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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 214, 12 November 1866, Page 2

STAMP DUTIES ACT. Schedule i. ' Containing the Duties on Deeds and other Instruments relating to Transactions between Living" Persons. . . Agreement or any minute or memoran- £ s. d. dum of an agreement under hand only, where' the matter thereof shall be, of the value of £20 or upwards;' whether the same shall only be evidence df a contract or obligatory on "the parties from its being a written instrument, together with every schedule receipt or other matter put or indorsed thereon or annexed thereto . ■ . .01.0 Provided always, that where divers letters shall be offered in evidence to prove any agreement between the parties who shall have written such letters, it shall be sufficient if any of such letters shall be stamped with a duty of 2s. 6 d. Bills of Exchange — - • • - Inland Bill of Exchange Draft or Order for the payment to the bearer or to order at any time otherwise than on demand of, any sum of money not exceeding £50 , . . .010 Ditto, not exceeding £100 . .020 And where the sum shall exceed «6100 then for every £50 and also for any fractionalpart of £50 .... . 0 1 0 Foreign Bill of Exchange drawn in but payable out of the colony of New Zealand— ■ ' - - If drawn singly or otherwise than in a set of two or more («) If drawn in sets of two then for every Bill of each set where the sum payable shall not exceed £50 - --. ■ . 0 0 6 And where it shall exceed £50 and not exceed £1,00 . ...--. .01© And where 'the same shall exceed £100 then for every £50 and also any fractional part of £50. . . . .00ft If drawn in sets of tliree or more for every Bill of each set where the sum payable thereby shall not exceed £50 0 0 4 Exemptions from tlie foregoing duties on Bills of Exchange. All Debentures, and Treasury Bills issued by tlie -Government of New Zealand. All Drafts or Orders for the payment of. any sum of money to the bearer on demand, drawn upon any banker, person, or company are exempt froni the foregoing duties, but are subj ect to the duty of ld. charged upon Drafts or Orders. Bill of Exchange drawn out of the colony but endorsed or negotiated within the colony, the same duties as on a Bill of Exchange drawn within the colony, and payable within the colony (6*). Promissory Note, for the payment in any other manner than to the bearer, on demand, of any sum of money not exceeding £25 0 0 6 Exceeding £25 not exceeding £50 .010 Promissory Note, for the payment either to the bearer on demand or in any other manner than to the bearer on demand, of any sum of money exceeding £50, and not exceeding £100 . 0 2 & Where the sum shall exceed £100, then for every £50, and fractional part of £50 0 1© Exemptions from the foregoing . duties on Promissory Notes, but not from • any other duty to which the same may be liable. All Promissory Notes, for the .payment of money on demand, issued by any Bank or Banking Company in New Zealand authorized to issue such notes, and making such returns, and paying such compositions, as is in this Act respectively mentioned. All Bills, Drafts,, or" Orders, or Promissory Notes, for the payment of any Bank or Banking Company of any sum of money, though not made' payable to the bearer or to order, and whether delivered tothe payee or not, • and all writings or documents enti- . tling any person to the payment, by any Bank or* Banking -Company, of any sum of money, whether the ''person, to whom, payment is to be made shall <be named' or designated therein or not, or whether the same, shall be delivered to hinror not, shall respectively be deemed 'to ."be Bills, Drafts,, or Orders for the payment of money* chargeable with Stamp Duty as if the .*- . . same had been made payable to bearer •.'„'. ) or to order. fiBiLL of. Lading, or receipt in lieu. thereof, from the master, mate, "or agierit' of any vessel, for any good's^ merchandise, or effects' to 1 be carried 1 to any place beyond, the boundaries, of the colony — for every such Bijl,.of Lading, .or Receipt, or copy thereof . .010 Conveyance— ' • i^^p. "■ -j' Of any kind or descrj§.iOT^Tiatspeyer, upon the . sale, ofi any. property, in ;,, respect of "the. principal J or only writing, whereby the property sold shall' be conveyed to or vested in the purchaser^ or any other person or persojis^iy his direction (except transfers Expressly provided forby this Act)