FOR READY REFERENCE

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVIIII, Issue 448, 16 November 1916, Page 4

FOR READY REFERENCE

STAMP DUTIES

Agreement of Memorandum of A_ greoment, la 3d with letters, etc. attached, 3a. Appraisement of Valuation where the amount does not exceed £2O, Is; exceed £2O, does not exceed £SO, 2a 6d; exceed £IOO, and does not ex ceed £2OO, 10s; £2OO and do e s not exceed £SOO, 15s; exceeds £SOO, 20s. Award, same as Valuations, except exceeds £SOO but not £IOO, 20s; exceeds £IOOO, 355. P.n’s not exceeding £25, Gd; exceeds £25 and not exceeding £sb, Is; every additional £SO or part ol £SO, Is. Bills of Exchange; On demand 2d; otherwise than on demand, if runnjng singly, for any amount not-exceeding £50,"1a; every additional £SO or part of £SO, Is; if drawn in a set, such sum upon each bill of the Bet las tU make up the same duty as if a single bill were drawn for the amount. Conveyance.—Conveyance on sale. For every £SO or part of £SO of th<amount of the consideration fo* sab10s. Any instrument whereby any property is legally or equitably transferred to or vested in any person foi a nominal consideration or where no consideration passes, for every £SO or part of £SO of the amount or value of the property conveyed or transferred or assessed under ‘‘The Property Assessment Act, 1885,’" or any Act amending the same at the date when such instrument takes effect, 10s. Promissory, Notes: Payment on demand, 2d. Payable otherwise than on demand: For every sum not exceeding £25, Gd; exceeding £25 and not exceeding £SO, Is; every additional £SO or part of £SO, Is. Duplicate or counterpart of any In. strument chargeable with duty, wher« all duty up to £SOOO in respect tn such duty does not amount to ss, the same duties as the original instrument; in any other case, 3s. Land Transfers: Generally speaking, the same duties as would have been payable on a conveyance. Lease, or agreement to lease, without any consideration by way of premium; Where rent does not exceed £SO, 3s; for every additional £SO or part of £SO, 3s. For any instrument affecting a partition of lands upon any consideration exceeding £IOO. Soldiers’ estates are exempt from every succession ly lineal dtisosndant or ancestor.