LIST OF STAMP DUTIES
13.-BILL OF EXCHANGE drawn out but payable on demand within the Colony } 5 cents.
not being a Cheque, and bearing the date on which it was made,
From
$00 to $10
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$250
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$500
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BILL OF EXCHANGE of any other kind whatsoever except a Cheque or Bank Note, and Promissory Note of any kind whatsoever except a Bank Note
$1,000
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$2,000
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$3,000 $5,000 $10,000
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$10,--Free. $250,- 5 cts. ·
$500,-10 $1,000,-20
$2,000,-50
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$3,000,-$1.00
$5,000,-$1.50
$10,000,-$2.00 $15,000,-$3.00
Every $5,000 additional, or -$0.50
part thereof,..
NOTE 1.—A Bill of Exchange for exactly $250 is to be charged 5 cents, and so throughout the table. NOTE 2.-When Bills of Exchange or other such documents are drawn in sets of two or more, half the above duties to be charged on each part of a set. If the Duty be 5 cents the first part of the set shall be stamped to that amount in accordance with Rule No. 2 of the Rules made by the Governor-in-Council under the Stamp Ordinance. - 1901, on the 6th day of April, 1903, and the other parts with an impressed stamp of the same nominal value Provided that only the sum of 5 cents shall be payable in respect of the whole set,
ORDER IN COUNCIL, 19 JUNE, 1906
NOTE 3.-In the case of a Bill of Exchange drawn out of and payable on demand out of the Colony, the duty payable -
on any such Bill of Exchange when it is negotiated within the Colony shall be 5 cents.
NOTE 4. In the case of Bills in sets drawn out of the Colony, the whole duty shall be payable on that part of the set which is first presented for payment or acceptance, or is first otherwise negotiated, the other parts of the set being free.
14.-BILL OF LADING, or ship's receipt where bills of lading are not used:
When the freight is under $3 for each part of every set,
When the freight is $3 or more for each part of every set,
10 cents.
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EXEMPTION.-Bill of Lading for goods shipped by any Governinent Officer on account of Government.
15.—BoxD, or other obligation concerning RESPONDENTIA AND BOTTOMRY, and 10 cents for every $100 or part thereof. Average Statement, or Bond where no statement is drawn up
BOND, for securing the payment or repayment of money not otherwise provided
for, or the transfer or re-transfer of stock, or accompanying the deposit of Title See Mortgage, 38. Deeds to any immovable property,
BOND,
.Sce also Articles 6, 29, 31, 46.
16 BROKER
venomen having reference to the sale or $1.
purchase of any merchandise, given by any Broker,..
17.-CHARTER PARTY, or any Agreement or contract for the charter or hiring? 10 cents for every $100 or part thereof. of any sea-going ship or vessel to be charged on the estimated freight
18.-COPY CHARTER,
19.-COLLATERAL SECURITY,
20.—CONTRACT,
.$5.
.See Mortgage, 38. .See Agreement, 4.
21.-CONVEYANCE or Assignment on sale, to be levied on the amount or value of the consideration money, such consideration money to include any sum payable by the purchaser in respect of any mortgage or other debt remaining 50 cents for every $100 or part thereof. upon the property purchased or released by such purchaser to the vendor (See also Article 25),
EXEMPTIONS.—Transfer by mere endorsement of a duly stamped Bill of Exchange, Promissory Note or other negotiable Instrument, or of a Bill of Lading. Instruments for the sale, transfer, other disposition either absolutely or by way of mortgage, or otherwise, of any ship, vessel, junk or boat, or any part, interest, share, or property of or in any ship, vessel, junk or boat.
Any document relating to land in the New Territories executed in pursuance of the provision o the New Territor-
ies Land Ordinance, 1905.
22.-CO-PARTNERSHIP, Deed or other instrument of,
23.-DECLARATION.
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24.-DECLARATION OF TRUST,
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ORDER IN COUNCIL, 31 JULY, 1905
$25.
.See 2.
$30.
25.-DEED or other instrument or GIFT, assignment, or exchange, where no money consideration, or a merely nominal money consideration passes,
}$50.
DEED or other instrument of Assignment by a Trustee to the cestui qui trust, where no money consideration or merely nominal money consideration passes, $20.
DEED of Assignment where no money consideration or a merely nominal money` consideration passes in cases where such Deed of assignment is merely confirm- $20. atory of an Assignment on which the full conveyance duty has been paid.
NOTE.-The Collector of Stamp Revenue shall, unless the two deeds referred to in the last paragraph are comprised
in one and the saine document, denote by an entry under his hand made upon the Deed stamped with the $20- duty, that the full conveyance duty if more than $20 has been paid upon the other.
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