THE ESCORT.

Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 79, 12 October 1865, Page 6

THE ESCORT.

"""rite * Evening News ' publishes the fcllowine particulars regarding the. New Stamp Act : t)n reases, 5s per £100 of rent. Banking Companies, £30 per annum, Fire Policies, Is «er £100 'if over 6 months, and 6d if under Marine Fire Policies, 2s 6d per quarter; Other policies, la per £100. Bank .Notes, £2 per cent, oh the average annual circulation. Receipts, Id. Transfers of Runs, 10s per £100 of value, iTransfers of Shares, 2s 6d per 50. On PrOite oi"^ Administration, Is lOd per ce at. The Legacy duties are too complicated to be enumerated. The 'Wellington Independent' thus enumerates them : — ' All agreements and memorandums pay a tax ot Is; Inland and Foreign Bills, .&c. Is per £50 ; Bills of Lading, Is; and receipts lbr^goods shipped Caiiovel idea), 6d; conveyance* of property, 10s per £ 100. All deeds other than the above, -with certain important exceptions, pay £1. If John Smith died, leaving alegacy to his child, grandchild, father, mother, or any lineal ancestor, the duty charged by the Stamp Office on the said legacy would be at the rate of £1 for" every .£IOO on the value thereof. But if the legacy fell to his mother or. sister, the duty would be £3 per «ent. An aunt or uncle of the deceased would, under similar ciicumstances, be required to submit to a deduction oi £5 per cent. ; while a brother or sister of a grandfather or grandmother of the deceased wattld require to sacrifice £6 per cent. Any more distant relation, or any stranger in blood to the deceased, is charged £10 per cent. The duties. on succession to real and personal estate are the same as those already mentioned, varying according to the degree of relationship to tue deceased, from one to ten per cent.' We understand that the butts for the use of the Bruce Rifles are to be erected at the lower cud of the Police paddock. It is understood that the writs for the election of Members of Council to represent the new districts of Lawrence, Clyde, and Queenstownwill be issued at once.

The escort arrived in town/ on Friday bringing from Queenstown ... ... ... 681 6 Uunstan ... -.1415 0 Arrow River ...- ...: — . 725. 5' Maauherikia ... ., .;. ... 681 15. . • Dumstan Creek ... .... 7*7.8 ; 0 Hamilton's ~. ... .„ 1322- 16 Hyde ... ... ... .... .00 Mount Ida ... ... ... 1164 10 Wapjri ... ' ;ii- ... .., 68d 0 Tuapek^a .1:....;.... 1136 0 ! Waitatmna ... ...-...: 442 0 ; Woolsueci :::i ■ ..:. ; . «v£-.^BB> 8Total „ , "*"* ""'■'[ 9^2? H '[■