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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 178, 5 March 1867, Page 4

STAMP DUTIES KQ% The follpwing is the new^ Sta.mp IHnties Acj; passed in the Genepal; Assembly pf New Z.ealand last session, and which came jnto force go. the Is£ inst : - SOHEDULE I. CfINTAI^JNg THE DUTIES^ ON DEEPS AND OTHER iNSTRUMENTSJiELATING TO TRANSACTIONS pETWEE^jrtyiNp Persons,. £ s.. d ApßEEßiE^j^y any minute or mejo^mmm of ' any agreement Jmer hand only, where the thereof shall be of the value of L2O or upwards ; ™ whether the same shall only be evidence of a cpiitract or obliga : $ory on the parties from its being a written instrument, tpgether with every schedule receipt or other matter put or endprsed therepn pr annexed thereto 0 10 Prpj'ijded always, £bat where divers fetters sjiallbe ojiered in evidence $o prove any agreement between the parties whp shall havp . written such letters, it shail be suffipient if any pf such letters shall be stapipeV with a duty of two sliiliings and sixpence. Bills of Exchange— '" ' . Inland Bill pf Exchange Draft or Order for the payment to the bearer or to order at any time ptierwise than on demand of any sum pf money not exceed: ing 1,50 .". ". ■'• ' ... 0 1 0 Ditto,. not exceeding LIOO -.0 2 0 Anpl where the siini shall exceed ' . LIOO, then for every LSO, and alsp fpr fractional part pf LSO 0 10 ITpreigu Bill' of Exchaiige drawn ' in buf payable out of the colony pf New Zealand— P dra\vn singly or otherwise than r in a set of two pr more (a) If dra.wn in sets of two, then for. eyery bill pf each set where the sum' payable shall npt expeed Lsfi ■•■•'■■ .;. Q 0 6 And where it shall exceed LSO and'npt exceed LIOO ... 0 1 0 And where the same shall exceed LIQP, then for every L 5.0 pr any fractional part pf LSO 0 p 6 If driawn in sets pf three pr more for eyery bill of each set wh.ere the sum payablp thereby shall not exceed LSQ . ... 0 0 4 And where it shall exceed L 5.0 and not exceed LIOO "'■" ... Q Q 8 And where the same shall exceed LIOQ, then fpr every LSO and alsp. any fractional part pf LSO 0 Q 4 Exemption from the foregoing duties on bills pf exchange, alj debentures and treasury bills issued by the Gpvernment of New Zealand. All drafts oy prders fpr the payment of any sum of money tp the bearer o^ demand, drawn uppn any banker, person, or pompany, are exempt from the foregoing dutieg but are subject to the duty of ldcharged upon drafts or'orders. Pill of Exchange dr^wn out of the; colony, but endorsed or nego t tiated within the colony, the same duties as on a bill of exchange draAyn within the colony, and payable within the colony (b) Promissory Note, fpr the payment in any other manner. $hafl to the, bearer, on demand, of any suui of money not exceeding L 25 0 0 6 Exceeding L 25, not exceeding LSO 0 1 0 Promissory Note, for the payment either te the bearer, on demand, pr in any pther manner than to, the bearer, on demand, of any sum of money exceeding L 5.0 ani not exceeding LIOO ... p 2 0, Where the sum shall exceed LIO.Q then for eyery LSO, and fractional part pf LSO ... 0 \ 0, ' Exemptipns frpm -Jihe fpregoiiig duties on prpnnsspry notes, \»\s not from any pther duty tp, which the same may be liable. All promissory nptes, fpr the. paymeiit of nioney on demand^ issued by any Bank or Banking Company iii- Ne\v Zealand authorised to issue sucli notes, and making such returns, and paying such compositions as is ill this Act respectively meiu ( tioned. .--.'■ All bills, drafts, pr ovdeis, or promissory notes for the payment by any Bank or Banking Company pf any sum of nibnej', though npt made payable tp. the bearer pf tp prdey, aiift whether delivered tp the payep pr not, and all writings or documents entitling any person tp the payment by any Bank or. Banking Company pf any sum pf money, whether the person to whom payment is to be mode shall be' named or design nated pr not, or whether, the shall be delivered to him or not, shall respectively be (leemed tp be bills, drafts, or. prders for the payment pf money chargeable with Stamp Duty, as if the same had Veen made payable tp bearer or to order. Bill o? Lading, or receipt in lieii thereof from .master, mate, or. agent pf any" vessel, for any goods, nierchandisej pr effects $p be carried tp aiiy place be ; yond the boundaries pf the polony— for every such bill of lading, pr receipt, or copy there- ■■'• of ' ■•■■■" • " ' ... (i 1 0 pQNVEYANCE— Qi any kins?, or description what-. ; speyer, upon the sale of any property in respect pf the priiicipal ov p,nly wl-iting, whereby prpperty sold shjtflpecpnr ""H Yeyed to, or vested in the purj:*Lchaser, oy any other perspn or. '■ £perspn§ by his dii cctipn (exc.epf ■- ■ expressly prpyitlert fpr. ■f:^th^apt)^ / : WaetG the purchase pr cpnsidera- § therein or thereupon fessed shall not exceed LSQ 0 5 0 And;Syhere the same si uill exceed ' LSO, and uot exceed LlOO' ... QIQ 0 And where the same shall expeed . ' LlOpl 'then fpr eyery LSO, a.nd ..; any fractional part pf LSO ... 0 5 P . must bp truly ■ --expressed' in wprds upon eac|i pmivipal depd pf conveyance,^ anpVif value be given in stpek py otiier -security, its value must in Uke manner" be spt forth in , ,fuii. r '"'..:^C> ' : ' ■'.■7-.^ r liep-g6yuthvratipn.ismGpveni-. t ,v men^ pr piher 'stpek or debcui^■■•tui?eiß, : '.'tiie i .■■tiuty I is payable .pji; ,-. • ■tte%cwge;E^ at ; th§^ * *" '"■"-•. timp of the convey jince'. '..u^ ' PropeHy held un der' diffei^n^ ■ . " ' ; " /titles,- spid at pneentift^Hrice, , [ h Xffy The same duty as on an Inland B^llpf tKe^eame amouijt ami tenor. . ■- (6)jffhe sainc duty as oil anluland Bill of (li^s^e^motuit and tenor.