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Dunstan Times, Issue 254, 8 March 1867, Page 2

Stamp Office, Wellington, 6th February, 1867. STAMP-DUTIES ACT, 1866 - CAU- , TION.—The atte tion 01 the Publi. is called to section f-ixteen (16) o. "he >tanip Duties Act which specifies tht instruments on which the duties payabh may be denoted by adhesive stamps affixei by the makers or holders. On all other instruments the S amj must be affixed at the Stamp-Office ; an stamp Lot so affixed is of no avail, an the instrament to which it is affixed is un stamped within the meaning of the ct. All instruments required to be stain pei after execution (except those specified ii Section 16) must be presented at tin v tamp-Office, within one month after th date of execution, or they are subject to a fine of twenty per cent o:i the value oi the Stamp to be affixed. C. T. BATKIN T , (For the Commissioner of Stamp Duties.) rpHE Land Sales within Hundreds is POSTPONED until Tuesday the 26tL By Order, W. 11. CUTTEN, Chief Commissioner Crown Lands. L To the Electors of the Manuherikia, GESTLFME3T,— Finding that I shal] in all probability be prevented by private affairs from being present during the whole of next Session, I have resigned my seat, considering I would not be justified in retaining it at the present tii when questions of vital importance to the future of the Colony at large, are forcing themselves upon public attention, and are sure to receive from the Assembly a careful consideration. In resigning into your hands the trust you confided to me, permit me to oiler you my very best thanks for the kindness and courtesy I have always experienced at your hands; and I hope you wi 1 not think me presumptious if I express a hope that those political principles which have hitherto guided you, may continue to do so in electing my successor. I have the honor to be, Yon is faithfully and gratefully, Educational Meetings. PUBLIC MEETIXGS of the Small Owi ers and Occupiers of I anel and Householders in tEe District of Clyde, Alexandra, and Naseby (Mount Ida) respectively, will be held at the time and places hereinafter specified, to take the necessary steps for the foi ma tion of these localities into Separate Educational ' istricts, under the Provisions of the Education Ordinance, 1864, and for the Flection of School Committees for the present year. The Meetings will be held as follows, At Clyde, in the School-Room, on Wednesday, March 13, 1867, at half past 8 o'clock p.m. At Alexandra, in the School Room, on Thursday, March 14, at half-past 8 o'clock At Naseby (Mount Ida) in the Pehoo'Poom, ou Monday March 18, at half-past 8 o'clock p.m. By order of the Board. JOHN lUSLOP, Secy.

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