THE STAMP-DUTIES.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume I, Issue 26, 1 July 1867, Page 4

THE STAMP-DUTIES.

Eon the information of the public we give below the .chief instruments on which Stamps have been: affixed with the value thereof Agreements' or Memorandums of Agreement under hand only where the matter thereof shall be of the value of £2o’ and • upwards, toge.thes with ■ every ■ receipt schedule or the matter . endorsed thereon or annexed thereto ... ... ... 10 Inland Bill: or - Exchange, Draft or , order for the payment to beaferor i order otherwise than, on demand not exceeding,£so. ?;.. . ... 1 0 it For every additional £6O or fractional. ■ ’’ part;of£.so ... .. .... 1 0, Promissory Note,, for the payment in any other manner , than to the bearer, on demand, of any sum of - money not exceeding,£2s ... 0 6 Exceeding £25, not exceeding - ■ £SO 1 0 , Promissory Note, for the payment cither to the bearer, on demand, or in any othermanner than to the bearer, on demand, of any . I ■' sum of money exceeding £SO,

! .and not exceeding £IOO . ... 2 0, Where the sum shall exceed £IOO, then fos, every £SO, and fractional part of. £SO ... ... .1 0 Conveyance,— .' Of any kind of description whatsoever, Upon the sale of -any property in respect of the principal ' or only writing, whereby the property sold shall be conveyed' to or vested in the purchaser, or any other person or persons by his direction (except transfers expressly provided for by this act)— ■ • ' • Where the purchase or consideration money therein or thereupon expressed shall not exceed £SO ... ... ... 5 0 And where the same shall exceed . , £SO, and not exceed £IOO ... 10 0 Arid where the same shall exceed £IOO, then for every £SO, and any fractional part of £SO. ... 5 0

Deed, or instrument of any kind whatever, not otherwise charged in this Schedule. ... 10 0 Exemptions from the preceding d tides . on deeds or instruments : not otherwise ' charged in this Schedule —• Apprenticeship and Clerkship—- ' ‘ All instruments relating to the services of apprentices, ‘ . clerks, or servants. Mortgage—All bonds and mortgages, whether affecting real „or personal estate, bill of sale by way of mortgage, and all transfers, agreements, releases, - re-conveyances, and discharges thereof All preferable liens under “ The Wool and Oil Securities Act, ; 1858.” ■ . All Customs bonds All administration bonds. All bonds on appointment of special bailiffs. . Draft, or order, including cheques, or ; . orders on hankers for the payment of any sum of money to a payer named, dr to bearer, or to order, either on demand or otherwise, not otherwise charged 0 1 Lease, or agreement for a lease,, or any written document for the tenancy, dr occupancy of any lands, tonemerits, or hereditaments, without ■■ ■ any consideration by. Way of pre- , mimn, the following duties in respect of the yearly rent — Where the yearly rent , shall not - exceed £SO ... 2 6 Where the same shall exceed £SO, and not exceed £IOO, i.. 5 0. Above £IOO, for every fractional part of £SO ... 2 6 Pomcy of Insurance, or .other instrument whereby any insurance shall he made upon any ship or vessel, ■ : or upon any goods, merchandise, or vessel, or upon the freight thereof, covered by a Time Policy for any ' period not exceeding threa months 2 6 Promissory Note, payable to the - hearer on demand, issued by any Bank or Banking Company, at the rate of, for every £IOO, of the average annual amount in circula- ' tion, as certified under the “ BanIcer’s Returns Act, 1858.” ... ... 40 0 Keceift or discharge given for or on payment of any sum of money of the amount of £5 or upwards ... 0 1 : Exemptions from the preceding duties on receipts— Receipts given for or upon the payment of money to or for the use of, or by -dr on behalf of Her Majesty. Receipts endorsed upon any instra-' ment duly stamped under this Act," acknowledging the receipt of the consideration money therein expressed Acknowledgment given for money deposited in any Banks to be ■ accounted for. Receipts for money 1 paid into Land, Building, and Investment Societies; J • *'■ Transfer, except by way of Mortgage, of any run or station held under lease or license, or promise of lease 'or license from the Crown, or of • any interest therein, where the declared value of the said run or • station, or interest, or the value ;. thereof assessed as in this Act provided, shall not exceed £IOO ... 10 0