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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH AUGUST, 1866.
4. Agreement, or Minute, or Memorandum for a Lease, or of the terms and conditions on which any Land, House, Building or Tenement is let, held or occupied,
Provided that any Lease afterwards made of the same Land, House, Building or Tenement, in pursuance of such Agreement, Minute or Memorandum shall be chargeable with a Stamp Duty of 50 cents only to be denoted by a Stamp which shall be affixed to such Lease by the Collector of Stamp Revenue upon the production of the Agreement, Minute or Memorandum bearing the proper Stamp and not otherwise.
5. Agreement for a loan made upon the Deposit of Title" Deeds, or a Note or other Security of the Government, Share or Debenture of any Railway or Joint Stock Company, Bill of Lading, Warrant for Goods deposited in a Warchouse, or Assign- ment of any Goods with or without a Deposit of the Acceptance or Promissory Note of the Borrower: Provided that no such Agreement is drawn in the form of a Bond, or of a Bill of Exchange, or Promissory Note, or in any such way as would render it a Negotiable Instrument passing by endorsement and that any Promissory Note taken be drawn for the same period as the Loan, for whatever amount in case the period of such Loan shall not exceed one Month,
The same Stamp as for a Lease for the same Property on the same terms and conditions,
50 cents.
If such Loan is for a period exceeding One Month and not exceeding Two Months,...
$1.
If such Loan is for a period exceeding Two Months and not
$3.
exceeding Three Months,..
If such Loan is for a period exceeding Three Months,
The same Stamp as prescribed by Ar- tiele 13 for a Bond for the same
amount.
EXEMPTION.
Agreement or Contract or any Minute or Memorandum of an Agreement made for or relating to the Sale or Purchase of any Security of the Government, Railway, Scrip Share in any Joint Stock Company.
6. Arbitration, Reference to
7. Assignment, if not of the nature specified under the head of Conveyance or Settlement nor epecially exempted:-
In any case where the Assignment is of any interest secured by an Original Deed, Instrument or Writing on a Stamp of a value not exceeding $4,.
When the Stamp on the Original Document exceeds $4,.......... If the Original Deed bears no Local Stamp, then a Stamp of the value that would be required for such Original Deed under this Ordinance.
50 cents.
The same Stamp as the Original Deed.
$4.
EXEMPTION.
Transfer by mere Endorsement of a duly Stamped Bill of Ex- change, Promissory Note or other Negotiable Instrument, or of a Bill of Lading, and Transfer by Assignment of a Policy of In-
surance.
8. Award,
9. Banker's Notes, Promissory Notes, or other Instruments issued by any Banker or Banking Corporation in the Colony for- local circulation and payable to bearer on demand,-
10. Draft, Cheque, Comprador Order, if payable at Sight or on demand, .
Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, or other Obligations for the payment of Money not included in the preceding paragraph of this Article:-
$4.
A Stamp Duty of half per cent per $100 of the average value of such Notes in Circulation during each half year to be calculated by the value of such Notes in circulation on each Saturday during such half year, from a Statement thereof to be furnished by each Banker or Banking Corporation to the Col lector of Stamps and verified o Oath by the Manager or Agent and Accountant of such Bank or Bank- ing Corporation.
3 cents.