NEW ZEALAND STAMP DUTIES.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 178, 25 February 1868, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND STAMP DUTIES.

The Schedule of the Stamp Act arc four in number. The iir.st contains the duties on deeds and other instruments relating to. transactions between living persons; the second, the duties on probates of wills and letters of administration j the third, the duties on legacies and successions to personal estate under any testamentaiy disposition or upon intestacy ; tho fourth, duties on successions to real or personal estate. The following is a summary of the duties imposed. (Several exemptions are omitted owing to their length) . Schedule 1. Aqkeement or any minute or memorandum of an agreement under hand only where the matter thereof shall be of the value of 20/ or upwards together with every schedule receipt or other matter put or endorsed thereon or annexed thereto 0 10

Provided always that where divers letters shall be offered in evidence to prove an agreement between the parties who shall have written such letters it shall be sufficient if any such letters shall be stamped with a duty of two shillings and. sixpence. Bills of Exchange.—lnland Bill of Exchange Draft or Order not exceeding 50/ ; . .010

Ditto, not exceeding 100/ 0 2 0

And where the same shall not exceed 100/ then for every 50/ and also for any fractional part of 50/ . . " . . .010

Foreign Bill of Exchange.—The same duty as on an Inland Bill of the same amount and tenor . 0 0 G

Where the sum payable shall not exceed 501 . . . . 0 0 G

50/ and not exceeding TOO, 7 0 10

And the same shall exceed 1001 then for every 50/ and also for any fractional part of 50/. . 0 0 G

If drawn in sets of three or more for every Bill of each set where the sum payable thereby shall not exceed 501 . . ." .004

50/ and not exceeding 100/ 0 0 8

And where the same shall exceed 100/ then for every 50/ and also for any fractional part of 50/ . 0 0 4

All drafts or orders for the payment of any sum of money to the bearer on demand drawn upon any Banker person or company arc exempt from the foregoing duties but arc subject to the duty of Id charged upon drafts or orders.

Bill of Exchange drawn out of the Colony—The same duty ay on an Inland Bill of the same amount and tenor.

Promissory Note not exceeding 2.")/ . . . .006 Exceeding 25/ not exceeding 50Z 0 1 0

Promissory Note for the payment either to the hearer on demand of any sum of money exceeding 50/ and not exceeding 1001 .020 "Where the sum shall exceed 100/ then for every T>o/ and fractional part of 507 . . . .010

All Bills Drafts or Orders or Promissory Notes for the payment by any .Hank or Banking Company of any sum of money though not made payable to the bearer or to order and whether delivered to the payee or not and all writings or documents entitling any person to the payment by any Bank or Banking Company of any sum of money whether the person to whom payment is to be made shall be named or designated therein or not or whether the same shall be delivered to him or not shall respectively be deemed to be Bills, Drafts or Orders for the payment of money chargeable with Stamp Duty as if the same had been made payable to bearer or to order.

Bill of Lading or Receipt or •copy thereof . .010

Conveyance—Of airy kind or description whatsoever (except transfers expressly provided for by this Act) — Where the purchase of consideration money therein or thereupon expressed shall not exceed 50/ 0 5 0 Exceeding 50/ and not exceeding 100/ . ". . . ~0 10 0

Where it shall exceed 1007 then for every 501 and any fractional part of 50/ . . . .050

The purchase money or consideration shall be truly expressed and set forth n words at length in or upon every such principal or only deed or instrument of conveyance Exemptions from Duties on Oonvcynces—

Any grant from the..Cro\vn under the hand of the Governor for the time being of the Colony of New Zealand to any purchaser of Crown Lands in New Zealand. Any certificate of title granted under the hand of the Registrar-General pursuant to " The Land Registry Act, LSUO."

I)ri-:d or.instrument of any kind whatever not otherwise charged in Lliib Schedule . . . 010 0

Dkaft or Older including cheques or orders on Bankers For the payment of any sum of money to a payee named or to bearer or to order eilier on demand or otherwise not otherwise charged . . . .001

liEASE or agreement for a lease or any written document for the tenancy or occupancy of any lands tenements or hereditaments without any consideration by way of premium the following duties in respect of the yearly rent— Where the yearly rent shall not

exceed 502 . . . .020 Exceeding 50/ and not exceeding

100/ 0 5 0 A hove 100/ for every fractional part of 50/ . . . 0 2 G

Lease or agreement for a luae of any lands tenements or hereditaments granted in consideration of a sum of money by way of premium without rent or with an annual rent. [The amounts payable upon above instruments are—The ad valorem duties payable upon a conveyance calculated on the consideration by way of premium expressed therein.] Lease of any lands tenements or heridituments granted in consideration of a sum of money by way of premium and also of a yearly rent amounting to 201 and upwards. [Amounts payable upon the above instrument are—Both the ad valorem duties payable upon a conveyance according to the consideration therein expressed and lor a lease in consideration of a rent of the same amount.]

Memobandtjm of Transfer under

The Land Registry Act, 1860." [The same duty as for a conveyance for the sale of hinds for a like sum th consideration of such transfer.]

Policy of Insurance or other instrument of ships or cargo for any period not exceeding 3-months 0 2 0 All ether marine policies—for every sum of 100/, and every fractional part of 100/ . .010

Pkomissoet Notes payable to bearer on demand issued by any bank or banking company at the rate of for every 100/ of the average annual amount in circulation as certified under "The Bankers Eeturns Act, 1858" . . . .200

Receipt or discharge given for or on payment of any sum of money of the amount of 5/ or upwards 0 0 1

Exemptions—dleceipts for moneys paid to or for Her Majesty; receipts endorsed upon any duty stamped instrument under this Act acknowledging receipt of the consideration money therein expressed; acknowledgment given for money deposited in any banks to be accounted for ; receipt for moneys paid into Land Building and ProvidentSocieties.

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 or the value thereof assessed as in this Act provided shall not exceed iOOZ '. . .0100

Where such value diall exceed 100/ then for every 100/ ami any fractional part of 100/ 0 10 0 TiiAxsFER of any share in the stoek and funds of any corporation company or society whatever in New Zealand upon sale th reof—Where the purchase or consideration therein expressed shall not exceed 20/ 0 10 Exceeding 20/ and not exceeding 50 . . .020 Exceeding 50/ and not exceeding 100/ . . .050 Eor every additional 50/ or fractional part of 50/ .026

The following among other alterations of the Stamp Act became law on the Ist November. The stamp on an agreement must be cancelled by two of the parties executing such agreement, by their writing their initials or names, and the date of the day and year of writing same. 10/ penalty is imposed for signing unstamped receipts. Unstamped receipts are not to be taken in evidence until the duty and penalty are paid. Persons acting as distributors of stamps without being licensed are liable to a penalty not exceeding 20/. 20/ penalty is imposed for fraudulent removal or second use of impressed or affixed stamps. A fine of 10s to be paid to the Commissioners when any deed or instrument is presented to them for their opinion as to the amount of duty chargeable thereon. Irregularities prior to Juno 30 to be remedied in various ways specified. Receipts for money deposited at interest in any bank, or in the hands of any banker, now need a stamp. The transfer of miners' property (by which we perceive mining shares are meant) is chargeable at Is for 20/, 2s Gd for 50/, and 2s Gd for every additional 50? or less amount of value.