STAMP DUTIES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1114, 31 December 1869, Page 2

STAMP DUTIES.

The following notices have Been, prjnyd : by the Government, and we. repul^ish itthe Bame for general information?: tfr ,: ;K'n^ t* Public attention, and- especially that of residents in districts remote .from A tjke chiefs towns of the, several priJyincOTris called to the desirability of aUlnslr^enjfe v liable to Stamp Duty peihff epgrossedKor written upon Parchnieht ctt'TapiJ^^ . The use of Paper sostamped isii|p^ tive as regards the Stamp Da^^pjkyjlb'le on Bills of Exchange and Promissory JNotes ; and, although the law as to other | Instruments is not compulsory in tKi^; respect, the use of Paper or Parchment previously stamped is especially coin* . mended, as a, practice whicKwpuid.altogether obviate the necessity for mitting any Instrument tp/ the! 1 Office after it had- been executed. f " . ' Impressed Stamps on blank Parchment or Paper may be obtained at all Stamp Offices, of all Official Distribut6rs;,and:df the principal Stationers in' the Colony. Some misapprehension appearing to exist as to the use of Impressed and Adhesive Stamps, and as to the Instruments to ,- which Adhesive Stamps may be affixed, the public is informed that' ; / All Instruments liable to $tamp. Duly should be written on parchment orjpaper previously stamped by th^ Commigs|oners with an Impressed Stamp ; but the Instruments under mentioned, andnopth'erjs, ■ may instead be stamped with' Adhesive Stamps by the persons making or, signing such Instruments ; provided the Stamps are affixed at the time of makiog or. signing the Instrument:— • " ■ "-./] Agreements under hand only. ■ Agreements comprised in letters. . Bills of Lading. Cheques on Banks or Bankers. Drafts or Orders for the payment of money when liable to the duty of one penny, only. ' ' Policies of Insurance. ■ •- , : . Receipts for Money paid. „ ■i : •■. • None of the Instruments above -speci Ified can, after they are made or signed, be stamped by the persons, making^pr signing them.': . . . ",c\ -wii '^:;^ Bills of Exchange and Promissory Ifafcjl drawn out of but payable" withii^Se {'' ' Colony, must be stamped^by^itlfli^^rai: with;, an Adhesive Stamp 6V--'St«in^^^^^';, ; such Stamps • must be ■- affiLe A^^^^^k>- -.-.: sefita'tion ot siioh Bill for acceptAi^^^TO'f ' before indorsement/ transferi.-'iiegpral^^ -, or payment. .•-'''••' ni '' '- : -- : -:^rs^|^^'^ All other Instruments requiring'* j^b< stamped after execution must be stamped by the Commissioners ; but the Coßamissioners are prohibited from so stamping any Bill of Exchange, Promissory Jsb"K^ or other iNote, Draft, or Order for the V^ payment of money. All Bills of Exchange, PrdmissoryKqNss, Drafts and Orders drawn within lony, must be written upon papoir previously stamped by the Commissioners with an Impressed Stamp ; except such,Drafts or Orders as are liable; tbtheyduty: of one penny only. These; last/ and r-no.. others, may be stamped with' ah- Adhesive "':'■ Stamp. ' '"• '' "■ "■-■"■ '.';; ■■/"" . : .-■ Impressed Stamps are bbtairikble!a%alL Stamp Offices, and of all ' Postmasters act ing as Official Distributors of Stamps^ i C. T. Batki^ ''■ ' ■"" .■•.-• .Secretary. Office of Commmissioner of Stamp Ditties, Wellington, Ist Jammry, 1870. '