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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3061, 6 December 1878, Page 4

~~ " STAMP ACT, 1876." : TRANSFERS OP BHABES. IT is hereby notified, that, after the Ist dt January 1876, the use of Impressed Stamps' upon Transfers of Shares ie compulsory, but transfers of shares may be stamped at a Stamp • Office by the Commissioner or a Deputy: Commissioner within one month after exeout'on without a fiae. and Secretaries of Companief Sharebrukers, 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 requisi* lion and receipt irom the Bank of New Zea« land for amount thereof, less the authorised discount. Information may be obtained at any Stamn Office. r The provisions of the Act relating hereto are as follow:— "47. (1.) Except where express prorisfon 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 New Zealand shall be registered, recorded, or entered in the books of such corporation, company, or society, unless suca transfer is duly stamped* "103. No instrument of sale or transfer ot any share or shares shall be valid, either at law or in equity; 'unless the" name of the pn*i chaser or transferee is inserted therein at the ' time of or before the exec 9 tion of the instru ment of ule or transfer j and, if any person executes a sale»note, transfer, contract-note, or ofher instrument of sale or transfer, in any : manner, or for any purpose whatsoever, «v» : 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 hi* interest therein, but shall remain liable thereon as if he had never sold or disposed ox the same. And *if such person is a lioeased sharebroker, his license shall, on any coaviotion under this section, be absolutely forfeited, and he shall not thereafter be qualified to act as a broker, or to have a fresh license, issued to him. * * "104. No sharebreker, auctioneer, commission agent, or any other person shall be entitled to any brokerage, commission, or any other f«e or reward in respect of the sale or transfer of any auoh share, unless the instrument of sale or transfer is filled up with all necessary particulars to make it a com* plete instrument, and is. duly "stamped. . SCHEDULE. Tbaitbmb except by way of mortgage— (2.) Upon the sale of any share or shares in the siock and fund* of any corporation, company, or society whatever in New Zea- '■ land i Where the purchase or consideration money,— Doeß not exceed £20 Ovfc 0 Exceeds £20, and does not ex- 1?\ ceed£so o 2. For every additional £50, or part of £50 o a . Chassis 0. "Rowan Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 27th October, 1876. THE EVENING STAR (THAMES) (IHB OEDBST BVBKIKe 9APS& DT 1^ MO vinos or avcklaxd) TS PUBLISHED DAILY, at FOUI . O'CLOCK and contains the Very Lutes News up to the hour of going to presi AGENCIES— London, Gobdov ■& Gotob „ F. Aloab Melbourne, Gobdon & Gotcb Sydney, „ Auckland —S. Bbookibto. Insurance Buildings Shortland, J. H. Jeffrmon ! „ J. Nodcbb „ Mobgah's Fancy Bazaar Grahamstown, J. Oabtbb „ It. Bubba Tararu Boad—Eius Post Office Store. Paeroa—J. M, Bobson Xaraka Ureek—F, Otto „ J. BrjBKS Saraka Eoad—Ludlow & Co, Mary street—F.'Masok Kolleston street—... Tcbbkil -Richmond, street —J. Saukdxbj Sealey street—J. Walton