfer 6i I any share or Bhares shall be valid, either at t law or in equity, unless the name of the par- • chaser or transferee is inserted therein at the time of or before the exeo a tion of the instru ment of sale or. transfer ; and, if any person executes a sale-note, transfer, contract-note, or other instrument of sale or transfer, in any manner, or for any purpose whatsoever, on* less 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; 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 bif interest therein,' but shall remain liable thereon as if he had never sold or disposed 01 the same. And if such person is a lioeased eharebroker, his license shall, on any ooaviotion under this section, be absolutely for* feited, and he shall not thereafter, be qualified to act as a broker, or to hare a fresh license issued to him. , " 104. No sharebreker, auctioneer, commission agent, or any other person shall be entitled to anj brokerage, commission, or any other fee or reward in respect of the sale or transfer of any such share, unless the in* strumeat of sale or transfer is filled up wilk all necessary particulars to make it a ooma J plete instrument, and is duly stamped. : , i SCHEDULE. ' Than BKB except by way of mortgage— -. . - I . (8.) Upon the sale of any share or shares) in the. stock qnd funds of any corporation, ; company, or society whatever in New Zealand i '"'-.,.". Where the purchase or consideration money,— _ „ i <"•' ' r "'\" ' ""' ;'' '"■'.'"' £s. d« Does not exceed £20 o 1 0 Exceeds £20, and does not ex<- ■• °eed£so 2 For every additional £60, or J '•"> ' part of £50 .... ... p 2 • Chablbb 0. Bbwn. Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 27th October, 1876. „ THE EVENING STAB (THAMES) (THI OIDBST XTXKUrO PAfXS IV THB ISO vnroß o* auoklahd) TS PUBLISHED DAILY at FOUB ',', O'CLOCK and contains the Very Lates . News up to the hour pf going to press AGENCIES— London, Gqxdox & Gotoh • • • . „ F. Algub Melbourne, Gobdon & QoTom Sydney, „ Auckland —S. Bbookino,. Insurance Buildings ' Shortland, J.'JEL JsFFWMOft „ - J. JNcddbb „ Mo&otAir's Fancy Bazaar Grahamstown, J. Cabub „ K. Bvmba Tararu Bead— Elms Port Office Store. . Paeroa—J. M. Eobsok Karaka Creek—F. Otto .„ J. B?KpTS . ; Karaka Eoad—Ludlow & Oo« \ Mary street—F. Mason \ ), Kolleston Btreet—... Txtbbbu .Richmond'street—J. Saundxbs Sealey street—J. Waltow