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Grey River Argus, Volume XXI, Issue 2363, 7 March 1876, Page 1

Wanted. WANTED, a good Milk Boy. Apply Middleton's Wharf Hotel. A TMRS SHIEL'S REGISTRY OFFICE Xi. , Albert street, opposite Glenn's Bond, several good Girls as Barmaids, Housemaids, and General Servants, wait re-engagements. Young Girls wanted for town and country. f A T MRS HINES'S REGISTRY OFFICE, 11 Herbert street. • Several good BariiiiM.ds, Cooks, Housemaids, Nurse Girls, and t .1 Servants waiting re-engagement. UNTED, Boarders at the Great • Western Hotel. Terms, 25s per .>r Board and Lodging. Board only, iSVJS OC. TTTANTED KNOWN— That the cheapest IYV. and neatest BILLHEADS may be had at the Grey River Arous Office Boundary street. *or Sale. FOR SALE— SO Flasks Californian' Quicksilver. W. S. Laurie, 5 Wyndham street, Auckland. Tji O ]J S A L E~T 2i acres WELL GRASSED LAND (fenced), in Chapel street. Apply to W. FAIRHALL. FOR S\LE. or to Let on 99 years' lease, SECTIONS of Half-acre and upwards, in Kilgour % and Perotti's Paddock, Marsden road. Plan of the ground and sections, and catalogue of prices and conditions of sale or lease, to be seen at the old Tramway Office, back of Union Hotel, Mackay street, from 10 to 12 noon every day. TfiREEHOLD RESIDENCE FOR SALE. The undersigned offers that FOURROOMED COTTAGE, at present occupied by him, and half an acre of FREEHOLD LAND attached, having a frontage of 100 l links to High street and 100 links to Cowper street, for sale. This property is only ten minutes walk from the wharf, on the main line of road, in the most rising part of the town of Greymouth. T. FOXCROFT, Tainui street. Stamp Act Notices. mHE STAMP ACT 18 75. NOTICE. Section 121 (1) of "The Stamp Act, 1875," provides that every person taking possession of, or receiving or paying any moneys belonging to, or accruing from, the property (realty as well as personalty) of any person dying on and after Ist January next, without having first filled the required statement and paid the duties assessed thereon, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding LSOO. Whether probate or letters of administration are granted by any Court or not,, a statement of all property must be filed and duties paid befoie the property or any part thereof of any deceased person is in any manner dealt with. On payment of the proper duties, the probate or letters received from the Court, or the statement of property in other cases, will be stamped and delivered to the person entitled thereto. Forms of this statement (L) may be obtained at the offices of Registrars and Clerks of the Supreme and District Courts, and from the Postmaster Depositaries throughout the Colony, from whom also may be_ obtained further information. R. C. HAMMERTON, For the Commissioner of Stamps. Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 27 bh December, 1875. "STAMP ACT, 1875." Bills of Lading and Receipts in LieuTHEREOF, - IT is hereby notified that, after the Ist of January next, the use of Impressed Stamps on Bills of Lading is compulsory. Such documents must, after that date, be written upon paper previously impressed at the Head Office, and cannot be stamped after the execution thereof. It ia requested, therefore, that Merchants, Shipping Agents, and others concerned will, without delay, forward to this office such forms as they may require to be impressed, accompanied by the usual requisition and receipt of the Bank of New Zealand for the amount, less the authorised discount. Information may be obtained at any Stamp Office. The provisions of the Act bearing on this point are as follow :— "47. Except where express provision is made to the contrary, all duties are to be denoted by impressed stamps only. "62. (1) A Bill of Lading includes also any receipt given in lieu thereof from the master, mate, owner, or agent of any vessel, and is not to be stamped after the execution thereof. (2) Every person who makes or executes any Bill of Lading not duly stamped shall forfeit a sum not exceeding £50." SCHEDULE. Bill of Lading for any goods, merchandise, or effects to be carried to any place beyond the boundaries of the Colony : For every auoh Bill of Lading or copy thereof, Is. CHAELES O. B3WEN. ; Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 29th October, 1575. Auctioneers. LAHMAN, AND CO., (Late D. Maclean and Co.) AUCTIONEER S, STOCK and CATTLE SALESMEN, Shipping an,d, Commission Agents, * ; « Mawhera Quay, GREYMpuTH. A NO ARROW AND CO.,' AUCTIONEERS, r ' SHIPPING & GENERAL COMMISSION. j AGENTS. ■ ■ Agents for the supply of coal from the irunner Mine. Shipping supplied at the o west current rates. Indents upon the Eng. ash markets for any description, o£ mer, uaandise executed upon reasonable. tQuoq.