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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 107, 19 April 1876, Page 4

!£ ST A3! id ACT, IST').' Hums or Ladinc L’eckh'ts tx f.irr Tin-; a nop. 1T is hereby notilEd, iliat. after {!k o rst I d'annary next, tho use of JmlS'-. '■ i Slamps on lliils of Lad.uig jk compulsory. Siicli documents must, after (hat be written upon paper previously im;•<l at {lie I loin 1 ohiee, :ih l l can not stamped after thu execution I. hep of. it. ir;•;j;ir-ri■ 01, t!n.’i';-iVu-s•, tint dJerchant.-, Shipping l;'< 'iitand others • rtojasl, wifi, without delay, iimvard to tills oil ice such forms as they may is■<j;iSr;' to !>i* mipmssed, accompanied by liic usual requisition and receipt of the Hank of New Zeal.;!id tor the amount, css (he authorized discouu t. information may he obtained at any Stamp < Thee. The provisions of Tie Act bearing on this point arc as follow; !7. Except where express provision is made to the contrary, ah duties are to be h j; noted by impressed Damps only.” oh. (!.') A i>i!i of Lading includes? also any ivei-int .u'iveu in lieu thereof from tiie master, mate, owner, or agent of any vessel, and is nut to be stamped afl.-r the execution Tuereo!. ('2.) Every person who makes or executes any .Hill of I,ailing not duly stamp's.' shall forfeit it sum not exceeding £g.l. RCH ED U LIT r.ii.i, of Lading for any goods, merchandise, or eile»’ts to he earned to any place beyond the boundaries of the colony ; For every such Fill of Lading or copy thereof, Is. CHARLES C. TOW EX. I [cad (Juice, Stamp Department, Wellington, "2'Jlh October, 1875. “ STAMP ACT 1875.” Tn.orsi-KK.s or Shauks. ■| T is hereby notified, tlial after the Ist f of January mod, the use of Impressed Stamps upon Transfers of Shares is compulsory, but transfers of shares may E- stamped at a. Stamp Office by tin; Commissioner or a Deputy Commissioner within erne month alter exwniion wbln :;t a {me, .Manager.! and Secretaries of Companies. Sharebrokers, and others interested, are. recommended to forward, without delay, such forms of transfer as they may require to ho impre.med, aceommuied hy the usual ivf.aEilion ami receipt hum the Rank oi New Zealand Mr amount thereof, Ess Lie authorized discount. Information may be obtained at any Stamp { ifiice. The provisions of tue Act relating hereto arc as billows : i; J7, (1.) Except where express provision is made to Ine Contrary, ail duties are to be denoted by impressed stamps (at iy A MI LA Xo transfer of any share or shares of or in the stock or inmis of tiny corporation. company or society whatever in New Zealand shall ho registered., recorded, or entered in the hooks of sueii corporate!!!. company, or society unless such transfer is duly stamped.

•• i(/;5. 'no insimment of sale or transfer of any share or shares shall bo valid, cither at law or in equity, unless tin; name of the purchaser or transferee is inserted therein at the lime of or before- the execution of the instrument of sale or transfer : and, if r.nj person executes a .-'ale-note transfer, in any manner or for any purpose whatsoever, unless the name of the purchaser is inserted, therein at the time or before the execution thereof, ho shall forfeit a sum <>f imf, less than £2O or more tk;in£ JOO ; and, if any such instrument is so made or signed, it shall be wholly and absolutely void and inoperative, and shall in nr; case bo made available by the ini werliou of a name or any otherpartienlars afterwards; and the person selling or transferring such share shall not lie divested of Ids interest therein, but shall remain liable thereon ns if he had never sold or disposed of the same. And if such person is a licensed sharebroker, his license shall, on any conviction under this section, be absolutely forfeited and he shall not thereafter be (qualified to act ns a broker, or to have a fresh license issued to him. “ 10-d. No sharebroker, auctioneer, commission agent, or any other person shall be entitled to any brokerage, commission, or any other fee or reward in respect of the sale or transfer of any such share, unless the instrument of sale or transfer is filled up with all necessary particulars to make it a complete instrument and is duly stamped.” SCHEDULE Transfer except by way of mortgage—(2) Upon the sale of any share or shares in the stock and funds of any corporation, company, or society whatever in New Zealand ; Where the purchase or consideration money,— CHARLES 0. BOWEN, He ad Office Stamp Department, Wdlingto 7th October 1675.